PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor of Research Methodology at the Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus (2023-  ). Assistant Professor (2018-2023). Lecturer  (2013-2018) [My website at ucy.ac.cy]

Before coming to the University of Cyprus I was an Assistant Professor at the European University Cyprus (2006-13), and an Associate Psychometrician at the College Board in New York (2003-05).

I held visiting or adjunct appointments at the University of Cyprus (2010-11), the Open University of Cyprus (2007-12), and at New York University (2004). During my doctoral studies  (1999-2003) I worked as a Research Assistant at Stanford University, and at the American Institutes for Research in Palo Alto CA , and as an Intern at Measured Progress in Dover NH.

PUBLICATIONS  list by theme

Recent updates:

• Invited presentation (with I. Televantou) at the Interactive Session of the Emerging Researchers Conference of the European Educational Research Association, University of Cyprus, 8/24 "Inquiring with data: large-scale surveys and learning analytics in educational research and practice"

• Invited presentations during my sabbatical in the Spring semester 2024:

  1. James Madison University "Test-taking effort in international large-scale assessments via response times, number of actions, and self-reports"

  2. University of Virginia "Insights from Computer-based PISA Administrations About Test-Taking Effort in International Large-Scale Assessments"

• Visiting professor at the Sapienza University of Rome, June-July 2022.

• Awarded the Richard M. Wolf Memorial Award for outstanding paper by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement IEA, for the paper "Negative Keying Effects in the Factor Structure of TIMSS 2011 Motivation Scales and Associations with Reading Achievement" published in Applied Measurement in Education [UCY announcement].

• Open-access book published by IEA and Springer: Motivational Profiles in TIMSS Mathematics. Co-authored with Gavin Brown, Hanna Eklöf, and Elena Papanastasiou.

• 42nd Annual Conference of the International School Psychology Association, ISPA2021, in Nicosia.  I was the chairperson for Scientific Matters and editor of the conference proceedings.

• Invited presentations during my sabbatical in the Fall semester 2021:

1. University of Umeå "Meaningful Motivation Profiles of Students Using Data from the TIMSS Mathematics Assessment"

2. University of Oslo (CEMO) "Response time as an indicator of test-taking effort in PISA: country and item-type differences"

3. University of Milano-Bicocca "Interactions between motivational components in the TIMSS Mathematics assessment: associations with achievement and socio-demographic variables"

TEACHING at the University of Cyprus

Doctoral courses

1. Applied Data Analysis (Multivariate techniques)

2. Advanced Research Methods (SEM, CFA, IRT) 

Masters courses

1. Multivariate analysis methods in the behavioral sciences 

2. Psychometrics

Undergraduate courses

1. Methodology I: Descriptive Research 

2. Methodology II: Correlational and Experimental Research

In the past I have taught courses on research methods, statistics for the social and behavioral sciences, psychological measurement, educational assessment and measurement, educational psychology and introduction to psychology. I have taught courses at the European University Cyprus, the Open University of Cyprus, New York University and Stanford University.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES                           

Editorial Boards

1.  International Journal of Testing (2013- )

2.  Large-Scale Assessments in Education (2025- )

3.  Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation: Senior Editor (2011-2016), Editorial Board (2008-11)

4.   Frontiers in Quantitative Psychology and Measurement: Assoc. Editor (2009-2018) 

5.   Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology: Editorial Board (2007-10)

Memberships  

1.     National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME)

2.     International Test Commission (ITC)

3.     Association for Educational Assessment-Europe (AEA-E)

4.     Cyprus Statistical Society

SUPERVISION OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS (completed)

1. Militsa Ivanova (2024) “Using Process Data to Measure and Model Students’ Test-Taking Effort in Large-Scale Low-Stakes Assessments” 

2. Andria Christodoulou (2021) “Examination of the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy model with alternative psychometric methods”

3. Natalie Kkeli (2020) “The differences between self-reported and measured height and weight: Detection, examination and manipulation”

4. Chrystalla Koutsogiorgi (2020) “Responding to positively and negatively worded items: correlational and experimental evidence in conceptually distinct areas”

MEDIA

Οι χαμηλές επιδόσεις στην PISA οφείλονται όντως στην αδιαφορία των μαθητών όταν απαντούν στο τεστ; Paideia-news 11/10/24

Ερμηνείες για τα αποτελέσματα στις εξετάσεις διορισίμων και κάποιες εισηγήσεις, Paideia-news 7/6/24, Φιλεnews 20/6/24

Σύντομη παρουσίαση ερευνών με θέμα τα κίνητρα και τη συμπεριφορά κατά τις εξετάσεις, UCY Youtube 4/24

Η εκπαίδευση στην Κύπρο μέσα από αριθμούς 2000-2021, έκθεση, περίληψη Paideia-news 4/8/23

Podcast "Science of doing Science": Psychometrics and the replication crisis 04/23, Youtube, Spotify

Παγκύπριες Εξετάσεις, μέσοι όροι, και (μη) συγκρισιμότητα βαθμών διαχρονικά, Paideia-news 18/8/22

Μια περιγραφική διερεύνηση στα αποτελέσματα των εξετάσεων διορισίμων, Paideia-news 12/5/22

Διεθνής διάκριση, Paideia-news 25/11/21, Stockwatch, 25/11/21

ISPA 2021: Διεθνές Συνέδριο Σχολικής Ψυχολογίας, πρώτη φορά στην Κύπρο, Paideia-news 5/7/21

Justified belief you can do it key to maths success, University of Auckland 17/12/19

Βιβλίο με θέμα τα κίνητρα στα Μαθηματικά, Paideia-news 18/10/19

Δράσεις Αντιναρκωτικού Συμβουλίου Κύπρου, Ygeia-news 3/10/16

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