Bio
Currently I am the director of the College of Social Sciences, FMG.
Between 2004 and 2021, I ...
- Taught a programming course (CSI: Amsterdam - Creating surveys on the internet with PHP/MySQL) for several years at Psychology, FMG.
- Redesigned the Psychological methods specialisation programme (still in use today)
- Obtained my Phd (Admissible statistics from a latent variable perspective) at Psychological Methods, FMG.
- Taught methods and statistics as an assistant professor at Child Development & Educational Sciences, FMG.
- Was programme director of the Bachelor Child Development at Child Development & Educational Sciences, FMG.
- Was programme director of the shared premaster Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Child Development & Educational Sciences, embedded in 7 HvA programmes, at Child Development & Educational Sciences, FMG.
- Created five MOOCs on methods and statistics (taught three, produced five) for Child Development & Educational Sciences, Social Sciences and FMG.
- Coordinated Blended Learning efforts at FMG.
- Was director of the Centre for Educational Innovation at Economics & Business.
- Managed the Teaching and Learning Centre at Economics and Business.
Research
My research used to focus on quantitative measurement in psychology. In recent years my interests have shifted to experimental research on the effectiveness of educational interventions.
Teaching
Courses I taught include Methods and Statistics in Educational Sciences in the CDES research master and 'Toegepaste Methodenleer en Statistiek' or TMLS, a second year bachelor course on research methods and statistics. I also coordinated the 'OnderzoeksPracticum'. The MOOCs Quantitative Research Methods and Inferential Statistics are based on the undergraduate courses I taught on research methods and inferential statistics.
Other
I currently serve on the following boards: DLO, FMG financiele commissie, Doorontwikkeling REC.
Previously, I served on others boards, including the Blended Learning and later the Centre for Learning and Teaching board from 2015 - 2018. Other professional activities include conference organization and website work for the Society for Mathematical Psychology, and helping to set up the Women of MathPsych workgroup. I chaired UvAPro, the PhD student association of the UvA.