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Associate Assessment Specialist; Associate Professor of Graduate Psychology
hathcojd@jmu.edu
Contact Info

Full Curriculum Vita (PDF)
Personal Website 

Education


  • Ph.D. Oklahoma State University (2012) Concentration: Educational Research and Evaluation
  • M.S., Oklahoma State University (2008) Concentration: Educational Research and Evaluation
  • B.S., Rogers State University (2004) Concentration Social and Behavioral Science (Psychology and Sociology)

Scholarly Interests/Research Topics


  • Instrument creation and validation 
  • Student learning in higher education
  • Performance/authentic assessment
  • Mixed methods research
CARS Faculty/Assessment Specialist Role:

John has worked in various capacities in the Center for Assessment and Research Studies. He began his work overseeing student assessment support services, which consisted of a group have graduate students who provided assessment consultation to the Division of Student Affairs at JMU. For the past two years he has primarily worked in the area of general education assessment. For example, he has served as a liaison to Cluster’s 2, 3, and 5 as well as the general education council. John has also been working with the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia on developing a post-college outcomes assessment for the state.    

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