Queries Faculty

Dr. Cherie Avent
Assistant Professor

*Not accepting new students for
Fall 2026

• Program Evaluation
• Mixed Methods Research
• Qualitative Research Methods

Dr. Sandra Camargo Salamanca
Postdoctoral Research Associate

(Does not accept advisees)

• Validity Theory
• Large Scale Assessment
• Performance-based Assessment

Dr. Jennifer Cromley
Professor

*Not accepting new students for
Fall 2026

• Applied statistics
• Analysis of small-scale classroom experiments
• Applied longitudinal data analysis
• Research Lab

Dr. Melissa Goodnight
Assistant Professor &
Queries Division Co-Chair

*Not accepting new students for
Fall 2026

• Evaluation
• Qualitative and mixed methods research
• Transnational and comparative studies
• Ethnography and fieldwork

Dr. Justin Kern
Associate Professor &
Queries Division Co-Chair

*Not accepting new students for
Fall 2026

• Measurement
• Item response time modeling
• Computerized adaptive testing
• Item response tree modeling

Dr. Nia Mitchell
Assistant Professor

*Not accepting new students for
Fall 2026

• Qualitative Research Methodologies
• Program Evaluation
• Mixed Methods

Dr. Courtney Stone
Assistant Professor

*Not accepting new students for
Fall 2026

• Program Evaluation
• Mixed Methods Research
• Validity

Dr. Yan Xia
Associate Professor

*Considering accepting new students for Fall 2026

• Structural Equation Modeling
• Categorical Data
• Missing Data

Dr. Jinming Zhang
Professor

*Not accepting new students for
Fall 2026

• Cognitive Diagnosis and Adaptive Learning
• Large-scale Assessment and Computerized Adaptive Test
• Psychometrics and Measurement Theory