Michael Hebert, associate professor of special education and communication disorders, led a May 1 virtual presentation in the Spring 2020 Methodology Applications Series. About 40 people attended his presentation via Zoom video conference.
His presentation, “Seeing the Forest Plot for the Trees: Using Meta-Analysis to Synthesize Research,” is now available on video.
Donna Chen, MAP Academy graduate research assistant, has earned a Dean’s Fellowship for the 2020-21 academic year through the Office of Graduate Studies for her “outstanding academic performance and scholarly potential.”
Chen is a fifth-year doctoral student in the Quantitative, Qualitative and Psychometric Methods program. She is working primarily on the Equity in Engineering and TAPP Latino projects.
Congratulations to CYFS Director Sue Sheridan, who has been named associate dean for research and creative activity for the College of Education and Human Sciences.
Sheridan will continue as CYFS director. Lisa Knoche, research associate professor, is now co-director of the center and will assist in strategic and operational activities.
A new tool from the Nebraska Academy for Early Childhood Research is now available to help researchers collaborate on early childhood assessments.
NAECR’s Early Childhood Measures Exchange is designed to help researchers find, explore and access early childhood assessments available from other NAECR researchers.
Name: Tina Horan
Title: Assistant Director for Research Operations
Hometown: Nebraska City
Where did you work prior to joining CYFS? What was your role there, and what did it entail?
Before joining CYFS, I worked 12 years at the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office as budget director. My responsibilities included developing and controlling the department’s multi-million-dollar agency budget, obtaining and managing federal grants to expand the operating budget, and preparing written and oral presentations to the governor and Legislature to justify appropriations requests. I also oversaw project management between agencies and administration, monitored and audited monthly revenue and expenditures, took part in strategic planning for budgeting and staffing operations, and various other things such as benefit enrollment, human resources, payroll, accounts payable and deposits.
The CYFS team has been closely monitoring the situation around COVID-19, and while the immediate risk of infection for most Americans remains low, recent events have raised the risk in some communities.
In an effort to ensure the safety and well-being of the university community and its many partners, and to comply with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidance on large in-person gatherings, the following CYFS events have been canceled and may be rescheduled at a later date:
HyeonJin Yoon, CYFS research assistant professor, led a March 13 presentation in the Spring 2020 Methodology Applications Series at the Nebraska Union. Her presentation, “Regression Discontinuity Designs in Social Science Research: Causal Inference of Cutoff-Based Programs,” is now available on video.
Natalie Koziol, CYFS research assistant professor, led a Feb. 7 presentation in the Spring 2020 Methodology Applications Series. Her presentation, “Pursuing Causal Inferences in the Absence (or Failure) of Random Assignment: An Introduction to Propensity Score Analysis,” is now available on video.
