Alumni Profiles for Ph.D. in Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology
List of names is arranged in alphabetical order by last name.
Complete list of alumni and their dissertations
Rachael Ahn, Class of 2023
Current Job: Psychometrician/Research Scientist at Cognia
Email: [email protected]
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Daniel Benjamin, Class of 2015
Current Job: Associate Professor of Decision Sciences
Email: [email protected]
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Prior to NSU, Dr. Benjamin was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute and in the Biomedical Ethics Unit at McGill University.
G. Anthony Benners, Class of 2010
Educational Assessment & Technology Innovation
Current Job: Sr. Psychometrician & Innovation Adviser for New York City Department of Education
Email: [email protected]
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Yuanchao Emily Bo, Class of 2014
Yuanchao Emily Bo is a research scientist at Northwest Evaluation Association.
F. Jay Breyer, Class of 1981
Current Job: Retired from Educational Testing Service
Email: [email protected]
Zihuan Cao, Class of 2024
Current Job: Assistant Professor (Research)
Email: [email protected]
Zihuan Cao is an Assistant Professor (Research) of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Brown Alpert Medical School and a Biostatistician of the Weight Control & Diabetes Research Center of The Miriam Hospital.
Jodi Casabianca, Class of 2011
Jodi Casabianca is a research scientist at Educational Testing Service.
Michael Chajewski, Class of 2011
Michael Chajewski is currently the principal psychometrician at Kaplan Test Prep in New York City, where he leads a team of psychometric and assessment specialists in supporting both operational test delivery and next generation research for personalized learning online.
Ezekiel Dixon-Roman, Class of 2007
Ezekiel Dixon-Roman is Associate Professor at University of Pennsylvania. He is director of the Master of Science in Social Policy Program, chair of the Data Analytics for Social Policy Certificate of the Masters of Science in Social Policy Program, and leading the SP2-Aliadas en Cadena Initiative, which is an evaluation of the Venezuela based NGO’s flagship program that provides training and certification in information and communication technologies for vulnerable women. He is trained in the social sciences and psychometrics and was a Harold Gulliksen Psychometric Research Fellow at ETS and an Institute of Education Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow in the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University.
Liam Duffy, Class of 2018
Liam Duffy is a psychometrician at the College Board.
Joseph H. Grochowalski, Class of 2015
Joseph H. Grochowalski is currently a psychometrician at the College Board, and he specializes in test security analytics for the SAT exam. He also consults and publishes on topics relating to medical school assessment.
Scott Hershberger, Class of 1990
Scott Hershberger is Professor Emeritus at The California State University, Long Beach. Professor Hershberger has led in the creation of award-winning data science applications for healthcare fraud detection that have resulted in billions of dollars a year in savings. He has extensive knowledge and experience that spans professional, academic, and research sectors in data science, statistics, psychometrics, and research design. His deep knowledge of many machine learning and multivariate quantitative techniques has helped clients solve complex business problems across many industries (e.g., pharmaceutical, auto, retail, etc.). Scott has also developed several computer adaptive tests. He has also led quantitative teams and individual scientists in both the private and public sectors tasked with solving both short-term and long-term complicated business and scientific problems. He is the author or co-author of several books and more than 100 published papers in statistics and psychology.
Mark Himmelstein, Class of 2023
Current Job: Assistant Professor of Psychology, Georgia Tech
Email: [email protected]
Immediately after graduating, Mark Himmelstein joined the faculty of the School of Psychology at Georgia Tech, where he studies interdisciplinary topics related to human judgment, decision-making, forecasting, and belief revision. He is a member of Georgia Tech's Center for Excellence in Computational Cognition and an Academic Affiliate of the Forecasting Research Institute, an independent foundation dedicated to advancing the science of forecasting.
Emily Ho, Class of 2020
Current Job: Assistant Professor
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Emily H Ho is an Assistant Professor at Northwestern University’s Department of Medical Social Sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine. Her research interests include advancing precision measurement in early detection of cognitive aging (e.g., Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias). Dr. Ho is the Scientific Director of the NIH Toolbox, a brief, multidimensional set of measures assessing health outcomes across cognition, emotion, sensory, and motor domains, designed to serve as a 'common currency' across many studies, which has been used in many large-scale epidemiological studies, over 250 clinical trials, and more. She is also the Lead Scientist of the Advancing Reliable Measurement in Decision-Making and Cognitive Aging project, funded by the National Institute of Aging, which will develop and validate measures of decision-making ability in older adults.
Louis Hsu, Class of 1971
Louis Hsu is a professor emeritus in the Fairleigh Dickinson School of Psychology, a research affiliate at Rutgers University (SSI Program), and a senior analyst at FutureWorks Systems.
Yasmin Hussein, Class of 2025
Current Job: Data Analyst with the Walt Disney Company
Email: [email protected]
Yasmin Hussein is a Data Analyst with the Walt Disney Company, working with the Strategic Forecasting and Decision Analytics team within the Direct to Consumer Data and Analytics organization.
Jonathan Lehrfeld, Class of 2016
Current Job: Senior Psychometrician at Cambium Assessment
Email: [email protected]
Jonathan Lehrfeld is a Senior Psychometrician at Cambium Assessment, where he works on English language proficiency and alternative assessments. Prior to that, he was a Psychometrician at ETS and, before that, Associate Director of Measurement Science at Council for Aid to Education (CAE).
Guangming Ling, Class of 2006
Guangming Ling is a senior research scientist at ETS.
Jennifer Lord-Bessen, Class of 2014
Current Job: Director, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Abbvie
Email: [email protected]
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Jennifer Lord-Bessen is an assessment specialist experienced in the creation, implementation, and evaluation of psychometric instruments across multiple industries and in multiple formats, and an expert in utilizing data analytics to create new systems and develop process improvements that optimize time and resources.
James Marcus, Class of 2014
James Marcus is Senior Research Associate of Patient-Centered Research at Evidera. After spending a while in the educational testing field, James shifted to patient reported outcomes (PRO) - essentially psychometrics for the pharmaceutical industry. As part of his work, he designs and leads the psychometric / trial analysis component of PRO research projects, both validating new instruments (including FDA submissions for medical product label claims) and analyzing PRO endpoints in randomized clinical trials.
Andrea McNamara, Class of 2016
After completing the program at Fordham, Andrea took some time to raise her children and teach part-time at Ramapo College of New Jersey. Teaching has always been her passion, and so this year Andrea returned to the classroom full time as a Chemistry and Forensics teacher at River Dell High School.
Rochelle Michel, Class of 2006
Rochelle Michel is Executive Director of Independent School Entrance Exam at Educational Records Bureau.
Glenn Milewski, Class of 2004
Glenn Milewski is the Chief Program Officer at ERB where he oversees all aspects of Educational Records Bureau's programs, including research, development, and psychometrics.
Jae Osenbach, Class of 2012
Jae Osenbach is Lead Psychometrician at NextStep Interactive.
Thanos Patelis, Class of 1994
Current Job: Lead Psychometrician, University of Kansas
Email: [email protected]
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Nazia Rahman, Class of 2013
Nazia Rahman is a research scientist at Law School Admission Council.
Jesus Salcedo, Class of 2006
Jesus Salcedo is an independent statistical and data mining consultant. He is a former SPSS Curriculum Team Lead and Senior Education Specialist who has written numerous SPSS training courses and trained thousands of users.
Stephen Sireci, Class of 1993
Stephen Sireci is Distinguished University Professor at UMass Amherst College of Education. He is the current President of National Council on Measurement in Education and is Director of Center for Educational Assessment, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Matthew Smith, Class of 2020
Current Job: Senior Director Marketing Effectiveness, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Email: [email protected]
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Marie D. Thomas, Class of 1981
Marie D. Thomas is Professor Emerita at California State University San Marcos. She has held four professional positions. Her first position was with Touchstone Applied Science Associates in Elmsford, NY, where she primarily did computer maintenance and programming. At the College of Mount St. Vincent in the Bronx, she was an assistant, then associate professor of psychology. When she moved to San Diego, CA, she worked as a personnel research psychologist at Navy Personnel Research and Development Center, focusing primarily on issues related to women in the Navy. Finally, for 22 years she was a faculty member at California State University San Marcos, where she taught statistics, psychological testing, positive psychology, and other courses; did research; and served in a variety of administrative and faculty union positions.
Catherine Trapani, Class of 2013
Catherine Trapani is President of Psychstat Research and Consulting. Using her psychometric, quantitative, communication and collaboration skills, Catherine works as a consultant in the area of health and wellness for all.
Tammy Trierweiler, Class of 2010
Tammy Trierweile is Senior Measurement Scientist at Law School Admission Council.
Susana Urbina, Class of 1972
Susana Urbina is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at University of North Florida. She taught courses in the areas of Psychological Testing, Assessment of Individuals, and History of Psychology for 35 years. She is a licensed psychologist and maintained a private practice in psychological assessment for several years. Dr. Urbina is co-author of the seventh edition of Psychological Testing with Anne Anastasi and author of Essentials of Psychological Testing, now in its second edition. Dr. Urbina has been active in the American Psychological Association, and has recently completed her second term in the Council of Representatives, representing Division 5.
Andrew Wiley, Class of 1999
Andrew Wiley was enrolled at Fordham from 1991 to 1999. Since graduating, he has worked in both the education and professional credentialing areas. He is currently one of three owners of a psychometric consulting organization, ACS Ventures, LLC, focused on areas like program design, test and program validation, and independent review and audit for assessment programs.
Frank Williams, Class of 2013
Frank Williams is Associate Director of Testing and Assessment at Center for Talented Youth (Johns Hopkins University).
Duanli Yan, Class of 2010
Duanli Yan is Director of Data Analysis and Computational Research at ETS.
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