Affiliated Faculty
The Achievement and Assessment Institute is proud to support faculty across the University of Kansas whose research aligns with our mission. Here you will find a rolling list of Affiliated Faculty. If you are faculty with a proposed research project that intersects with any area of our purpose or mission, contact us now to learn how we can support you.
Faculty Members
James D. Basham
School of Education and Human Sciences
Special Education
Professor
Project: Center for Innovation, Design, and Digital Learning (CIDDL)
James D Basham Profile
Peter Bobkowski
Clyde M. Reed Professor of Journalism
Associate Professor
Affiliate Faculty, Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies
Peter Bobkowski Profile
Brian P. Cole
School of Education and Human Sciences
Educational Psychology
Director of Training: Counseling Psychology PhD Program
Projects: Hope Through Strengths, Predicting Treatment Utilization and Therapy Outcome With the MMPI-3 in a Psychological Services Clinic
Brian P. Cole Profile
Dawn M. Emerson
School of Education and Human Sciences
Health, Sport, & Exercise Sciences
Assistant Professor
Project: Core Body Temperature and Exertional Heat Illness Risks in Marching Band
Dawn M. Emerson Profile
Andrew C. Fry
School of Education and Human Sciences
Health, Sport, & Exercise Sciences
Professor
Director, Jayhawk Athletic Performance Laboratory
Projects: Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at Kansas, Acute Influence of Resistance Exercise on Basketball Shooting Accuracy and Mechanics
Andrew C. Fry Profile
Mary D. Fry
School of Education and Human Sciences
Health, Sport, & Exercise Sciences
Professor
Project: The Impact of the Perceived Motivational Climate during a Free Throw Shooting Clinic on Objective Performance, Improvement, and Effort, Physiological Stress, and Psychological Responses
Mary D. Fry Profile
Philip Michael Gallagher
School of Education and Human Sciences
Health, Sport, & Exercise Sciences
Professor
Project: Heat Tolerance after SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Philip Michael Gallagher
Arpita Ghosh
School of Education and Human Sciences
Educational Psychology
Assistant Professor
Arpita Ghosh Profile
Susan Harvey
School of Education and Human Sciences
Health, Sport, & Exercise Sciences
Assistant Professor
Susan Harvey
David M. Hansen
School of Education and Human Sciences
Educational Psychology, Psychology & Research in Education
Department Chair
Projects: Evaluation of an Out-of-School STEM Program: Saturday Academy, Evaluating Post-Secondary Achievement Impacts of a STEM-Focused Program for Adolescents
David M. Hansen Profile
Christopher M. Johnson
Professor, Music Education & Music Therapy
Director, Division of Music Education & Music Therapy
Emphasis: Instrumental Music Education
Christopher M. Johnson Profile
Barbara Kerr
School of Education and Human Sciences
Educational Psychology, Psychology & Research in Education
Williamson Family Distinguished Professor of Counseling Psychology
Co-Director of Center for Creativity and Entrepreneurship Education (CCEE)
Barbara Kerr Profile
Haiying Long
School of Education and Human Sciences
Educational Psychology
Associate Professor
Projects: Collaborative Research: Analyzing Virtual and In-Person Networks of Participation in Free-Choice STEM Learning Settings: A Zoo and Museum Pilot (VIP-Networks), Institutional Misalignment Improvement for Non-Traditional Engineers (iMINE)
Haiying Long Profile
Amanda L. Mollet
School of Education and Human Sciences
Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Assistant Professor
Amanda L. Mollet Profile
Christopher Niileksela
School of Education and Human Sciences
Educational Psychology
Assistant Professor
Christopher Niileksela Profile
Eugene (Gene) T. Parker III
School of Education and Human Sciences
Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Associate Professor
Eugene (Gene) T. Parker III Profile
Lizette Peter
School of Education and Human Sciences
Associate Professor
Curriculum & Teaching
Lizette Peter Profile
Matthew Reynolds
School of Education and Human Sciences
Educational Psychology, Psychology & Research in Education
Associate Professor
Director of Training, School Psychology
Matthew Reynolds Profile
Sean J. Smith
School of Education and Human Sciences
Department of Special Education
Professor
Associate Researcher, Life Span Institute
Project: Co-PI, Center for Innovation, Design, and Digital Learning (CIDDL)
M'Balia Thomas
School of Education and Human Sciences
Curriculum and Teaching
Professor
Project: Adopting a Corpus-Based Approach to Defining Deeper Learning: Identifying the Rhetorical-Stylistic "Moves" that Matter
M'Balia Thomas Profile
Lisa Wolf Wendel
School of Education and Human Sciences
Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Professor
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
Lisa Wolf Wendel Profile
Yong Zhao
School of Education and Human Sciences
Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Foundation Distinguished Professor
Co-Director of Center for Creativity and Entrepreneurship Education (CCEE)
Yong Zhao Profile
Kathleen Zimmerman
School of Education and Human Sciences
Department of Special Education
Assistant Professor
Kathleen Zimmerman Profile