Hi there! I’m a first-year PhD student in Psychological Science at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) studying under the supervision of Dr. Alyssa Counsell in the Psychology And Statistics Education Research (PASER) Lab.
Research Interests
Teaching and Learning in Statistics and Research Methods Courses
Investigating students’ self-efficacy, anxiety, and attitudes toward statistics; studying how learners across disciplines and degree levels engage with real-world data and statistical software
Evaluating instructional strategies to improve outcomes in statistics and research methods courses
Statistical Literacy in Society
Examining how statistical literacy shapes understanding of information in politics, health, and media; developing modern, psychometrically sound tools to assess statistical literacy in the general population
Psychometrics and Scale Development
Applying item response theory and other psychometric techniques to develop and validate tools for assessing statistical literacy and learning-related constructs
Advanced Statistical Methods in Educational Psychology Research
Promoting the use of advanced statistical methods to better understand learning, development, and educational interventions
