Elizabeth A.B. Ackerson

Academic status: Doctoral Student (first year)

Advisor: Dr. Kathy Schuh

Education:
• B. A. Music & K-12 music educator license

• M. A. Educational Psychology. University of Iowa

Research interest: Identity development of women and how it relates to or is a part of women learning math - would like to compare the US with another country to see how cultural factors affect the identity in this area

Current employment or work experience: Teach K-6 Music in the ICCSD, TA for 7P:200 Educational Psychology, teach private voice and piano lessons

Hobbies: Like to play pool, do puzzles (all kinds), read, cook, and spend time outdoors

James Gambrell

Academic status: Doctoral Student (second year)

Advisor: Dr. David Lohman

Education:
• B. A. Psychology, Philosophy, and Statistics

Research interest: Individual Differences, Reasoning and Problem-Solving, Psychometrics, Learning and Technology, Motivation, Philosophy of Education, Gifted Education

Recent publications or presentations

• Lohman, D.F., Gambrell, J., & Lakin, J. (2008). The commonality of extreme discrepancies in the ability profiles of academically gifted students. Psychology Science Quarterly, 50 (2), 269-282.

• Klinger, E., Gambrell, J. L., Cox, W. M., Fadardi, J. S., Stuchlíková, I., & Man, F. (2007, May). Age Differences in Motivational Structure.  Poster presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.

Hobbies: Playing video games, listening to podcasts and lectures, going for walks with my new puppy, debating issues with friends, obsessively checking my favorite blogs, tweaking my home theater system, reading sci-fi/fantasy novels, and going hiking in the mountains

E-mail: James-Gambrell@uiowa.edu

Joni Lakin

Academic status: Doctoral Student (fifth year)

Advisor: Dr. David Lohman

Education:
• B. S. Applied Psychology. Georgia Institute of Technology

Research interest: Individual differences, educational measurement, assessing English-language learners, testing and measurement issues relating to gifted identification

Recent publications or presentations

• Lohman D.F., & Lakin, J. Consistencies in sex differences on the Cognitive Abilities Test across countries, grades, test forms, and cohorts. Accepted for publication in British Journal of Educational Psychology.

• Lohman, D. F., Korb, K. A., & Lakin, J. Identifying Academically Gifted English Language Learners using Nonverbal Tests: A Comparison of the Raven, NNAT, and CogAT. Accepted for publication in Gifted Child Quarterly.

• Lakin, J., & Lohman, D.F. (2008, March). Accuracy and Access: Competing Goals in the Selection of Students for Gifted and Enrichment Services. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, New York, NY.

Hobbies: I'm crafty. I knit and crochet baby items for The Preemie Project in Iowa City.

Roger Hileman

Academic status: Masters Student (2005-present)

Advisor: Dr. Stephen Alessi

Education:
• B. A. Music Education. Wartburg College

Research interest: Adult development, lifelong learning in the workplace, authentic assessments

E-mail: roger-hileman@uiowa.edu

Current employment or work experience:

• "From Design to Delivery: Creating CBT Design Standards for WorkKeys Assessments" Test Development Associate; ACT, Inc., WorkKeys Development Division

• Bass trombonist and vocalist for the New Venue Big Band
• Searching for literary representation for my latest novel, "Hammon Falls."

Yanrong Kang

Academic status: Doctoral Student

Advisor: Dr. Joyce Moore

Speciality: Educational Psychology

Education:
• Ph.D. Educational Psychology. 2002-present
• B. A. 2002. Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China

Research interests:
• The influence of parental styles on children's academic achievement
• Moral development during early adolescence to adulthood

Yi-Lung Kuo

Academic status: Doctoral Student (third year)

Advisor: Dr. David Lohman

Education:
• B. ED. 1999. Major: Special Education; Minor: Mathematics, National Taiwan Normal University

• M. ED. 2005. Gifted Education, National Taiwan Normal University

Research interest: Individual Differences, Measurement

Recent publications or presentations

• Ding, Y., Kuo, Y. L., & Vandyke, D. C. (in press). School Psychology in China (PRC), Hong Kong, and Taiwan : A Cross-Regional Perspective. School Psychology International.

• Kuo, Y. L. (2008). The Determinants of Successful Whole Grade Academic Acceleration. Poster presented at the 2008 Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Research Symposium, the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, February 1, 2008.

• Kuo, Y. L., & Lohman, D. F. (2007). The effects of the position of correct response on the difficulty of mathematical reasoning items. Paper presented at the 2007 Annual Convention of American Educational Research Association, Chicago , April 9-13, 2007.

Current employment: RA with Dr. Kathy Schuh and at ACT

Work experience: Special/gifted education teacher in junior high school, second lieutenant
Hobbies: Play badminton and tennis; travel

E-mail: yi-lung-kuo@uiowa.edu

Website: http://myweb.uiowa.edu/yilkuo/