program evaluation, and coordinates the Research and Evaluation Laboratory (REL) in the College of Education at UTEP. He is an expert on educational research with an emphasis on quantitative methods and the application of univariate and multivariate statistical procedures, measurement issues across diverse populations, educational assessment, and eval- uation of educational programs. He has served on over 87 doctoral dissertation committees; published more than 45 refereed research articles; and presented at more than 100 international, national and re- gional research conferences. Some of his more general research areas of interest include teacher and student’s self-efficacy and motivation research, reading and