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 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
Business Manager
ormenisa@mailbox.sc.edu
803-777-1246
Research Assistant Scientist
arrasmik@email.sc.edu
803-777-3459
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 Associate 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
Research Associate
GARRISRR@mailbox.sc.edu
803-777-3384
Terminal Degree: Ph.D. in Special Education Leadership, University of South Carolina
Research Interests: K-12 Education, Special Education, Inclusion, Education Law and Policy, and Support
of School Administrators
Research Assistant Scientist
willi735@mailbox.sc.edu
(803) 777-7140
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
803-777-3877
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. Educational Administration, Higher Education concentration
Research Interests: Experiences of Black students and scholars in higher education, with particular attention
to sense of belonging, mentorship, institutional culture, and persistence at predominantly
White institutions (PWIs).
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 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.