ResearcHER Program

Women in Measurement is proud to offer a ResearcHER program. Our ResearcHER program offers support for outstanding research aimed at advancing our understanding of race and gender issues in our field. The award is intended to promote women-led research that advances the mission of Women in Measurement.

The ResearcHER program is designed to amplify and support the work of women scholars and students. We do everything within our power to help find rewarding, and well-publicized dissemination outlets for our ResearcHERs. In addition to receiving the award and presenting their work publicly, our Women in Measurement ResearcHERs become part of a community that meets regularly to connect, share updates on research projects, and seek guidance and feedback.

Meet our 2024 Women in Measurement

ResearcHERs

Njideka Mbelede 2022 research fellow

Dr. Nasimeh Nouhi

Project Title: The (overt and covert) Discriminations Perceived by Iranian Female Faculty Members in Educational Assessment Field in their Graduate Students’ Supervision Practice

Dr. Serena Miller

Project Title: How Data Analysts Influence the Numerical Pictures in People’s Heads: Guidance and Ethical Considerations When Quantifying Social and Identity Groups

Our 2023 ResearcHERs

Dr. Sheila Parveen Lallmamode

Researcher & Assessment Consultant

Project Title: Experiences of Muslim Women in Educational Measurement in the Middle East: Between Religious Traditions and Modernity

Njideka Mbelede 2022 research fellow

Dr. Xavi Gonzalez-Wegener

Teaching Fellow at Keele University in England

Project Title: Enacting transformative assessment in the Latin American region: Understanding Lifelong Learning trajectories of women in measurement in reform journeys

Our 2022 ResearcHERs

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Dr. Leslie Rosales

Senior Psychometrician at JML Measurement and Testing Services

Project Title: Career Opportunities for Women in Measurement in Latin America

Njideka Mbelede 2022 research fellow

Dr. Njideka Gertrude Mbelede

Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State.

Project Title: Women in Educational Measurement: Overcoming the Challenge of Visibility

Our 2021 ResearcHERs

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Grand Prize Winner: Dr. Jade Caines Lee

Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at Clark Atlanta University

Project Title: Amplifying Marginalized Voices: The Experiences of Black Women in Educational Measurement

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Xiaoyan Gu

Doctoral Student at University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Project Title: The Perceptions and Practice of Classroom-based Language Assessment for Language-Minority Students–A Translanguaging Perspective

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Maeghan Hennessey

Associate Professor at the University of Oklahoma

Project Title: Expanding a Consequential Validity Framework for Equity-Minded Assessment

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Tomoe Kanaya

Associate Professor at Claremont McKenna College

Project Title: The Representation of Women and People of Color in the Editorial Boards of Peer-Reviewed Journals for Educational Measurement

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Maria Baez-Cruz

Post-Doc at Georgia Tech

Project Title: Measuring Teacher’s Promotion of Sociocultural Integration–A Scenario-Based Validation

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Reka Barton

Doctoral Student at San Diego State University

Project Title: Testifying & Testimonios–The Importance of Mentoring Relationships for Black Female and Latina Graduate Students on the Pathway to the Professoriate

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Sandra Botha

Doctoral Student at University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Project Title: Avatars and Choice–Towards Culturally Responsive Assessment of Black and Brown Middle School Students

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Sandra Botha

Doctoral Student at University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Project Title: Avatars and Choice–Towards Culturally Responsive Assessment of Black and Brown Middle School Students