Faculty

Dr. Oliver Edwards

Oliver W. Edwards completed his undergraduate studies in psychology at Florida International University in 1986. He completed an Ed.D. in education at Florida International University in 1998 and graduate degrees and a Ph.D. in school psychology at the University of Florida in 1989 and 2003, respectively. During his graduate education, he was a McKnight Doctoral Fellow.

Dr. Edwards practiced as a school psychologist with the School Board of Broward County, Florida for several years. He later became an administrator with the district, supervising roughly 65 school psychologists and school social workers in their work with 65 schools and some 75,000 students.

Dr. Edwards' research interests are motivated by two imperatives: helping children and serving the profession of school psychology. His previous research addressed theories of intelligence, intellectual testing of racial/ethnic minorities, and the sociology of education. Currently, he is researching issues involving utilizing family and social support networks to aid students' intellectual, academic, and emotional functioning. In addition, he is keenly interested in researching issues involving high-stakes testing.

Dr. Stephen A. Sivo

Dr. Sivo is a tenured Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida. He has taught statistics, research methods, and measurement at UCF for 8 years. He has chaired or served on around 120 doctoral dissertations since he began at UCF. Dr. Sivo specializes in Statistics, Research Methodology, and Measurement with a particular emphasis on Structural Equation Modeling as applied to the Behavioral and Social Sciences. His coursework includes Doctoral level Structural Equation Modeling, Survey Research, and Multivariate Statistics and Masters level Research Methods and Assessment & Measurement. Dr. Sivo has published one book and more than 30 peer-reviewed articles focusing on educational research methodology, yet many articles communicate this same methodological work to other disciplines (for example, breast cancer research, entrepreneurial research, information systems, and communications among other areas). The methodological journals he has published in have the highest impact factors and rejection rates most often exceeding 90%. He is the PI for a grant funded national breast cancer research study focusing on the quality of care. HONORS AND AWARDS 2008 Elected Co-Chair of the Structural Equation Modeling SIG of AERA, an international statistical conference group. 2008 Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Service to the Faculty Senate. 2005 Research Incentive Award (RIA) by the University of Central Florida For Research Excellence 2005 Teaching Incentive Program Award (TIP) by the University of Central Florida For Teaching Excellence

Dr. Gordon E. Taub

Dr. Taub is an Associate Professor of School Psychology. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 1998 and has six years of applied experience in school psychology. His major areas of scholarly interest include the structure and development of intelligence, individual differences in real-world performance, personality and emotional assessment, and parenting. Dr. Taub teaches Advanced Educational Psychology, Behavioral and Observational Analysis of Classroom Interactions in Schools, Child and Adolescent Deviant Behavior and Treatment, Developmental Bases of Diverse Behaviors, Individual Psychoeducational Diagnosis II, and Introduction to School Psychology.