ResearcHER Program
Interested in Becoming a ResearcHER?
In partnership with our champion-level sponsors, Women in Measurement, Inc. is proud to be able to offer a ResearcHER Program to support outstanding research that explores the intersection of race, gender, and educational measurement.
Key Details:
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- The Women in Measurement Fellowship program is now the Women in Measurement ResearcHER Program
- We will make up to two awards of $3,000 each
- Proposals due May 31st, 2023
- Proposals should be submitted to [email protected]
Meet our Women in Measurement
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