Hi there! I’m a 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 statistics concepts and 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, finance, and media
Developing a modern, psychometrically sound tool to assess statistical literacy in the general population
Psychometrics and Scale Development
Applying item response theory and other psychometric techniques to develop and validate measurement tools
Advanced Statistical Methods in Educational Psychology Research
Promoting the use of advanced statistical methods to better understand the effects of educational interventions
