Our team currently includes three research faculty members, a number of administrative and research support staff, along with affiliated faculty from several University departments and research assistants. Our research assistants are graduate students, mostly advanced doctoral students, from a range of University departments and programs.
Director, Research Professor
tsdicken@mailbox.sc.edu
803-777-3402
Terminal Degree: Ph.D. in Educational Research and Measurement, University of South Carolina
Research Interests: Multilevel modeling, Quasi-experimental Designs, Item Response Theory, Program Evaluation
Research Associate Professor
damico@mailbox.sc.edu
803-777-8072
Terminal Degree: Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, University of South Carolina
Research Interests: Early Childhood Education, Student Assessment, and Utilization-Focused Evaluation
Research Assistant Professor
ene@email.sc.edu
803-777-7416
Terminal Degree: Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Research, University of South Carolina
Research Interests: Latent Variable Modeling, Multilevel Modeling, Program Evaluation, Survey Development,
and Classroom Assessment
Research Assistant Professor
leightoe@email.sc.edu
803-777-0316
Terminal Degree: Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Research, University of South Carolina
Research Interests: Program evaluation, survey development, school climate, applications of latent variable
modeling
Assistant Director, Research Associate Professor
lewisaa2@mailbox.sc.edu
803-777-5090
Terminal Degree: Ph.D. in Social Foundations of Education, University of South Carolina
Research Interests: : Culturally Responsive Evaluation, Utilization-focused Evaluation, Qualitative Methodologies
in Evaluation, Performance Assessment in the Arts, and Arts Education Research
Research Assistant Scientist
arrasmik@email.sc.edu
803-777-7179
Terminal Degree: Ph.D. in Music Education, University of South Carolina
Research Interests: Arts Assessment, Creativity, Early Childhood Music Development, Improvisation, Music
Literacy, Play
Research Associate Scientist
dawnrc@mailbox.sc.edu
803-777-2335
Terminal Degree: Ph.D. in Educational Research, University of South Carolina
Research Interests: Community College Reform, College Readiness, Developmental Education, Mixed Methods
Evaluation and Research, Data Visualization and Reporting, Teaching Program Evaluation,
Implementation Research
Research Assistant Scientist
crooksj@mailbox.sc.edu
803-777-9918
Terminal Degree: Ph.D. in Teaching and Learning, University of South Carolina
Research Interests: Mathematics Education, Undergraduate Education, Teacher Preparation, Utilization-Focused
Evaluation
harri642@mailbox.sc.edu
803-777-3384
Terminal Degree: Ph.D. in Educational Foundations and Inquiry, University of South Carolina
Research Interests: University-Community partnerships, P-16 and P-20 initiatives, Critical Race Studies,
Culturally Responsive Evaluation, Qualitative Methodologies in Evaluation
Research Associate Scientist
bnelson@mailbox.sc.edu
803-777-3384
Terminal Degree: Ph.D. in Educational Foundations, University of South Carolina
Research Interests: College Readiness, Special Education, Disability Critical Race Studies, Teacher Induction,
Teacher Development Continuum, Culturally Responsive Evaluation, Utilization-focused
Evaluation, Data Visualization and Reporting
Research Assistant Scientist
willi735@mailbox.sc.edu
803-777-3384
Terminal Degree: Ph.D. in Foundations of Education, Univresity of South Carolina
Research Interests: Culturally Responsive Evaluation, Utilization-Focused Evaluation, Qualitative Methodologies
in Evaluation
Research Associate Scientist
wesths@email.sc.edu
803-777-7140
Terminal Degree: Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Research, University of South Carolina
Research Interests: Early Childhood and Elementary Education, Child Growth and Development in the Context
of Poverty, Qualitative Research, Mixed-Methods Research, Classroom and Student Assessments
Current Degree Program: Enrolled, DMA in Piano Performance
Research Interests: Music Education, Performance Assessment, and Piano Learning
Current Degree Program: Enrolled, Ph.D. in Foundations of Education
Research Interests: Education policy/policies, classroom teachers' ontologies and reflective processes,
philosophies of education
Current Degree Program: Enrolled, Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Research
Research Interests: STEM Education, Psychometrics and Standardized Tests, Gender Equality and International
Education, and Early Childhood Education
Current Degree Program: Enrolled, Ph.D. in Counseling Supervision and Education
Research Interests: Trauma related treatment, cultural humility, cross-cultural counseling, early childhood
development factors, and resiliency factors
Current Degree Program: Enrolled, Ph.D. Special Education Leadership track.
Research Interests: K-12 Education, special education, inclusion, education law and policy
Current Degree Program: Enrolled, MA in Counseling and Rehabilitation
Research Interests: Social Psychology, Human Growth and Development, and Environmental Sociology
Current Degree Program: Enrolled, Ph.D. in Teaching and Learning
Research Interests: Social Studies Education, Racial Justice Education, Qualitative Research Methods,
and Critical Pedagogy
Current Degree Program: Enrolled, Ph.D. in Educational Foundations
Research Interests: Environmental Education, Outdoor Education, Indigenous Education, Critical Pedagogy,
Teacher Working Conditions, Teacher Activism
Current Degree Program: Enrolled, Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Research
Research Interests: Motivation in classroom learning, gifted assessment.