ResearcHER Program
2024 Call for Proposals!
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.
For our 2024 ResearcHER program, we will select up to two Women in Measurement ResearcHERs, each awarded with a prize of $5,000.
All proposals are due to [email protected] by 11:59pm on May 31, 2024. Women from marginalized communities are especially encouraged to apply.
Meet our 2023 Women in Measurement
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
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
Dr. Leslie Rosales
Senior Psychometrician at JML Measurement and Testing Services
Project Title: Career Opportunities for Women in Measurement in Latin America
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
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
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
Maeghan Hennessey
Associate Professor at the University of Oklahoma
Project Title: Expanding a Consequential Validity Framework for Equity-Minded Assessment
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
Maria Baez-Cruz
Post-Doc at Georgia Tech
Project Title: Measuring Teacher’s Promotion of Sociocultural Integration–A Scenario-Based Validation
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
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
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