David F. Lopez
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I received my Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Kent State University (1993). I then completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship (1993-1995) in Lifespan Developmental Psychology and Multivariate Statistics at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Education in Berlin, Germany. Upon returning to the United States, I began my academic career at the University of South Florida (1995-1997) and then moved to Bard College (1997-2003), where I was promoted to Associate Professor of Psychology, and served as Acting Psychology Department Chair. My academic research focused on the cognitive and motivation processes involved in student learning (i.e., memory, attention, problem solving, goal setting, academic motivation, and task persistence).
My research experience includes laboratory experiments, random assignment and control studies, large sample surveys, instrument design and validation (including the parallel development and validation of multiple language versions of assessment tools), training intervention studies, and program evaluations (formative and summative). I have an active publication record with over 80 peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations, published in leading academic journals, including Developmental Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, International Journal of Behavioral Development, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, and Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.
In 2003, I left academia to pursue a career in Educational Consulting. In that time I have worked on a variety of federally-funded research projects focusing on K-12 systemic reform issues, including regional technical assistance needs, curriculum reform, teacher quality, pre-K school readiness, and improving student achievement. In 2007, I founded my own statistical consulting company, iAnalytics (http://ianalytics.org).
Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Motivation, Goal Setting
- Research Methods, Assessment
- Social Cognition
Journal Articles:
- Ditto, P. H., & Lopez, D. F. (1992). Motivated skepticism: Use of differential decision criteria for preferred and nonpreferred conclusions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 63, 568-584.
- Little, T. D., & Lopez, D. F. (1997). Regularities in the development of children's causality beliefs about school performance across six sociocultural contexts. Developmental Psychology, 33, 165-175.
- Little, T. D., Lopez, D. F., Oettingen, G., & Baltes, P. B. (2001). A comparative-longitudinal study of action-control beliefs and school performance: On the role of context. International Journal of Behavioural Development, 25, 237-245.
- Little, T. D., Lopez, D. F., & Wanner, B. (2001). Children's action-control behaviors (coping): A longitudinal validation of the behavioral inventory of strategic control. Anxiety, Stress and Coping, 14, 315-336.
- Lopez, D. F. (2000). Social cognitive influences on self-regulated learning: The impact of action-control beliefs and academic goals on achievement-related outcomes [T. Garcia (Ed.), Special Issue: Self-Regulation: Maintaining the Motivation to Learn]. Learning and Individual Differences, 11, 301-319.
- Lopez, D. F., Ditto, P. H., & Waghorn, K. C. (1994). Valenced social information and the temporal location of thought. British Journal of Social Psychology, 33, 443-456.
- Lopez, D. F., & Little, T. D. (1996). Children's action-control beliefs and emotional regulation in the social domain. Developmental Psychology, 32, 299-312.
Other Publications:
- Carey, N., Reese, D. L., Lopez, D. F., Shuford, R. W., & Wills, J. K. (2006). Time to train in self-paced courses and the return on investment from course conversion. The CNA Corporation, Alexandria, VA; CRM D0015039.A1/SR1.
- Cavalluzzo, L., Lopez, D. F., Ross, J., & Larson, M. (2005). A study of the effectiveness and cost of AEL’s Online Professional Development Program in Reading in Tennessee. Edvantia: Nashville, TN.
- Lopez, D. F., & Martinez, M. (2007). Managing and assessing the Defense Logistics Agency’s workforce competencies: Lessons learned from the 2003-2004 studies. Interim Report, The CNA Corporation, Alexandria, VA.
- Lopez, D. F., Walker, B., & Golder, D. (2007). Understanding curriculum alignment: Assessing the alignment between state and national standards. Report submitted to the Institute for Educational Sciences, Department of Education. Regional Educational Laboratory – Appalachia at The CNA Corporation, Alexandria, VA; IPR 12185.A1.
David F. Lopez
iAnalytics Statistical Consulting
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