People
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Christina H. Paguyo (Principal Investigator)
Dr. Christina H. Paguyo was a spark of genius and enlightenment, and a force for justice, equity, and inclusiveness. She collaborated with faculty and staff on designing and implementing assessment practices and enhancing pedagogical practices and student learning. For over a decade, she engaged with faculty, student affairs administrators, university and K-12 educators, and pre-service teachers to measure and strengthen student learning through robust assessment, evaluation, and research methods. Her professional background spanned public relations, academic and student affairs, and independent research consultations with non-profit organizations, businesses, and educational institutions (K-12 schools and universities). Notwithstanding the diversity of her work experiences, the ballast of her professional trajectory was composed from three long-standing, interrelated strands of interest: equity, learning sciences, and praxis. Christina had a profound impact on the well-being of underservered peoples, the continuing effects of which extend far beyond her own lifetime.
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Rebecca Atadero (Principal Investigator)
Becki Atadero is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University. She earned her Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from the University of California, San Diego in 2006. Dr. Atadero conducts collaborative research in the field of engineering education with particular emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion in engineering. She has served as PI on three education related grants funded by the National Science Foundation, and a prior paper by the P4E research team was awarded Best Diversity Paper at the ASEE Annual Conference in 2015. She also conducts technical research with civil engineering and construction management graduate students. She and her students study ways to extend the safe and useful life of existing structures, particularly concrete bridges, through enhanced inspection, management and repair techniques. This research has been funded by the Mountain Plains Consortium, a USDOT University Transportation Center, and the Colorado Department of Transportation. She teaches courses in structural engineering such as reinforced and prestressed concrete design and civil engineering materials to upper division undergraduates and graduate students. She is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Colorado.
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Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez (Principal Investigator)
Dr. Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez is an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at West Virginia University in the College of Education and Human Services in the department of Learning Sciences and Human Development. She serves as the project PI at West Virginia University. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut in Educational Psychology in Measurement, Evaluation, and Assessment. In her research, she is interested the assessment of student learning, particularly the assessment of academic growth, and evaluating the impact of curricular change. Specifically, her substantive research interests include academic acceleration, STEM education- particularly diversity in engineering, mathematics, gifted education, and assessment. She uses quantitative methods such as multilevel modeling and structural equation modeling to assess the impact of curricular changes and track student growth. Her research has been supported by grants from the American Psychological Foundation and the National Science Foundation.
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Jody Paul (Principal Investigator)
Dr. Jody Paul is a Professor of Computer Science at Metropolitan State University of Denver, an open-enrollment institution located in downtown Denver, Colorado. Professional experiences include performance musician and orchestrator (AFM Local 47), educator, sailing and fitness instructor, software engineer, computer scientist, locksmith/security consultant, software development manager, and notary public. A focus on outreach, curriculum development, and educational assessment led to multiple roles with the College Board (faculty consultant, Computer Science Principles commissioner, National Scholar in Computer Science, Chief Reader for Computer Science) and the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (program evaluator, evaluation visit team chair, CAC commissioner). [Image created to reflect support for internet privacy (eff.org, epic.org)]Image © Jody Paul All Rights Reserved
