Sr. Education Researcher
SRI Education, United States
Krystal Thomas is a senior education researcher at SRI Education. Dr. Thomas leverages her experience as an instructor to investigate learners in secondary, postsecondary, and adult education contexts. Dr. Thomas is co-principal investigator of the Postsecondary Teaching with Technology Collaborative, a 5-year R&D center, funded by IES to support postsecondary students in applying and strengthening their self-directed learning in online courses through technology-enabled instructional strategies. Thomas manages and assists research and development activities for the Collaborative to ensure aspects of quantitative design are equitable, up-to-date, and aligned with the most rigorous methods available. Before joining SRI, Thomas was an IES Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning at the University of Virginia, a lead statistician at the Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium, and a lab manager at the Cognitive Intervention Research, Culture and Learning Environments in Schools (CIRCLES) Lab. Thomas holds a PhD and master’s in developmental psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University. She also earned a bachelor’s in psychology from Virginia State University.
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Saturday, November 9, 2024
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM East Coast USA Time
