Education

PhD, Educational Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, 2007

MS, Educational Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, 2002

BA, Psychology and Information Science and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York, 2000

Professional Experience

2016–Present, Principal Research Scientist, FHI 360, Washington DC

2016–2016, Senior Technical Specialist, ICF International, Fairfax VA

2011–2015, Technical Specialist, ICF International, Fairfax VA

2009–2010, Senior Associate, ICF International, Fairfax VA

2007–2008, Associate, ICF International, Fairfax VA

2006–2006, Graduate Intern, New York State Department of Education, Albany NY

2006–2006, Lecturer, The College of St. Rose, Albany NY

2005–2006, Program Evaluator, The Evaluation Consortium, Albany NY

2001–2005, Graduate Fellow, Intern, Instructor, The University at Albany, SUNY, Albany NY

Certifications and Training

Regression Discontinuity Designs. 2015 ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. June 15-17, 2015.

Information Visualization Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). Indiana University. January 13-April 28, 2015.

Writing for Government and Business: Critical Thinking and Writing. The Capitol.Net, Washington DC. January 26, 2011.

Social Network Analysis: An Introduction. 2011 ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research. The Odum Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. July 18-22, 2011.

SAS Programming III: Advanced Techniques and Efficiencies. SAS Institute, Rockville, Maryland. December 17-19, 2008.

Summer Research Training Institute, Cluster-Randomized Trials. Summer Research Training Institute, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. July 6-17, 2008

SAS Programming II: Manipulating Data with the DATA Step. SAS Institute, Rockville, MD. November 14-16, 2007.

Effect Sizes, Confidence Intervals, and Especially Confidence Intervals for Effect Sizes. American Education Research Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada. April 12, 2005.

Fundamental of Polytomous IRT Models and Applications. National Council on Measurement in Education Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada. April 11, 2005.