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Welcome to the team, Maggie Montoya!

Maggie Montoya, CYFS proposal development coordinator

Name: Maggie Montoya

Job title: Proposal Development Coordinator

Hometown: Lincoln, Nebraska

Where did you work prior to joining CYFS? What was your role there, and what did it entail?

“I have roughly 10 years of experience working in various nonprofits throughout Lincoln. Most recently, I served as the development director at a local nonprofit centered on moving important environmental issues forward throughout Nebraska. I was responsible for meeting the organization’s income needs through grant writing, fundraising and donor engagement.” Full Article

Video available for MAP Academy presentation featuring Maria Elena Oliveri

Maria Elena Oliveri, associate director of psychometric consulting at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Buros Center for Testing, led the second presentation of the Fall 2021 Methodology Applications Series Dec. 10.

Video is now available of her virtual presentation, “Fairness in Assessment: The Imperative of Equity, Anti-racism and Justice.” Full Article

CYFS releases 2020-21 annual report

View the 2020-21 CYFS annual report: Interactive | PDF

Despite the unusual circumstances of the past year and a half, the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools has remained focused on impacting lives through research that advances learning and development.

With diverse partners in research, practice and policy, CYFS has continued work to address the social, behavioral and educational needs of communities in Nebraska and beyond — both amid and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Full Article

Northwestern University’s Tipton leads Fall 2021 Nebraska Methodology Workshop Series

Elizabeth Tipton, professor of statistics at Northwestern University, delivers her research keynote presentation Nov. 4 to begin the MAP Academy’s Fall 2021 Nebraska Methodology Workshop Series.

Elizabeth Tipton, associate professor of statistics at Northwestern University, led the Fall 2021 Nebraska Methodology Workshop Series Nov. 4 and 5.

The two-day event was presented by the Nebraska Academy for Methodology, Analytics and Psychometrics.

In her Nov. 4 research keynote, “Causal Generalizations: Building Connections Between Science and Policy,” Tipton reflected on her work as a statistician developing methods to improve the external validity of high internal validity designs. She discussed her design and analysis of individual field trials, as well as the collection of evidence across trials using meta-analysis. Full Article

Video available for MAP Academy presentation featuring Robert Shepard

Robert Shepard, assistant professor of geography at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, led the first presentation of the MAP Academy’s Fall 2021 Methodology Applications Series Nov. 12.

Video is now available of his virtual presentation, “Space Scale and Site: The Limits and Lies in Our Understanding of Residential Segregation.” Full Article

NAECR Knowledge event explores the necessity of secure data storage in early childhood research

With the widespread use and increase in popularity of the Microsoft OneDrive cloud storage service, the application is becoming a must among researchers in all disciplines.

Secure data storage — particularly the OneDrive app — was the focus of the Sept. 30 Fall NAECR Knowledge event. Early childhood researchers attended the virtual discussion to discuss the most efficient, effective ways to use OneDrive. Full Article