President And Principal Scientist
CurrentDr. Herb Turner has over 30 years of quantitative research experience. Herb leads ANALYTICA’s research staff in conducting its work and specializes in synthesizing evidence standards for impact evaluations into unifying, generalizable framework that can be applied across disciplines, and across federal and philanthropically sponsored initiatives. As an adjunct Professor at PENN GSE since 2002, Herb has a dual appointment in Educational Leadership and Quantitative Methods where he teaches graduate level courses in statistical programming, statistical methods, and research design. His course in statistical programming has been recognized by the SAS Institute as one of the most innovative offered in the United States, and having global impact. His knowledge and experiences with evidence standards to assess whether interventions work has resulted in his serving on an increasing number PENN GSE dissertation committees, federal review panels for IES and NSF. He has published in a number of peer reviewed journals. Herb’s career experiences began as a research assistant with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia leading and a research analyst with the Office of Institutional Research at the University of Delaware.