Thank you for visiting my website. I have been a professor at California State University, Bakersfield since 1993. In addition to teaching, I care deeply about our campus community and, through attentive listening and informal mediation, I am committed to fostering a supportive environment where all colleagues can thrive. I am also continually expanding my research across various fields, including messy data analysis, stochastic modeling, R computing, AI applications, network analysis, and STEM education.
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Academic Recognitions:
Achievement Award from the National Center for Education Statistics, 2000
During my tenure at CSUB, I chaired the Department of Advanced Educational Studies (which housed six graduate programs) from 2002 to 2008. Before that, I received early promotions to Associate Professor (1997) and Full Professor (2000), along with early tenure in 1998.
For the remainder of my time at CSUB, I taught undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral courses. I also participated in a cooperative doctoral program between CSUB and the University of the Pacific, and served as a major professor chairing doctoral dissertations at CSU Fresno. In 2009, I took a leave to serve as a Senior Research Scientist at The First Lab.
Institutional Services:
(1) CAEP Assessment Reviewer
(2) NCATE Board of Examiner
(3) Advisory Board of the Australian International Academic Center
(AIAC)
Advisor: Dr. Feyerherm at KSU
Passed the 2nd Ph.D. Qualifying Exam in 1993
Advisor: Professor Ping Li at BNU
(more physics coursework in 1990 with Professor Itzik Ben-Itzhak at KSU)
I hold numerous advanced credentials in statistical methods and data science, including:
Fellow: National Center for Education Statistics (John Sietsema, Mentor)
Current
2018–2024
Journal of School Leadership (Sage Publications)
2016–2023
Student Quality Assurance Impact Research Project (SQuAIR) of the CSU Chancellor's Office
California State University, Bakersfield
1992–1993 at KSU
2011–2013 at CSU, Fresno
1993–2016 at CSUB
1993–2016 at CSUB
2014–2016 at CSUB
2001–2009 at the University of the Pacific
For the doctoral program in Educational Administration
2001–2009 at the University of the Pacific
For the doctoral program in Educational Administration
EDRS 4600: Educational Statistics
EDLD 6040: Intermediate Statistics / Advanced Applied Quantitative Methods
EDRS 6600: Educational Statistics
EDRS 6610: Research Design and Analysis
My Google Scholar literature base contains 196 items as of 3/15/2025. Before pursuing my Ph.D. in the United States, I served as Executive Secretary of the IEA Center in Beijing and published research articles in three scholarly journals: (1) Educational Research [Beijing, volume 88(10), pp. 16–19], (2) Shanghai Educational Research [Shanghai, volume 89(5), pp. 22–26], and (3) Foreign Educational Research [Changchun, volume 90(1), pp. 64–68].
My English publications since 1993 have appeared in the following journals: The American Statistician, Educational Researcher, Phi Delta Kappan, Science Education, The Journal of Educational Research, The Journal of Experimental Education, Educational and Psychological Measurement, Journal of Nursing Measurement, Ambulatory Surgery, Multiple Linear Regression Viewpoints, Journal of Social Service Research, Assessment Update, Social Indicators Research, International Journal of Research & Method in Education, Research in the Schools, Journal of College Student Retention, Education, Instructional Psychology, Educational Psychology, Journal of School Leadership, Educational Leadership and Administration, Advances in Online Education, Athens Journal of Education, Alberta Journal of Educational Research, Research in Middle Level Education Annual, International Journal of Education, Reading Improvement, Teacher Education & Practice, International Education Studies, The Journal of Effective Teaching, Evaluation and Program Planning, The Math-Science Connector, The International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, School Science and Mathematics, Mathematics Education Research Journal, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, and Journal for Research in Mathematics Education.
Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice (Link)
Advances in Online Education, 2(3), 204–212 (2024)(Link)
An annual report to NSF (2024)(Link)
An annual report to USDA (2024)(Link)
A peer-reviewed report for the federal HIS-STEM grant (2024)(Link)
A peer-reviewed report for the federal PPHOA grant (2024)(Link)
A peer-reviewed report for the federal PPHOA grant (2024)(Link)
A peer-reviewed report for the federal HIS-STEM grant (2024)(Link)
Proposition 10-required report approved through public hearing (2024)(Link)
Journal of School Leadership, 33(5), 431–433 (2023)(Link)
NSF grant report (2023)(Link)
Beijing: Spring-Fall Publisher. ISBN 7-5069-0141-2
Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen. ISBN 0-7734-8863-4
Beijing: Beijing Normal University Publisher (Book order number 0535564)
Before and during my tenure as department chair, my research received funding from several organizations, including the Spencer Foundation (1994–1995), the National Science Foundation (1995–1996, 1996–1998), Carnegie Foundation/The National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (2003–2005), and NAEP's Secondary Data Analysis Program (2004-2006).
Following my service as chair, I dedicated 15 years to developing comprehensive annual evaluation reports—often exceeding 140 pages—and facilitating public hearings for a First 5 project that secured over $10 million in annual funding through California's Proposition 10.
Below is a brief overview of the major grant initiatives I have participated in since 2020.
NSF (2024–present)
U.S. DOE (2021–present)
U.S. DOE (2022–present)
California Governor's Office (2024–present)
USDA (2024–present)
NSF (2022–2024)
U.S. DOE (2020–2025) (2024–present)
Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.
Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.
Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.
Title Vb grant workshop on 9/18/2023.
Paper presented at University Council for Educational Administration Annual Convention, Seattle, Washington.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
Paper presented at the annual conference of Indian Association for the Study of Population.
Paper presented at the 2010 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, Colorado.
Paper presented at the 2010 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, Colorado.
Paper presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, California.
Paper presented at the 2008 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York.
Symposium discussant at the 2007 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.
Paper presented at the 2006 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
An invited presentation at University of California, Santa Barbara (reference: Professor Jules Zimmer).
Paper presented at the 2001 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, Washington.
Paper presented at the 2000 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
Paper presented at the 1999 annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Boston, MA.
Paper presented at the 1999 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Montreal, Canada.
Paper presented at the 1999 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Montreal, Canada.
Paper presented at the 1999 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Montreal, Canada.
Paper presented at the 1999 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Montreal, Canada.
An invited speech at Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China.
An invited speech at Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China.
Paper presented at the 1998 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.
An invited speech at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. Contact Person: Professor Sandy Damico, Director of the Division of Educational Studies, Emory University.
An invited speech at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. Contact Person: Professor Sandy Damico, Director of the Division of Educational Studies, Emory University.
Paper presented at the 1997 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.
Paper presented at the 1997 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.
Paper presented at the 1997 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.
Paper presented at the 1996 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York, NY.
Paper presented at the 1996 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York, NY.
Paper presented at the 1995 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA.
Paper presented at the 1995 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA.
Paper presented at the 1994 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), New Orleans, LA.
Paper presented at the 1994 annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Anaheim, CA.
Paper presented at the 1993 annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Atlanta, GA.
Paper presented at the 1993 annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Atlanta, GA.
Paper presented at the 1992 annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Cambridge, MA.
Paper presented at the 1992 annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Cambridge, MA.
Paper presented at the 1991 annual meeting of the Southwest Association for Education of Teachers of Science, Colorado Springs, CO.
California State University, Bakersfield