Awards:
2024 Anne Anastasi Distinguished Early Career Contributions Award, American Psychological Association (This award is given to a scholar who has completed their PhD no earlier than 9 years previous and has made outstanding contributions to quantitative research methods).
2022 International Society for Data Science and Analytics (ISDSA) Best Paper Award.
2020 Graduate Teaching Award, College of Education, Florida State University.
2019 Nominee of University Graduate Teaching Award (based on course ratings), Florida State University.
2016 Nominee for the Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Award for the best graduate, University of Notre Dame.
Grants Funded:
Exploring the Paradoxical Link Between BMI and Alzheimer’s Disease Risk. Funded by the Florida State University Institute for Successful Longevity. (2025-2026) Total award $25,000. Role: Co-PI. PI: Cao, Hongyuan
Bayesian Longitudinal Data Modeling in Education Sciences. Funded by the Institute of Education Sciences. Role: Co-I, PI of the FSU sub-award (PI: Tong, Xin at the University of Virginia).
Developing an Adaptive Professional Development Model for School Professionals' Implementation of Shared Reading Activities. Funded by Florida State University Council on Research & Creativity Seed Grant program. (2023-2025) Total award $99,731. Role: Co-PI (PI: Fleury, Veronica)
BRITE Girls Online STEM Practices: Building Relevance and Identity to Transform Experiences. (Aug 2022-July 2025) Funded by the National Science Foundation. Total award $1,902,274. Role: Co-PI (PI: Hughes, Roxanne)
Who Implements Response to Intervention (RTI) in Math, and Does RTI Benefit Math Achievement? K-fold Cross-Validation and Causal Inference under A Multilevel Quasi-Experimental Study. (Sep 2022-Aug 2024) Funded by American Educational Research Association with Support from National Science Foundation. Total award $35,000. Role: Co-PI (PI: Hall, Garret)
Handling Covariate Selection Uncertainty and Measurement Error in Causal Mediation Analysis: A Two-Step Approach to More Accurate Intervention Studies. (Aug 2022-July 2024) Funded by the Spencer Foundation. Total award $50,000. Role: PI
COFRS: Latent-variable Causal Mediation Modeling with Unobserved Confounding Variables? (May 2021–Aug 2021). Funded by Florida State University Council on Research and Creativity. Total award $20,000. Role: PI
Random Coefficient Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modeling: A Bayesian Approach to Identifying Causes of Between-Study Variations. (2018–2020). Funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China. (31700986). Total award $37,500. Role: Key Personnel (PI: Ke, Zijun from Sun Yat-sen University)
COFRS: Three-Level Longitudinal Mediation with Nested Units: How Does an Upper-Level Predictor Influence a Lower-Level Outcome Via an Upper-Level Mediator Over Time? (May 2017–Aug 2017). Funded by Florida State University Council on Research and Creativity. Total award $14,000. Role: PI
FYAP: A Robust Approach to Handling Missing Predictors in Moderation Analysis. (May 2016–Aug 2016). Funded by Florida State University Council on Research and Creativity. Total award $20,000. Role: PI
Grants Pending
Modeling Longitudinal Education Data with Compositional Covariates: Addressing High-dimensionality, Missingness and Diverse Populations. Submitted to the Institute of Education Sciences. Role: Co-PI. PI: Xin Tong
Brain Stimulation and Behavioral Coaching for Entangled Chronic Pain and Mood Disorders. Submitted to the Department of Defense. Role: Co-I. PI: Kevin Johnson
Developing An Omics Initiative For Food Science And Nutrition Research And Education. Submitted to United States Department of Agriculture. Role: Co-PI. PI: Quancai Sun.
Continuous speech processing across the adult lifespan. Submitted to National Institutes of Health. Role: Co-I. PI: Zilong Xie