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SSP CORE CONSULTANTS

	Mindy Anderson-Knott Survey, Statistics, and Psychometrics (SSP) Assistant Director Mindy Anderson-Knott graduated from Doane College in 1998 with a B.A. in Sociology and minors in Psychology and Communications. She earned her M.A. in Sociology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2000. Mindy worked for the Bureau of Sociological Research as a research assistant and project manager from 1998-2001. In 2001, she helped create a new survey research center at Pennsylvania State University, and served as Assistant Director until 2006. Mindy returned to UNL in March, 2006 to manage the new Survey, Statistics, and Psychometrics Core Facility and is currently serving as Assistant Director. She has two young sons and spends all of her spare time running after them. mandersonknott2@unl.edu 107 Benton Hall University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0620 USA Phone:402-472-7218 Fax:402-472-7228
	Duane F. Shell Research Associate Professor Duane Shell holds a B.S.E. degree in social studies, history and psychology, a M.S. in human development and family, and a Ph.D. in educational psychology, all from the University of Nebraska. His experiences range from computer programming, teaching of computer programming, serving as a family teacher in the transitional learning program at Boy's Town in Omaha, Nebraska, and working as a professor and researcher at the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Duane's interests center around understanding self-efficacy and expectancies and their effect on motivation, learning, and behavior. He has studied the relation of self-efficacy and expectancies to reading, writing and academic achievement, and more recently he has studied the role of self-efficacy and expectancies in adolescent health-related behaviors, such as tobacco and alcohol use. Duane is also an experienced program evaluator, and has evaluated educational programs funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, and the National Science Foundation. dshell2@unl.edu 107 Mabel Lee Hall University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0345 USA phone:402-472-6981 fax:402-472-8319
	Shuo Jiao Graduate Student Shuo Jiao is graduate from University of Science and Technology of China where he earned his Bachelor’s degree in Statistics. He received his M.S degree in Statistics from University of Alaska Fairbanks in August 2006. Shuo is now a PhD candidate of Department of Statistics. He has 3 yrs experience in R programming .He is experienced in statistical consulting and has been with SSP since September 2006. jiao.shuo@gmail.com 116 Benton Hall University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0620 USA Phone:402-472-7224 Fax: 402-472-7228
Leanne Hicks	Leanne Hicks Graduate Student Leanne is originally from Aurora, Colorado and she graduated in 2006 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with degrees in Mathematics and Sociology and a minor in Statistics. She is currently in her second year of graduate school persuing her masters degree in Statistics. Leanne is a research assistant for SSP and also teaches an Introductory Statistics course. In her spare time Leanne likes to run and play soccer. lhicks@bigred.unl.edu 115 Benton Hall University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0620 USA Phone:402-472-7271 Fax: 402-472-7228
	Jamie Marincic Graduate Student Jamie is a 2005 graduate of Lawrence University (Appleton, WI) where she earned her bachelor’s of arts degree in mathematics and completed minors in both linguistics and cognitive science. In May of 2007 she earned her master’s of science degree in Survey Research and Methodology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where she studied the verbal behaviors of interviewers and respondents in survey interviews. She has been a consultant for the Survey, Statistics, and Psychometrics (SSP) Core Facility since June 2006 and assists clients with issues ranging from questionnaire design to data analysis. Jamie will begin her PhD program in Quantitative, Qualitative, and Psychometric Methods offered through the Educational Psychology department here at UNL this fall (2007) where she will continue her training in applied methods research. She loves to read, run, and garden. marincic@bigred.unl.edu 115 Benton Hall University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0620 USA Phone:402-472-7271 Fax: 402-472-7228