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Graduates of the Ph.D. Program

     
Robin D. Anderson

Associate Director, Center for Assessment & Research Studies
Associate Professor of Graduate Psychology
James Madison University
ander2rd@jmu.edu

Graduated: 2001
Dissertation
:Stereotype Threat: The Effects of Gender Identification on Standardized Test
Performance

     
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Katie Busby

Director of Institutional Assessment, Office of Academic Affairs
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
kbusby@tulane.edu

Graduated: 2005
Dissertation
:Validity Study of the Leadership Attitudes and Beliefs Scale III

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Hilary Campbell

Research Scientist
Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO; Alexandria, VA)
HCampbell@HumRRO.org

Graduated: 2007
Dissertation
:Invariance of the Modified Achievement Goal Questionnaire Across College Students with and without Disabilities

 
     
 
Jaime Cid

Associate Psychometrician, Research adn Development/Statistical Analysis
Educational Testing Service (Princeton, NJ)
jcid@ets.org

Graduated: 2009
Dissertation
: Using explanatory item response models to examine the impact of linguistic features of a reading comprehension test on English language learners

 
     
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Amanda Dainis

Measurement Consultant
amanda@dainisconsulting.com

Graduated: 2008
Dissertation
:Methods for Identifying Differential Item and Test Functioning: An Investigation of Type I Error Rates and Power

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Susan L. Davis

Psychometrician
Alpine Testing Solutions
susanlynndavis@gmail.com

Graduated: 2005
Dissertation
:Achievement Goal Orientation Across the College Career: A Latent Growth Analysis

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Keston Fulcher

Associate Assessment Specialist
Assistant Professor of Graduate Psychology
James Madison University
fulchekh@jmu.edu

Graduated: 2004
Dissertation
:Towards Measuring Lifelong Learning: The Curiosity Index

 
     
 
Sara Lambert Gutierrez

Research Scientist
PreVisor (Chantilly, VA)
sgutierrez@previsor.com

Graduated: 2009
Dissertation
:Examining the Psychometric Properties of a Multimedia Innovative Item Format:  Comparison of Innovative and Non-Innovative Versions of a Situational Judgment Test

 
     
 
Emily R. Hoole

Director, Evaluation Center
Center for Creative Leadership (Greensboro, NC)
hoolee@leaders.ccl.org

Graduated: 2005
Dissertation
:Integrating and Evaluating Mathematical Models of Assessing Structural Knowledge: Comparing Associative Network Methodologies

 
     
 
Jilliam N. Joe

Associate Psychometrician, Human Constructed-Response Scoring
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
jjoe@ets.org

Graduated: 2008
Dissertation
:Using Verbal Reports to Explore Rater Perceptual Processes in scoring: An Application to Oral Communication Assessment

 
     
 
Andrew T. Jones

Psychometrician
American Board of Surgery (Philadelphia, PA)
ajones@absurgery.org

Graduated: 2009
Dissertation
:Using the Right Tool for the Job: An Analysis of Item Selection Statistics for Criterion-Referenced Tests

 
     
 
Pamela K. Kaliski

Assistant Research Scientist
The College Board (New York, NY)
pkaliski@collegeboard.org

Graduated: 2009
Dissertation
:An Empirical Demonstration of Direct and Indirect Mixture Modeling When Studying Personality Traits: A Methodological-Substantive Synergy

 
     
 
Xiaojing "Jadie" Kong

Psychometrician I
Pearson Educational Measurement (Austin, TX)
jadie.kong@pearson.com

Graduated: 2007
Dissertation
:Using Response Time and the Effort-Moderated Model to Investigate the Effects of Rapid Guessing on Estimation of Item and Person Parameters

 
     
 
Abigail Lau

Project Director
College of the Holy Cross
alau@holycross.edu

Graduated: 2009
Dissertation
: Using a mixture IRT model to improve parameter estimates when some examinees are amotivated

 
     
 
Susan M. Lottridge

Psychometrician
Pacific Metrics (Monterey, CA)
slottridge@pacificmetrics.com

Graduated: 2006
Dissertation
:Comparing the Relative Measurement Efficiency of Dichotomous and Polytomous Models in Linear and Adaptive Testing Conditions

 
     
 
BJ Miller

Director of Institutional Research & Effectiveness
Eastern Mennonite University (Harrisonburg, VA)
bj.miller@emu.edu

Graduated: 2007
Dissertation
:Unfolding Analyses of the Academic Motivation Scale: A Different Approach to Evaluating Scale Validity and Self-Determination Theory

 
     
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Sue Pieper

Coordinator of Assessment, E-Learning Center
Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, AZ)
Sue.Pieper@nau.edu

Graduated: 2003
Dissertation
: Refining and Extending the 2 x 2 Achievement Goal Framework: Another Look at Work-Avoidance

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Kelly Scocos

Consultant in the areas of development, assessment, & program evaluation
Adjunct Faculty, Edgewood College (Madison, WI)
kscocos@sbcglobal.net

Graduated: 2002
Dissertation
: Measurement of Critical Thinking in College Students: Assessing the Model

 
     
 
J. Carl Setzer

Psychometrician
GED Testing Service, American Council on Education
carl_setzer@ace.nche.edu

Graduated: 2008
Dissertation
: Parameter Recovery of the Explanatory Multidimensional Rasch Model

 
     
 
Kara Siegert

Director of University Analysis, Reporting, & Assessment
Salisbury University (Salisbury, MD)
kosiegert@salisbury.edu

Graduated: 2005
Dissertation
: Cyberspace Versus Face-to-Face: The Influence of Learning Strategies, Self-Regulation, and Achievement Goal Orientation

 
     
 
Peter Swerdzewski

Assessment Consultant
pswerdz@me.com

Graduated: 2008
Dissertation
: Should We Worry About the Way We Measure Worry Over Time? A Longitudinal Analysis of Student Worry During the First Two Years of College

 
     
 
Melinda Taylor

Psychometrician
Accountability Services Division - Test Development Section
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
mtaylor@dpi.state.nc.us

Graduated: 2009
Dissertation
: An Application of Generalizability Theory to Evaluate the Technical Quality of An Alternate Assessment

 
     
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Amy Thelk

Director of Assessment & Evaluation
College of Education, James Madison University
thelkad@jmu.edu

Graduated: 2006
Dissertation
: Examinee Awareness of Performance Expectations and its Effects on Motivation and Test Scores

 
     
 
John Willse

Assistant Professor of Educational Research Methodology
School of Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
jtwillse@uncg.edu

Graduated: 2002
Dissertation
: Controlling Computer Adaptive Testing's Capitalization on Chance Errors in Item Parameter Estimates

 
     
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