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Walter G. Klopfer Award

The Walter G. Klopfer Award is bestowed annually by the Society for Personality Assessment for distinguished contribution to the literature in personality assessment. Eligible contributions focus on statistically based research projects. The Journal for Personality Assessment Editor asks all Consulting Editors to nominate outstanding articles from the previous year, each of which is then rated by the Editor and Associate Editors.

Meet the Walter G. Klopfer Award Winner


Walter P. Vispoel is Professor Emeritus within the Department of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations at the University of Iowa. He continues to work on grant-funded research, development of assessment measures, and projects of personal interest. Professor Vispoel is an award-winning instructor and internationally recognized scholar who has published over 100 research articles, focusing most recently on individual differences, measurement theory, and structural equation modeling.

Hyeryung Lee is an advanced Ph.D. candidate in Educational Measurement and Statistics at the University of Iowa. As a student, Ms. Lee has participated in three separate internships with professional testing companies and won college-wide and American Psychological Association awards for outstanding accomplishments in research. Her two primary research interests focus on using generalizability theory and structural equation modeling techniques to identify and reduce measurement errors in psychological and educational assessments and applying machine learning techniques to spot possible instances of cheating on multiple-choice and mixed format tests. 

 

Tingting Chen is finishing a second Ph.D. degree in Educational Measurement and Statistics at the University of Iowa (her first doctorate was in Foreign Language and ESL Education).  As a student in her current program, she has received both college-wide and American Psychological Association awards for academic excellence. At present, Dr. Chen is involved in various research projects integrating structural equation modeling techniques into generalizability theory analyses. She previously worked as a research scientist at ACT and as an assessment specialist for the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. 

 

Hyeri Hong is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and a core faculty member in the Educational Leadership Doctoral Program at California State University, Fresno. She earned her doctorate in Educational Measurement and Statistics from the University of Iowa under the guidance of Dr. Vispoel. Dr. Hong’s research interests include structural equation modeling, Bayesian statistics, network analysis, generalizability theory, and educational equity. She is active in grant procurement and teaches courses in educational statistics; advanced applied quantitative methods; and educational assessment, evaluation, and planning.