Expert Details
Educational Assessment
ID: 729943
Texas, USA
During his time at The University of Texas-Pan American, he was promoted to Associate Professor and taught undergraduate, and PhD business statistics/quantitative methods courses. He also served on numerous committees at the department (CIS/QUMT), college (COBA), and university (UTPA) level. He had numerous publications with fellow professors as well as students. He also served as mentor to new CIS/QUMT faculty.
As Director of Academic Assessment, he assisted several colleges (e.g., COBA) prepare for their accrediation visits (AACSB). As part of his duties, he met with deans, associate deans, proagram chairs, program coordinators, assessment coordinators for the different colleges within the university to coordinate the assessment efforts throughout the univeristy. Also, he attended conferences such as SACS, and training seminars (e.g., AACSB, assessment conferences), and participated in THECB meetings.
Expert's publications include areas such as business, education, pharmacy, dietetics, nursing, and assessment. He has published in journals such as: International Journal of Security, International Journal of Business and Systems Research, Decision Science Journal of Innovative Education, American Journalof Health Promotion, International Journal of Services and Standards, Biological Trace Element Research, Computers in the Schools, International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation.
Education
Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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Year: 2000 | Degree: PhD | Subject: Educational Psychology: Research, Measurement, and Statistics | Institution: Texas A&M University |
Year: 1998 | Degree: MS | Subject: Educational Psychology: Research, Measurement, and Statistics | Institution: Texas A&M University |
Year: 1984 | Degree: BS | Subject: Mathematics | Institution: The University of Texas-Pan Amedrican |
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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Years: 2009 to 2011 | Employer: The University of Texas-Pan American | Title: Director of Academic Assessment | Department: |
Responsibilities:As director, he met with deans, associate deans, program directors, assessment coordinators, to discuss assessment procedures/plans, student learning outcomes, their implementation, and use of results. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2003 to 2011 | Employer: The University of Texas-Pan American | Title: Associate Professor | Department: CIS/QUMT |
Responsibilities:He taught undergraduate and PhD business statistics/quantitative methods courses. He also served on numerous committees at the department, college, and university levels. Finally, he published with some fellow professors and some of his students. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2002 to 2005 | Employer: Deer Park ISD | Title: Even Start Program Evaluator | Department: |
Responsibilities:Evaluate the Even Start Program according to the guidelines set by the government, write reports according to the findings and assist the program in its contnuous effort to educate the participants |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2000 to 2003 | Employer: The University of Houston-Clear Lake | Title: Assistant Professor | Department: |
Responsibilities:Taught undergraduate and master level educational statistics. He also served on numerous committees as well as MS theses. During his time there, he was able to publish with some of the faculty as well as with some of his students. |
Career Accomplishments
Awards / Recognition |
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Texas A&M University Disseration of the Year, 2000 UTPA Provost Award for International Studies, 2007 |
Publications and Patents Summary |
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He has 36 publications and 67 conference presentations |
Additional Experience
Training / Seminars |
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Structural equation modeling presented to faculty at the Universidad de Valencia, Espana; Mulitple Linear Regression Analysis presented to faculty and students at UNAPEC Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. |
Other Relevant Experience |
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Juarez & Associates USAID, Testing and Measurement Specialist, Guatemala. |
Language Skills
Language | Proficiency |
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Spanish | He is very fluent in Spanish |
Fields of Expertise
assessment center, educational assessment, educational psychology, evaluation, psychometrics, algebra, applied statistics, arithmetic mean, biostatistics, bivariate analysis, chi-square method, data correlation, design of experiments, discriminant analysis, education statistics, F distribution, factor analysis, histogram, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, linear model, multivariate analysis, multivariate statistical analysis, nonparametric statistics, principal components analysis, reliability, social statistics, statistic, statistical computer software, statistical data analysis, statistical degree of freedom, statistical design of experiments, statistics, Student's t statistic, Student's t test, survey design, survey statistics, Type II error