Dr. Elena C. Papanastasiou

Dr. Elena C. Papanastasiou has received her Ph.D. in Measurement and Quantitative Methods from Michigan State University and an Honors B.Sc (Suma Cum Laude) in Education from The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Papanastasiou specializes in psychometrics, scale development, evaluation, as well as in applications of advanced statistical methods.

Her methodological work includes applications of structural equation modeling, hierarchical linear modeling, and other advanced multivariate parametric and non-parametric techniques. Through various projects, Dr. Papanastasiou has been involved in funded research projects in the USA as well as in Europe. Moreover, the methodological and statistical consulting services of Dr. Papanastasiou are being extensively used to lead the methodological work of research teams in Cyprus, Europe and the USA.

Dr. Papanastasiou also serves as the General Assembly representative of Cyprus in the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), while in 2014 she has also been elected in the Standing Committee of the organization.