Current roles and responsibilities at the center include:

• Program Director for the Assessment & Measurement Ph.D.
• Assessment liaison to academic majors in the College of Visual and Performing Arts

Courses frequently taught include:

• Computers and Testing
• Mixed Methods & Qualitative Research
• Performance Assessment
• Doctoral Seminar in Scholarly Communication

• Ph.D.,  University of South Florida (2002) 
  Concentrations: Educational Measurement & Evaluation and Instructional Technology
• M.S.L.S.,  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1995) 
  Concentration: Library Science
• M.A.,  Ohio University (1992) 
  Concentration: Economics (International Trade & Econometrics)
• B.A.,  Ohio University Honors Tutorial College (1991) 
  Concentration: Spanish

Swerdzewski, P. J., Harmes, J. C., & Finney, S. J. (in press). Skipping the test: Using empirical evidence to inform policy related to students who avoid taking low-stakes assessment in college. Journal of General Education.

Swerdzewski, P. J., Harmes, J. C., & Finney, S. J. (in press). Examinee motivation filtering in low-stakes testing: Two approaches to identifying data from low-motivated students in an applied assessment context. Applied Measurement in Education.

Wendt, A., & Harmes, J. C. (2009, May/June). Evaluating innovative items for the NCLEX, Part 2: Item characteristics and cognitive processing. Nurse Educator, 34(3), 109-113.

Parshall, C. G., & Harmes, J. C. (2009, March). Improving the quality of innovative item types: Four tasks for design and development. Journal of Applied Testing Technology, 10(1), 1-20.

Harmes, J. C., & Wendt, A. (2009, Winter). Memorability of innovative item types. CLEAR Exam Review, 20(1), 16-20.

Wendt, A., & Harmes, J. C. (2009, March/April). Evaluating innovative items for the NCLEX, Part 1: Usability and pilot testing. Nurse Educator, 34(2), 56-59.

Mulrooney, M., & Harmes, J. C. (2008/2009, Fall/Winter). Assessing aesthetic development at JMU. AGLS News, 25(1 & 2), 9.

Joe, J. N., Harmes, J. C., & Barry, C. L. (2008). General education outcomes assessment within the arts and humanities: A qualitative approach to developing objectives. Journal of General Education, 57(3), 131-151.

Parshall, C. G., & Harmes, J. C. (2008, Summer). The design of innovative item types: targeting constructs, selecting innovations, and refining prototypes. CLEAR Exam Review, 19(2), 18-25.

Harmes, J. C., Kaliski, P. K., & Barry, C. L. (2007, November). Are they really more memorable? Implications of innovative items for test security. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Florida Educational Research Association, Tampa, FL.

Parshall, C. G., & Harmes, J. C. (2007). Designing templates for innovative item types.  Proceedings of the GMAC Conference on Computerized Adaptive Testing. Available on the C.A.T. Central website: http://www.psych.umn.edu/psylabs/catcentral/

Kemker, K., Barron, A. E., & Harmes, J. C. (2007, December).  Laptop computers in the elementary classroom:  Authentic instruction with at-risk students. Educational Media International, 44(4), 323-339.

Hoffman, D., & Harmes, J. C. (2007, April).  Usability evaluation for computer-based testing software:  Comparing method effects on information acquisition.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.

Swerdzewski, P. J., Dainis, A. M., Finney, S. J., & Harmes, J. C. (2007, April).  Skipping the test: Using evidence to inform policy related to those students who avoid taking low-stakes assessments in college. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.

Dainis, A. M., Swerdzewski, P. J., & Harmes, J. C. (2007, April).  The effect of innovative item placement on computer-based test motivation and performance. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.

Harmes, J. C., Barron, A. E., & Kemker, K.  (2007, March).  Development and implementation of an online tool to assess teacher technology skills.  Paper presented at the annual international conference of the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, San Antonio, TX.

Harmes, J. C., & Parshall, C. G.  (2007, February). Development and evaluation of an innovative computer-based assessment.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Test Publishers, Palm Springs, CA.

Kong, X., Wise, S. L., & Harmes, J. C., & Yang, S. (2006, April). Motivational effects of response time-based feedback: A follow-up study of effort-monitoring CBT. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Francisco. Download PDF

Barron, A. E., Harmes, J. C., & Kemker, K. (2005). Authentic instruction in laptop
classrooms: Sample lessons that integrate Type II applications. Computers in the Schools, 22 (3/4), 119-130.

Barron, A. E., Harmes, J. C., & Kemker, K. (2005). Technology as a classroom tool:
Learning outcomes with laptop computers. In L. Tan & R. Subramaniam (Eds.), Handbook of research on literacy in technology at the K-12 level (pp.271-286).  Hershey, PA:  Idea Group Reference.