Profile

**Professor Stevens is retired and not accepting graduate students.**

Joseph Stevens received his PhD in Psychology and Quantitative Methods from the University of Arizona. He is a Professor in Educational Methodology, Policy, and Leadership in the College of Education. He was formerly a Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of New Mexico. He also was a measurement statistician at Educational Testing Service. He teaches a variety of graduate courses in applied statistics and research methods. In upcoming years he will be primarily teaching EDLD 628 Hierarchical Linear Modeling I, EDLD 629 Hierarchical Linear Modeling II, EDLD 633 Structural Equation Modeling I, and EDLD 634 Structural Equation Modeling II.  His scholarly interests are in individual differences including exceptional children, school effects and accountability, measurement, validity, longitudinal modeling, and the evaluation of achievement gaps.