Program Evaluation

Over 15 years experience in program evaluation, primarily on NSF funded projects.

NSF S-STEM Evaluations

Building a Chemistry and Biochemistry Targeted Learning Community: The Impact of Vertical Mentoring on STEM Student Outcomes

(2020 – 2025), PI Lafe, R. California State University San-Marcos

Improving the Persistence and Success of Students from Underrepresented Populations in Computer Science

(2018 – 2023), PI Mohsen Dorodchi; University of NC-Charlotte

REU Evaluations

Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Model-based Reasoning in STEM Education

(2018 – 2021), NSF Award 1757477; PI: Leslie Wright; Rochester Institute of Technology

Multimessenger Astrophysics

(2020 – 2024), NSF Award 1950669; PI:Joshua Faber; Rochester Institute of Tech

Multimessenger Astrophysics

(2017 – 2019), NSF, Dr. Joshua Faber, Rochester Institute of Technology

Research Experience for Undergraduates in Discipline-Based Education Research at RIT

(2014 – 2017), NSF Award DUE-1359262, Drs. Newman, Wright, Zwickle

DEI Focused Evaluations

RIT HMMI Inclusive Excellence

(2017 – Present), Scott Franklin and Dina Newman, Rochester Institute of Technology

NRT-IGE: Deploying Holistic Admissions and Critical Support Structures to Increase Diversity and Retention of US Citizens in Physics Graduate Programs

(2017 – Present), NSF-1633275; Principal Casey Miller, Scott Franklin, Benjamin Zwickl

Integrating Metacognitive Practices and Research to Ensure Student Success

(2014 – 2017), NSF, Dr. Scott Franklin and Dr. Elizabeth Hane, Rochester Institute of Technology

Faculty Development Focused Evaluations

Fostering integration of computational practices into physics courses — A local communities approach

(2015 – 2017), NSF-1504786; Marcos Daniel Caballero, Marie Lopez del Puerto, Norman Chonacky

Two-Year College New Faculty Experience

(Fall 2010 – 2016), NSF-DUE-0940857, Drs. Scott Schultz and Todd Leif

Other Evaluation Projects

PhysTEC website evaluation

(Summer 2020), American Association of Physics Teachers and American Physics Society

Developing a Large-Enrollment, Guided Inquiry, Conceptual Physics Course

(Fall 2011 – Summer 2013), NSF-DUE-1044172, Dr. Fred Goldberg

Collaborative Research: Developing a tool for teachers to assess real-time learning and forgetting in large classes

(Fall 2010 – 2012), NSF-DUE-0941378, Dr. Scott Franklin