BOBBY DARIUS NAEMI
School Address:
Rice
University- MS 205
bnaemi@rice.edu
Education
Ph.D.,
Industrial/Organizational Psychology, anticipated May 2008
Thesis: Latent class modeling as a measure of
affect-cognition reliance
Thesis: Measuring and predicting
extreme response style: A latent class approach.
Graduate Coursework (selected)
Psychometrics,
Item Response Theory, Structural Equation Modeling, Multivariate Statistics,
Multilevel Modeling and Meta-Analysis, Regression, ANOVA, Training, Selection,
Organizational Psychology
Honors and Awards
Presidential
Graduate Fellowship,
“Awarded to
a small number of exceptionally qualified incoming graduate students,”
2004-2008, $7,000/yr.
Industrial and Organizational Psychology Graduate
Fellowship,
Awarded for pursuit of a
doctorate in psychology, 2004-2008, $15,000/yr. Full tuition waiver.
9th Annual Anu Byravan
Memorial Paper Contest First Prize, Applied Psychometrics Society
Awarded first prize in empirical psychometric research paper contest,
2006, $250.00
ETS-Psychometric Society Travel
Award
Awarded to top two student
submissions to the Psychometric Society conference, 2006, $500.00
Kenneth Laughery Award,
Awarded to
the best master’s thesis in Psychology, 2006, $300.00
Maury Pathfinder Undergraduate Award,
“Awarded to
a student with an outstanding thesis of social significance,” 2004, $350.00
Graduation with Highest Distinction,
Awarded to
the top student of two-hundred eighty-four psychology undergraduates in the
class of 2004
Echols Scholarship,
Honors
program at the University of Virginia, 2000-2004
Phi Beta Kappa,
Third-year
inductee, top 4% of third-year class, 2003-2004
Psi Chi,
National
Psychological Honor Society, President, 2003-2004
Intermediate Honors,
Awarded to
top 25% of class, 2002
Deans List,
Awarded each semester for GPA above 3.5, 2000-2004
Grants
Given for attendance of professional conferences, 2006, 2007, $400.00
Applied Psychological Measurement
Inc. Grant
Competitive
grant award to support research in psychometrics, 2005, $650.00
Research
and Professional Experience
Intern: 40 hours per week. Conducted simulation study
examining empirical Bayesian methods for improving small sample equating,
presented results to ETS research scientists and staff, attended talks/seminars
related to psychometrics and professional development.
Research Team Member: Conducted
literature review to determine effectiveness of online distance learning
programs for mathematics teachers, presented initial findings to research team.
Railroad
Human Factors Project,
Research Assistant: 20 hours per week.
Researched, prepared and led presentations/tutorials aimed at developing a
computer model of railroad engineer decision making, summarized research
papers.
APA Advanced Training Institute on Longitudinal Methods, Modeling, and
Measurement in Contemporary Psychological Research,
Assistant: Helped
assemble presentation materials and assisted lecturer.
Newman Social Development Lab,
Research Assistant: 10 hours
per week. Organized and supervised psychology experiments relating to child
development, prepared and consolidated data.
Intern: 40 hours per week. Designed, compiled and produced
quarterly credit balance report, researched and cleared backlog of patient
histories/files.
Teaching and Volunteer Experience
Research Methods, Spring 2007.
Teaching Assistant: Designed and graded exam questions and projects, led classroom discussion
of articles, assisted students.
Psychological Testing, Spring 2006.
Teaching Assistant: Designed and graded exam questions and projects, developed a guest
lecture, assisted students with questions and assignments.
Introduction to Social Psychology, Fall 2004.
Teaching Assistant: Designed and graded exam questions, developed a guest lecture, assisted
students with questions and assignments.
ESL Tutor: English as a Second Language
Tutoring, coached and counseled both children and adults to improve language
skills through academic and social activities.
Manuscripts Under Review
Naemi, B., Beal, D., & Payne, S. (2007).
Personality predictors of extreme response style. Revise & Resubmit at Journal
of Personality.
Motowidlo, S., Crook, A., Kell, H., & Naemi, B. (2007).
A situational judgment test with single response items based on critical
incidents of volunteer effectiveness. Manuscript under review at Journal of Applied Psychology.
Manuscripts in Preparation
Naemi, B. & Beal, D. (2007). Measuring
extreme response style: Comparing proportional and Mixed Rasch approaches.
Manuscript in preparation for submission to Multivariate Behavioral
Research.
Naemi, B., Kim, S., &
Naemi, B., MacCann, C., & Roberts, R.
(2007). Which aspects of conscientiousness best predict academic outcomes?
Examining conscientiousness conscientiously in an elite secondary school sample.
Manuscript in preparation.
Technical Reports
Alonso, A., Naemi, B.,
& Norris, D. (2006). Army Medical Department 2006 Command Climate Survey,
Report for The Surgeon General of the Army.
Naemi, B., Raley, A.,
& Papakonstantinou, A. (2005). Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
(SEDL) report: Awareness, education, action: Closing the achievement gap.
Presentations
Naemi, B., Beal, D., & Payne, S. (April,
2007). Predicting extreme responding in surveys. Poster presented at the 22nd
annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology,
Naemi, B., Beal, D., & Payne, S. (June,
2006). A comparison of proportional and Mixed Rasch methods of measuring
extreme response style. Poster presented at the 71st annual International
Meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS),
Naemi, B., Beal, D., & Payne, S. (Feb, 2006).
Personality predictors of extreme responses in surveys: A latent class
approach. Symposium presented at the 27th annual IOOB Conference,
Invited Talks
Naemi, B. (July, 2007).
Improving small sample equating using Empirical Bayesian methods.
Presentation given to
research scientists and staff at Educational Testing Service,
Naemi, B. (Feb, 2007).
Measuring and predicting extreme response style: A latent class approach.
Laughery Award lecture,
to be given to the Psychology Department at
Carr, K., Heimdal, K.,
Alonso, A., & Naemi, B. (Aug, 2006). The Army Medical Department, 2006
Command Climate Survey findings.
Presentation given at the
briefing for The Army Surgeon General.
Naemi, B. (Mar, 2006).
ICC’s, item information and computer adaptive testing.
Guest lecture given to
undergraduate Psychological Testing class.
Naemi, B. (Feb, 2006).
Latent class analysis as a measure of affective differences among individuals.
Presentation given to the
Industrial and Organizational Psychology group at
Naemi, B. (Feb, 2005).
Personality predictors of extreme response style.
Presentation given to the
Industrial and Organizational Psychology group at
Naemi, B. (Oct, 2004). Subtle
effects of prejudice.
Guest lecture given to
undergraduate Introduction to Social Psychology class.
Training/Workshops
ETS Visitation
Program,
Selected to attend
visitation program at Educational Testing Service for doctoral students in
educational measurement and psychometrics.
WINMIRA Workshop,
Attended workshop on WINMIRA
software program for latent class, Mixed Rasch and hybrid models.
Organizational Memberships
Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychologists (SIOP),
Student Affiliate since 2003
Psychometric Society, Student Member since 2006
American Educational Research Association (AERA), Student Affiliate since
2006
Relevant Skills
Computer: Windows,
Microsoft Office
Statistical Packages: SPSS, SAS, S+, WINSTEPS, WINMIRA, MPLUS, EQS, AMOS,
BILOG, HLM
Languages: Proficiency
in Persian and French, basic knowledge of Latin and Arabic
References
Daniel Beal, Ph.D. Margaret
Beier, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
and Management Department
of Psychology and Management
713.348.3917 713.348.3920
dbeal@rice.edu beier@rice.edu
Michelle "Mikki" Hebl, Ph.D. Stephan
Motowidlo, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
and Management Department
of Psychology and Management
713.348.2270 713.348.3918
hebl@rice.edu motowidlo@rice.edu
Karen Schmidt, Ph.D. Alexander
Alonso, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology American
Institutes for Research
434.924.0694 aalonso@air.org
kmm4f@virginia.edu