Associate Assessment Specialist; Associate Professor of Graduate Psychology
Year Started at JMU: 2019
bao2yx@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Curriculum Vitae
Website: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=R4gCBtIAAAAJ&hl=en
Pronouns: she/her
Education
- Ph.D., The University of Georgia (2019). Concentration: Quantitative Methodology
- M.S., Beijing Normal University (2013). Concentration: Statistics
- B.S., Beijing Normal University (2010). Concentration: Statistics
Scholarly Interests/Research Topics
- Psychometric modeling;
- Diagnostic Classification Models;
- Higher Education Assessment
CARS Faculty/Assessment Specialist Role:
Dr. Yu Bao serves as an Associate Assessment Specialist in the Mega-team in CARS. She is deeply committed to advancing meaningful assessment practices in higher education. Her recent work spans academic program assessment, general education outcomes, and the responsible integration of generative AI in assessment and evaluation. She regularly works with faculty and assessment professionals to support the use of data in service of student learning, and program improvement.
Notable Recent Awards or Publications
Publications:
- Bao, Y., Liu, J., DiStefano, C., & Ding, R. (2025). Identifying Children at Risk for Emotional and Behavioral Problems: A Diagnostic Classification Model Approach. Psychology in the Schools.
- Paek, S. H., & Bao, Y. (2023). The hidden loss of creative potential at school: Is girls’ creative potential under-identified? Thinking Skills and Creativity, 49, 101357.
- Tang, H., & Bao, Y. (2023). A diagnostic classification model of college instructors’value beliefs towards open educational resources. Education and Information Technologies, 28(6), 6825-6844.
- Bao, Y., Shen, Y., Wang, S., & Bradshaw,L. (2021). Flexible Computerized Adaptive Tests to Detect Misconceptions and Estimate Ability Simultaneously. Applied Psychological Measurement,45(1), 3-21.
Awards:
- 2024 Outstanding Reviewer for 2024 the Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, American Educational Research Association
- 2024 Madison Scholar Outstanding Research Award, Department of Graduate Psychology, James Madison University
- 2022 Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, Department of Graduate Psychology, James Madison University
