Our faculty develop and apply state-of-the-art qualitative and quantitative methods for research, assessment, and program evaluation in education. We have expertise ranging from design-based research, ethnography and interviewing, to statistics, measurement, and data science. Students will learn the theory underpinning social research methods and how to apply them in sophisticated and innovative ways to inform education policy and practice.
To find a faculty member who is an expert in the area, click on the titles below.
Data Science
Lisa García Bedolla
Marcia Linn*
Zachary A. Pardos*
Sophia Rabe-Hesketh
Michael Ranney**
Michelle Wilkerson
Mark R. Wilson*
* Faculty available to advise only new doctoral students.
† Faculty available to advise only new master's students.
*†Faculty available to advise both doctoral and master's students.
**Professor of the Graduate School is a title for BSE faculty members who are active in research and otherwise retired.
Design-Based Research
Kris Gutíerrez*
Marcia Linn*
Erin Murphy-Graham
Geoffrey B. Saxe**
Tina Trujillo
Derek Van Rheenen†
Michelle Hoda Wilkerson
* Faculty available to advise only new doctoral students.
† Faculty available to advise only new master's students.
*†Faculty available to advise both doctoral and master's students.
**Professor of the Graduate School is a title for BSE faculty members who are active in research and otherwise retired.
Evaluation
Karen Draney
Bruce Fuller**
Lisa García Bedolla
Marcia Linn*
Erin Murphy-Graham
Michael Ranney**
Jose Eos Trinidad*†
Mark R. Wilson*
Frank C. Worrell*
* Faculty available to advise only new doctoral students.
† Faculty available to advise only new master's students.
*†Faculty available to advise both doctoral and master's students.
**Professor of the Graduate School is a title for BSE faculty members who are active in research and otherwise retired.
Measurement
Maggie Chan*
Karen Draney
Marcia Linn*
Zachary A. Pardos*
Sophia Rabe-Hesketh
Mark Wilson*
Frank C. Worrell*
* Faculty available to advise only new doctoral students.
† Faculty available to advise only new master's students.
*†Faculty available to advise both doctoral and master's students.
**Professor of the Graduate School is a title for BSE faculty members who are active in research and otherwise retired.
Qualitative Research Methods
Patricia Baquedano-Lopez
Travis J. Bristol
Andrea diSessa**
Karen Draney
Sarah W. Freedman**
Bruce Fuller**
Lisa García Bedolla
Kris D. Gutíerrez*
Özge Hacıfazlıoğlu
Glynda Hull†
Erin Murphy-Graham
Janelle Scott
Laura Sterponi*
Jose Eos Trinidad*†
Tina Trujillo
Derek Van Rheenen†
Michelle Hoda Wilkerson
Michelle D. Young*†
* Faculty available to advise only new doctoral students.
† Faculty available to advise only new master's students.
*†Faculty available to advise both doctoral and master's students.
**Professor of the Graduate School is a title for BSE faculty members who are active in research and otherwise retired.
Statistics and Econometrics
Tolani Britton
Karen Draney
Lisa García Bedolla
Zachary A. Pardos*
Sophia Rabe-Hesketh
Jose Eos Trinidad*†
Tina Trujillo
Mark R. Wilson*
* Faculty available to advise only new doctoral students.
† Faculty available to advise only new master's students.
*†Faculty available to advise both doctoral and master's students.
**Professor of the Graduate School is a title for BSE faculty members who are active in research and otherwise retired.
COURSE STRANDS
Core Courses
Qualitative |
Measurement |
Evaluation |
Design-Based Research |
Statistics |
Data Science |
| EDUC 271B Introduction to Qualitative Methods/ Murphy-Graham | EDUC 274A Measurement in Education & the Social Sciences I/ Wilson | EDUC 276A Introduction to Program Evaluation/ Linda Morrell | New Course TBD/ Gutierrez + Wilkerson | EDUC 293A Data Analysis in Educational Research I/ Draney | EDUC C260F Machine Learning in Education/ Pardos |
Specializations
Qualitative |
Measurement |
Evaluation |
Design-Based Research |
Statistics |
Data Science |
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EDUC 243 Advanced Qualitative Methods/ Gutierrez |
EDUC 274B Measurement in Education & the Social Sciences II/ Wilson |
EDUC 276C Practicum in Evaluation/ Instructor TBD |
EDUC 222C Design-Based Research Forum/ Abrahamson |
EDUC 275B Data Analysis in Educational Research II/ Rabe-Hesketh |
INFO 254 Data Mining & Analytics/ Pardos |
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EDUC 273 Video Analysis Seminar/ Wilkerson |
EDUC 274C Research Seminar in Measurement/ Wilson |
EDUC 276D Theoretical Issues in Evaluation/ Instructor TBD |
SCMATHE 220C Design of Educational Innovations/ Linn |
EDUC 275G Hierarchical & Longitudinal Modeling/ Rabe-Hesketh |
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EDUC 250C Discourse Analysis/ Sterponi |
EDUC 274D Multidimensional Measurement/ Wilson |
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EDUC 252B The Ethnography of Literacy/ Sterponi |
EDUC 270B BEAR Seminar/ Wilson |
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EDIC 280C The Conduct of Ethnographic Inquiry/ Baquedano-López |
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EDUC 223B Mathematical Thinking & Problem Solving/ Schoenfeld |
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