Ahn, Soyeon
ahnso@msu.edu
Soyeon Ahn is primarily interested in
meta-analysis, but wants to apply certain measurement
issues to meta-analysis research. She currently
focuses on developing an instrument to assess study quality
in research syntheses. However, she has great interest
and seeks challenges in a number of diverse fields.
Besides academics, she works out in the gym everyday. Don't be surprised if you see her ripped biceps!!! Chen, Qi
chenqi@msu.edu
Qi Chen is glad to be a student again after years of being a college teacher in China. She is interested in measurement methods and test design. And she enjoys spending time with her little daughter. Demartino, Darrell James
demarti3@msu.edu
Diao, Qi
diaoqi@msu.edu
Drake, Samuel
drakesam@msu.edu
Samuel Drake is interested in mathematics achievement (particularly at the college level). He has done previous research in DIF analysis. In his free time, he enjoys bowling, raquetball, and watching his collection of martial arts films. Duong, Minh Quang
duongmin@msu.edu
Prior to being a doctoral student in Measurement and Quantitative Methods program, Minh was a lecturer of theoretical physics in Cantho University, Vietnam. He also took part in large scale testing in math and science.
His research interests include multidimensional item response models, test equating, computerized adaptive testing, item bank development, Bayesian data analysis, structural equation modeling, and missing data. He worked as a research assistant at the Center for the Studies of Curriculum in the last two years and is currently a teaching assistant in the College of Education.
Minh has been awarded the Spencer Research Fellowship and the Anderson–Schwille Fellowship for this academic year.
Fang, Yu
fangyu@msu.edu
Yu Fang is interested in longitudinal data analysis and different models related to Item Response Theory. After having served as a statistical consultant in MSU Statistical Consulting Service for one year, now he is doing data analysis for the Emergent Learning from Text (ELFT) project and enjoying reading books and journal articles.
Gu, Lixiong
gulixion@msu.edu
He, Wei
hewei1@msu.edu
Hsieh, Chueh-An
hsiehchu@msu.edu
Keesler, Venessa Ann
rosevene@msu.edu
Kim, Chong Min
kimchon6@msu.edu
Kim Young Yee
kimyoun1@msu.edu
Young Yee Kim is a dual doctoral candidate in educational policy program and measurement and quantitative methods program. Her overall research interest has been focused on mathematics education policy and practice, and validity issues of current assessment and accountability educational policy. While working at the doctoral programs, she had worked as an intern for the induction and professional development policies and practices at the Michigan Department of Education and also as a summer intern at Educational Testing Service for a sub-score reporting project.
Young Yee is working on her dissertation research project while working for a NSF funded research project, Mathematical Education of Elementary Teachers (ME.ET), as a graduate research assistant.
Lee, Jonghwan
leejon20@msu.edu
Li, Tianli
litianli@msu.edu
Tianli Li spent all her college time for degrees of education and also spent several years working as an educational administrator. She has been in the mist of various theories and practical problems of education and psychology. Since arriving at MSU, her eyes have been opened so that she now believes that she can do something to really make a difference. She believes that tests hold the future of education. Now she is specializing in large scale measurement, and she is interested in several topics about item response theory. After school, she likes to jog a little around the apartment complex and likes to spending time with her husband. Most important, she enjoys doing house work. Li, Xin
lixin1@msu.edu
Xin Li is interested in the application of computerized adaptive testing and large-scale assessment for English as Second Lanugage (ESL). Multidimensional item response theory, multilevel modeling and rating scale analysis are other research areas she would like to pursue. She loves traveling and mountain climbing. Lo, Yun-Jia
loyunjia@msu.edu
Lu, yang
luyang1@msu.edu
Mapuranga, Raymond
mapurang@msu.edu
Raymond Mapuranga is currently doing research in causal inference as it applies to experimental designs and regression models. He is also interested in Bayesian statistical modeling and maximum likelihood estimation in the context of social science research. Some of his other more recent interests are: latent trait modeling in analyzing the reliability and validity of large-scale assessments, and multiple matrix sampling. Ngudgratoke, Sungworn
ngudgrat@msu.edu
Sungworn Ngudgratoke is interested in policy with regard to measurement and evaluation. He would like to apply measurement methodologies to examine outcomes of educational accountability system, and rater bias. He is also interested in structural equation modeling and multi-level modeling. Omae, Hilda Nyougo
omaehild@msu.edu
Pan, Tianshu
pantians@msu.edu
Pearlman, Leslie
pearlma6@msu.edu
Qu, Yanxuan
quyanxua@msu.edu
Yanxuan Qu Her undergraduate major is psychology. Before finally focusing on psychometrics, she has done some work in the area of psycholinguistics. Now she is involved in a project which applies meta-analysis to the assessment of teaching quality. Interested psychometrical topics include dimensionality assessment, test scaling, scoring, reliability & validity study, and rater effect estimation in large scale assessment.
Rostant, Ola Stacey
rostanto@msu.edu
Song, Tian
songtian@msu.edu
Subedi, Dipendra Raj
subedidi@msu.edu
Dipendra Subedi came to MSU from Nepal for his graduate studies. With his background on Electrical Engineering and Educational Technology, he found the doctoral program in MQM both insightful and interesting. His research interests are Multilevel Modeling, Item Response Theory, and Bayesian Methods. In the past three years of his doctoral studies, he enjoyed gaining the valuable experiences of teaching and research. In this endeavor, he worked with a number of researchers in the College of Education. He is currently working with Dr. Yeow Meng Thum in a project that focuses on Multilevel Join-Point Models and their Applications. In addition, he is also working as a Psychometric Research Assistant at the Office of Educational Assessment and Accountability, Michigan Department of Education.
Viger, Steve
vigerste@msu.edu
Before beginning his MQM studies, Steve received his BS in Psychology and his MS in Experimental Psychology from Central Michigan University. Having specialized in cognition and emotion, he is interested in modeling test performance in a way that incorporates cognitive development as well as anxiety and arousal theory. Additional research interests include the blending of IRT and multi-level modeling for the measurement of change/growth. In his free time, Steve enjoys spending quality time with his family, watching professional and collegiate sports and listening to his extensive collection of live recordings from various 'Jam Bands'. Wang, Hequn
wanghequ@msu.edu
Hequn Wang comes from China. Before entering the MQM program, she was a GRE, GMAT, TOEFL, IELTS teacher in Shanghai. She loves testing design and testing evaluation very much, so she chose this program. Besides studying, She loves music. She studied traditional Chinese dances for several years when she was small, and she also loves aerobics. She is also a Chinese pop song fan, and likes all kinds of Chinese songs. In addition, she likes beautiful clothes and exquisite foods, and she is good at fashion designing and shopping. Wang, Qiu
wangqiu@msu.edu
Wyse, Adam
wyseadam@msu.edu
Adam Wyse holds a M.S. in applied statistics from the Rochester Institute of Technology and B.A. in Mathematics (with a focus on secondary education) from St. John Fisher College. Currently, Adam is the John A. Hannah Research Fellow and a psychometric researcher with the Michigan Department of Education. As the John A. Hannah Research Fellow, he has coauthored several presentation and papers investigating the impact of educational policy on student achievement and expectations. Adam’s psychometric work has helped to developed new psychometric models for evaluating large scale assessment instruments and equating results. He has coauthored several papers with Dr. Joseph Martineau resulting from this work. His research interests include the application of statistical and econometric methods to large scale datasets, item response theory, equating, test design and assembly, psychometrics, and educational policy and accountability.
Yu, Jing
yujing@msu.edu
Jing Yu lives in Ann Arbor with her loving husband, she misses her MQM friends a lot because she cannot see them very often. Jing is interested in large-scale test analysis and development as an applied science. She is also interested in the theoretical aspects of psychometrics, she hopes to make contribution to testing theories during her PhD years. She loves swimming and plays piano in her spare time. She views every day as a gift from her lord Jesus Christ, and wants everything she does would glorify His name! Zhang, Changhui
zhangcha@msu.edu
Zheng, Yan
zhengya1@msu.edu
Zhou, Yisu
zhouyisu@msu.edu
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Past Students of MQM
Chard, Linda - GRADUATED
chardlin@msu.edu
Linda Chard is a former school administrator and secondary math teacher. She particularly enjoys doing instrument construction and data analysis utilizing the Rasch model. When she's not attending MSU, she enjoys golf, playing the piano, and a host of art-related projects. She has two daughters, Kristen and Erica, both of whom are MSU Spartans. Devaney, Sarah
devaney1@msu.edu
Sarah Devaney is a part-time student in the program. She is interested in studying classroom assessment, professional development for teachers, instrument construction, and survey methodology. She works full-time at the Washtenaw Intermediate School District in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as a research assistant in the Assessment Services Department. Outside of school and work, her personal interests include birding, gardening, nature walks with her husband, and cooking. She also volunteers as a wildlife rehabilitator. Huang, XiaoTing
huangxi7@msu.edu
Xiaoting Huang once worked in a Chinese college English testing research program. She is now developing her new interest in differential item functioning. She loves traveling and photographing, and enjoys watching movies. Jiang, Yanlin
jiangya1@msu.edu
Yanlin Jiang is interested in issues related to Psychometric theory, such as item analysis, scaling theories, large-scale assessments, and rater effects on constructive response assessments. Joldersma, Kevin - GRADUATED
jolders2@msu.edu
Kevin Joldersma is a proud new father and husband who enjoys tennis and pretending he is a golfer. His research interests include the validity and reliability of large-scale international multilingual assessments and policy issues that arise from them. Kao, Su-Chuan
kaoshuch@msu.edu
Shu-chuan Kao was a former research associate in a nation-wide standardized testing program in Taiwan. Now she focuses her research interest on multidimensional IRT and test equating. Once she was an athlete who specialized in high jump (from elementary school to college), but now she prefers to be a bookworm. On the other hand, she also likes gardening and cooking. The correlation between gardening and cooking to her is that the more herbs she plants, the more herbal dishes she cooks. Lin, Yea-lin
linyeali@msu.edu
Yea-lin Lin has backgrounds in both sociology and statistics, and is interested in methodology of behavior science, especially applied to sociological education research. Recently, Dr. Frank's robust indices have gained most of her attention. When not doing work, she likes to listen to classical music and go to concerts. Playing volleyball and swimming are two of her favorite sports. Going to church is also one of main activities in her life. Middlestead, Andrew - GRADUATED
middlest@msu.edu
Andrew Middlestead is employed full-time as a research associate with the Third International Math and Science Study and is a part-time student in the MQM program. Within TIMSS he is primarily involved in using TIMSS instruments and methodologies to assess the curricula and student achievement in districts across the country. In Andy's free time he enjoys disc golf, photography, and his recent marriage in December 2002. Myers, Nick
myersni1@msu.edu
Nick Myers is a doctoral student that is majoring in both MQM and Kinesiology (KIN). Nick¹s area of emphasis within the KIN department can be described as the psychosocial aspects of sport and physical activity (i.e. sport psychology). Research interests include examining the role of, the measurement of, efficacy in sport and physical activity. Weller, Julie
wellerju@msu.edu
Julie Weller is currently interested in the detection and prevention of test cheating. Her spare time is spent grooming and exercising her young dog. Her hobbies are quilting, heirloom sewing and woodworking.
Wu, Meng-Jia - GRADUATED
wumengji@msu.edu
Meng-Jia Wu is interested in various quantitative methodologies. She is mainly focusing on meta-analysis and currently working on different projects related to it. Two disciplines she would like apply quantitative skills to are teacher qualification/teaching quality and epidemiology. She enjoys teaching< both kindergarteners and basic/advanced statistics for adults. She likes all kinds of sports, especially ice skating, swimming, and indoor rock climbing. Music is one thing you can never take away from her life.
Yon, Haniza - GRADUATED
yonhaniz@msu.edu
Haniza Yon is a fourth year doctoral student. She is originally from Malaysia. She worked as an assistant director in the Educational Planning and Research Division (EPRD), Ministry of Education in Malaysia for four years before joining the doctoral program. She always have special interests in research applying multilevel models and Item Response Theory. Beside those, she is also interested in missing data methodology.
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