HumRRO is proud to announce Lu Liu as the recipient of the newly established HumRRO Fellowship in Educational Measurement and Evaluation<\/a>. Liu is a doctoral candidate in Measurement and Statistics at Florida State University and is expected to defend her dissertation in May 2025.<\/p>\n The new HumRRO fellowship<\/a> recognizes a doctoral student who \u201cdemonstrates exceptional research skills, academic achievement, and professional productivity\u201d in the areas of educational measurement and evaluation, and is in addition to the newly renamed HumRRO Fellowship in Industrial-Organizational Psychology<\/a>, which has been awarded since 1998. (Read about the 2024 HumRRO I-O Fellowship winner, Ashley Sylvara<\/a>.)<\/p>\n Becoming the first Educational Fellowship award winner is \u201ca tremendous honor,\u201d said Liu. \u201cThis award is meaningful to me, and I appreciate the valuable support from HumRRO.\u201d<\/p>\n 2024 has been a banner year for Liu: She was honored with the FSU Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems Dissertation Award, the Graduate School Dissertation Research Grant, and the FSU Congress of Graduate Students\u2019 Conference Presentation Grant. Liu also impressed the Fellowship selection committee with her published work in six refereed publications with four more in progress.<\/p>\n The fellowship grants a non-renewable stipend of $18,000, which Liu plans to cover her dissertation research-related expenses. \u201cThe award not only financially supports me\u2014allowing me more time on my research\u2014it also psychologically supports me by acknowledging what I have achieved and what I plan to study and contribute to the field,\u201d said Liu.<\/p>\n \u201cOne of the most rewarding things we do at HumRRO is recognizing upcoming, talented researchers, and now we get to do it twice by rewarding two scholars who will be making a difference in their respective fields,\u201d said President and CEO,\u00a0Suzanne Tsacoumis<\/a>, Ph.D. \u201cWe are thrilled that Lu is the inaugural recipient of the HumRRO Fellowship in Educational Measurement and Evaluation and look forward to her accomplishments in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n Liu\u2019s dissertation, \u201cAn Investigation of Impacts of Measurement Non-Invariance on Classification Based on Test Scores,\u201d investigates the impacts of measurement non-invariance when test scores are used to classify individuals into categories (e.g., pass vs. fail). She was inspired by collaborating with researchers in substantive areas and consultant work to help students with statistical analysis, measurement, and research design.<\/p>\n \u201cIn my contact with applied researchers and practitioners, I felt that they often cared more about whether measurement non-invariance impacts the usefulness of a test in terms of practical purposes (e.g., classification), in comparison to whether measurement non-invariance exists,\u201d Liu explained. \u201cThis inspired me to systematically investigate practical consequences of measurement non-invariance, giving rise to my dissertation topic.\u201d<\/p>\n Liu would also like to thank her advisor, Yanyun Yang, Ph.D., professor of Measurement and Statistics in the Department of Educational Psychology & Learning Systems, for her \u201chelpful and thought-provoking mentoring.\u201d<\/p>\n Applications for next year\u2019s HumRRO Fellowship in Educational Measurement and Evaluation will open on April 1, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>
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