M.S. in Educational Psychology, George Mason University
B.S. in Psychology, University of Cape Coast

Gloria is a second-year doctoral student. Her research goal is to develop culturally sensitive data collection tools that adequately address the needs of diverse populations, especially International students. Her primary focus is the development of an instrument used to measure international students' self-efficacy in test-taking.

With prior research, she was part of a county research project that collected data on preschool effectiveness in grade school using classroom assessment scoring system and behavioral coding system to observe interactions and engagement between teachers and former preschool students from kindergarten to the third grade.

Primary Research Interests: Self-efficacy in International students' testing and assessment