Advanced Quantitative Methods in Education Research

Fellows

	Johnny Lin Fellow, Department of Psychology j83lin@gmail.com Research Interests: psychometrics, data analysis, research methodology, optimal scaling, structural equation modeling Specific interests include: effects of categorizing continuous variables on statistical procedures, optimal scaling of ordinal variables, data analytic techniques including regression and ANOVA Ph.D., Second year doctoral student in the Area of Quantitative Psychology in the School of Psychology at UCLA B.S., Pyschology, UC San Diego Background: Johnny was born in Taiwan and moved to California at the age of six. He developed an interest in psychometrics when he started taking research methods and statistics courses in his Honors Psychology program while at UCSD. He has since taken numerous courses in applied and mathematical statistics and plans to use the techniques he has learned in his future research projects. Lin CV Advisor: Peter Bentler
	Alejandra Priede Fellow, Department of Education alejandrapriede@gmail.com Research Interests: TBA Specific interests include: TBA Ph.D., First year doctoral student in the Division of Social Research Methodology in the School of Education at UCLA B.A., Economics, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), Mexico City, Mexico Background: TBA Priede CV Advisor: Felipe Martinez Alejandra became a PhD Fellow in Fall 2009!
	Jordan Rickles Fellow, Department of Education jrickles@ucla.edu Research Interests: quasi-experimental design and causal inference Specific interests include: Jordan is developing a study to identify the factors associated with enrollment in 8th grade algebra and estimate the effects of 8th grade algebra on high school performance Ph.D., Second year doctoral student in the Division of Social Research Methodology in the School of Education at UCLA M.P.P., Public Policy, UCLA B.S., School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University Background: Prior to becoming an AQM fellow, Jordan spent three years as a research analyst within the Los Angeles Unified School District. While there, he examined a diverse set of educational issues ranging from the effects of tutoring services and on-line courses to evaluations of district efforts around mathematics instruction and high school course access. Rickles CV Advisor: Mike Seltzer Read his blog: jhr4phd.blogspot.com
	Regina Richter Fellow, Department of Education regina.a.richter@gmail.com Research Interests: medical education, specifically dealing with issues of clinical training at the undergraduate medical education level Specific interests include: measures of student clinical performance, self-assessment, remediation, health disparities and cultural competency education, the relationship between medical training and patient health outcomes, and new methodological approaches to medical education research Ph.D., Second year doctoral student in the Division of Social Research Methodology in the School of Education at UCLA M.A., Museum Studies, New York University B.A., Anthropology and French Studies, Stanford University
	Jonathan Schweig Fellow, Department of Education jonathan.schweig@gmail.com Research Interests: TBA Specific interests include: TBA Ph.D., First year doctoral student in the Division of Social Research Methodology in the School of Education at UCLA M.A., Curriculum and Teacher Education, Stanford University B.A., Math, English & American Literature, Brown University Schweig CV Advisors: Li Cai & Mike Seltzer Jon became a PhD Fellow in Fall 2009!
	Larry Thomas Fellow, Department of Education lthomas2@gmail.com Research Interests: measurement theory and psychometrics Specific interests include: How measurement theory and pscyometrics apply to research on bilingual education and language acquisition Ph.D., Second year doctoral student in the Division of Social Research Methodology in the School of Education at UCLA B.A., Spanish (Hispanic Studies), Carnegie Mellon University Background: After receiving his B.A., Larry worked at the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) in their Language Testing Division as a research assistant. While at CAL, he worked on projects related to test development and rater training. Since arriving to the SRM Division, Larry has been a graduate student researcher at the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing working on a large-scale evaluation project of elementary, middle and high school after school programs. Thomas CV Advisors: Noreen Webb & Felipe Martinez
	Jessica Tessler Fellow, Department of Psychology jtessler@ucla.edu Research Interests: Multilevel modeling, structural equation modeling Specific interests include: Cross-classified multilevel models Ph.D., Second year doctoral student in the Area of Quantitative Psychology in the School of Psychology at UCLA M.A., Psychological Research, California State University, Fullerton B.S., Psychology, California State University, Fullerton Tessler CV Advisor: Jennifer Krull
	Kathleen Preston Fellow, Department of Psychology kathleensjpreston@gmail.com Research Interests: Item Response Theory, structural equation modeling Specific interests include: Exploring the application of the nominal response model as a hypothesis testing strategy Ph.D., Second year doctoral student in the Area of Quantitative Psychology in the School of Psychology at UCLA M.A., Psychology, UCLA M.A., Psychological Research, California State University, Fullerton B.A., Music & Psychology, California State University, Fullerton Preston CV Advisor: Steven P. Reise
	Jenni Wright Fellow, Department of Education ruisenor@earthlink.net Research Interests: TBA Specific interests include: TBA Ph.D., First year doctoral student in the Division of Social Research Methodology in the School of Education at UCLA M.S., Mathematics, California State University, Northridge B.S., Mathematics, California State University, Northridge Wright CV Advisor: Li Cai Jenni became a PhD Fellow in Fall 2009!
	Mark Hansen Fellow, Department of Education markhansen@ucla.edu Research Interests: program evaluation, measurement Specific interests include: research on evaluation (testing prescriptive evaluation theory), evaluation use and consequences, evaluation capacity-building, measurement of program/curriculum implementation (fidelity and adaptation) Ph.D., Second year doctoral student in the Division of Social Research Methodology in the School of Education at UCLA M.P.H., Boston University School of Public Health, (Social/Behavior Sciences) B.A., Boston University College of Arts & Sciences (Biology) Background: Prior to his studies at UCLA, Mark worked with the Medical-Legal Partnership at Boston Medical Center. Last quarter Mark was a graduate student researcher with the SRM Evaluation Group (Marvin Alkin, Director). Advisors: Marvin Alkin & Felipe Martinez
	Joe Garand Fellow, Department of Education joegarand@gmail.com Research Interests: math education, statistical modeling and testing Specific interests include: My primary research interests are standardized testing and mathematics education, particularly at the precalculus level and above. I am also very interested in statistical modeling, both in theory and in practice. Ph.D., First year doctoral student in the Division of Social Research Methodology in the School of Education at UCLA B.A., Mathematics, UC Santa Barbara Garand CV Advisors: Marvin Alkin & Felipe Martinez & Mike Seltzer