ResearcHER Program
Meet our 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