Investigators
Core Leadership Team Members and Roles
Susan M. Sheridan Director, Nebraska Academy for Research on Rural Education
As Director of the Nebraska Academy for Research on Rural Education, Dr. Sheridan's responsibilities include overseeing every aspect of the Academy and the four cores. She is responsible for monitoring fiscal and administrative functions, and the fidelity of the center's programmatic structure to ensure successful implementation and management of the Center and its associated projects. Dr. Sheridan is the Principal Investigator on the Family-School Partnerships in Rural Settings supplementary study and the recently funded CBC in Rural Communities project awarded by IES.
Todd A. Glover Director, Research Operations Core
Dr. Glover's functions involve the execution, operation, and oversight of research studies; development and pursuit of related studies; and evaluation and synthesis of research outcomes. Members of this core include principal investigators, co-investigators, and project managers for each planned research project; leaders of related studies; and other key personnel involved as various studies become active within the RRED Academy.
Gwen L. Nugent Director, Rural Education Leadership Institute Core
Dr. Nugent's role is to develop a broadly accessible infrastructure (e.g., training, communication of scientific knowledge) for research, development, and dissemination to inform the rural education field on a national level.
James Bovaird Director, Nebraska Academy for Methodology, Analytics and Psychometrics
Dr. Bovaird will direct and provide state-of-the-science statistical and methodological support for the rural education scientists, as well as database development and management services. Core members include faculty and staff of the Nebraska Academy for Methodology, Analytics and Psychometrics (MAP) of the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools (CYFS).
Co-Investigators
Jon Pedersen Science Inquiry Evaluation Study
Dr. Pedersen is a Professor of Science Education and Director of Science Education for the Center for Mathematics, Science and Computer Education at the UNL.
Ed Shapiro Project READERS and Identification Study
Dr. Shapiro is the Director of the Center for Promoting Research to Practice and Professor of School Psychology at Lehigh University. He serves as co-PI of the identification study and the reading/RTI evaluation project, as well as coordinates with Pennsylvania schools and stakeholders for the sampling plan to be used in the Identification study.
Guy Trainin Identification Study
Dr. Trainin is an Assistant Professor in UNL's Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education and a Co-Director of the Great Plains Institute for Reading and Writing.