Kristin (Ratliff) Ferrell Email & Phone Number

Tulsa, Ok, Us

Tulsa, Ok, Us

Torrance, California, United States

As the Director of Research Content Development, I provide support and oversight for research activities within WPS. Collaborating closely with colleagues across departments, I provide content development expertise with the goal of delivering exceptional assessments of high integrity, reliability, and accessibility across the globe. My work includes direct supervision and management of R&D staff to move forward individual research projects as well as developing long-term strategic planning and policies for adapting content of WPS-published products across various contexts including digital and remote assessment, clinical and research adaptations, and translations in other languages.

Torrance, California, United States

Develop and manage R&D policies for modifications to the standardized administration methods and content of WPS published products, including adaptations, translations, and other specialized applications in research and clinical settings. This allows WPS to uphold the high integrity of our products while supporting increased accessibility and global use across a wide variety of populations.

Torrance, Ca

Develop psychological and educational assessments for commercial publication. WPS instruments and intervention materials cross a variety of disciplines including psychology, occupational therapy, and speech pathology. My skills as a Project Director include: • Project management (all development phases through publication) • Research methodology (large-scale research studies)• Collaborating with authors on the test development (test items and content)• Technical writing (manuscript preparation and editing for technical manuals)• Psychometrics and data analysis (using SPSS, MPlus, jMetrik)• Computer program development (test-scoring and report-writing software)• Design of printed materials (test forms, scoring and item analysis forms) My research and projects currently focus on language development, assessment of linguistic skills, and early detection of language disorders. I am also interested in cognitive development and better understanding the effect that multi-language learning has on language assessment and development. I collaborate closely with WPS Rights & Permissions department where I lead the research development for translations and adaptations of our measures around the world.

Los Angeles, California, United States

Chicago, Il

As the Director of Education Research for a psychology laboratory, our goal was to understand, evaluate, and improve the research applications of spatial cognition particularly within educational settings. I led a research team comprised of full-time research assistants, undergraduate and graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers for the Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center (SILC) site at the University of Chicago, under the advisement of Dr. Susan Levine. My skills included experimental design and project management, collaboration with faculty at multiple sites, writing and maintaining grant proposals, budgeting, data analysis, design of tests and materials for assessing and tracking the development of spatial skills across the age span, scientific writing, and professional presentations of research at conferences and SILC events. SILC is a multi-site National Science Foundation Science of Learning Center with the aim of developing the science of spatial learning and using this knowledge to transform educational practice, particularly in the areas of scientific, technical, engineering, and mathematical (STEM) skills.http://www.spatiallearning.org/

Villanova, Pa

Primary instructor of a Graduate Seminar on Spatial CognitionAdvisor for Master's level students in a research program

Philadelphia, Pa

Postdoctoral Fellow (SILC): 2007-2008Research Assistant to Dr. Nora Newcombe, Temple Cognition Lab, Temple Infant Lab: 2004-2007Teaching Assistant: Undergraduate Capstone: Topics in Creativity (Assistant Instructor), 2006Scientific Thinking and Psychological Design of Research Methods (Teaching Assistant), 2003-2004Introductory Psychology as a Behavioral Science (Recitation/ Lab Instructor), 2002-2003Introductory Psychology as a Social Science (Recitation/ Lab Instructor), 2002-2003

Norman, Ok

Research Assistant to Dr. Scott Gronlund and Dr. Jennifer Perry, Human Cognition Lab

Ph.D., Cognitive Psychology

Dissertation: Evidence for an Adaptive Combination Model of Human Spatial Reorientation Research areas included: • Spatial reorientation.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Cognitive Development

Research areas included: • Development of early spatial and mathematical concepts: Measurement, mental rotation, cross-sectioning, &.

B.A. With Honors, Psychology

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa

Psychology

year abroad program