My academic training connects educational measurement,
language learning, and religious history.
Doctor of Philosophy · 2005
Instructional Psychology & Technology
Brigham Young University
Emphasis in educational and psychological measurement,
with a doctoral minor in Church History and Doctrine.
Academic details & dissertation
Dissertation:
Scale Construction and Halo Effect in Secondary
Student Ratings of Teacher Performance
Committee chair: Richard R. Sudweeks
Committee: Guy Dorius, Paul Merrill,
Dennis Wright, and Stephen Yanchar
- Research Presentation Award, Department of Graduate Studies,
2003 - CES Doctoral Fellowship, 1998–2001
Master of Arts · 1992
Germanic Studies
The University of Texas at Austin
Emphasis in foreign language pedagogy, with research
on interactive video and listening comprehension.
Academic details & thesis
Thesis:
A Conceptual Framework for the Development of Interactive
Video Lessons Designed to Enhance Foreign Language
Listening Ability
Committee: Frank Donahue and Dorothy Chun
- Instructorship, 1990–1992
- Project QUEST grant for developing interactive
video lessons, 1991
Bachelor of Arts · 1990
German Teaching
Brigham Young University
Training in language education, with a minor in political science.
Academic details & honors
Advisors: Paul Luckau and Randall Lund
- German Education Endowed Scholarship, 1989–1990
- Delta Phi Alpha German Studies Honor Society, 1989
- Departmental Writing Award for “A Metaphorical Answer
to the Question of Transcendence in Goethe’s
Werther,” 1989
