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Projects
My current work focuses on school closures, classroom dynamics, and tools that advance research practice with LLMs. I am also growing a line of work in measurement, including scalable approaches to developing and validating text-based measures. Earlier projects explore other facets of educational equity and outcomes.
School Closure Research
Examining equity implications and policy trade-offs in school closure decisions through simulation modeling, machine learning, and natural language processing.
Classroom Dynamics Research
Using observational data, acoustic modeling, and LLM-based semantic context to analyze speaker identification and classroom participation.
Tool Development
Creating open-source tools like the pairadigm Python package and edfinr R package to make advanced research methods more accessible.
Measurement Research
Building scalable measures from text, including work on LLM-based pairwise comparisons for item difficulty and emotional affect.
Other Projects
A collection of research projects examining parental equity beliefs, gentrification, scenario planning, and user learning persistence.