Hi, I’m Abhik

an accomplished program evaluator and methodologist, practitioner with expertise in survey aesthetics, design, and analysis, data visualization, mixed methods text analysis, social data scientist and former assistant professor

Abilities

Abhik Roy

Content, cluster, and social network analysis
Data visualization
Markup using $\LaTeX$
Program evaluations from planning to reporting
Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed method studies
Planning and conducting program evaluations
programming
Small- and large-scale survey design, administration, and research
Statistical modeling and analysis
Web application development and static/dynamic reporting using
   Shiny hex   Rmarkdown hex   Blogdown hex


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Experience



Resume
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Advisees

Carinna Ferguson

Advisee since 2019
Earned a Ph.D. in Learning Sciences and Human Development
Earned a Master of Arts in Educational Psychology

Abilities in data wrangling, statistics, reporting, and visualizations (R/Rmarkdown)
Expertise in quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods
Skilled in text mining, analytics, and content analysis


Megan Kruger


Advisee since 2021
Earned a Master of Education in Environmental Education
Current Master of Arts in Educational Psychology student

Evaluation and Research Specialist for West Virginia University Extension Service
Expertise in program evaluation, measurement, and computational statistics
Skilled in participatory evaluation, research methodology, and survey design


Maria Boki


Advisee since 2021
Earned a Master of Arts in Educational Psychology
Earned a Master of Science in Geology

Evaluator and analyst for West Virginia University Extension Energy Express Summer Literacy Program
Expertise in program evaluation and computational statistics
Skilled in participatory evaluation, research methodology, and survey design


Kathryn Smalley


Advisee since 2022
Earned a Master of Arts in Educational Psychology
Earned a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology

Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE), Project Manager, WVU Health Science Department of Interprofessional Education, Research Coordinator, STEPS Medical Simulation Lab
Expertise in experiential learning, healthcare simulation, and interprofessional education
Skilled in policy development, program evaluation, research design, and survey design


Courses



Recent Talks

Who?Seidel, T. , Ferguson, C.F., & Roy, A.R.
What?Evaluation 2022
Where?New Orleans, LA
When?Wed, November 9, 6:30pm to 8:30pm EST @ Hyatt Regency
Why?To present our paper Let’s Get Sentimental: Machine Learning Aided Data Analysis for Large Qualitative Data Sets

Evaluation Spotlights

WV Healthy Start
2023 - Current
Computational
Thinking
2022 - Current
WVCTSI
2017 - 2022
Inclusive Identities
2017 - 2018
Cross-Disciplinary
Engineers
2020 - 2022
GAUSSI
2017 - 2020