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Kremen School of Education and Human Development

Hyeri Hong

Assistant Professor

Curriculum & Instruction | Office: ED231

hyerihong@mail.fresnostate.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. in Educational Measurement and Statistics, University of Iowa
  • MA in Educational Policy and Leadership Studies, University of Iowa 
  • BA in English Education, Korea University 

Courses Taught

Graduate Courses 
  • ERE 220 Research in Education
  • ERE 289 Statistical Modeling 
  • CI 298A Project: MAE C & I 
  • CI 290 Independent Study 
  • ERE 153 Educational Statistics 
  • ERE 288 Measurement and Evaluation 
Educational Leadership Doctoral Program Courses
  • EDL 504 Advanced Applied Quantitative Methods 
  • EDL 511 Educational Evaluation, Assessment, and Planning 
University of Iowa 
  • Design of Experiments - University of Iowa (TA)
  • Correlation and Regression - University of Iowa (TA) 
Dr. Hyeri Hong is an Assistant Professor of Educaitonal Measurement, Research, Statistics in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and a core faculty member in Educational Leadership Doctoral program at California State University, Fresno. Additionally, she serves as a coordinator for the Certificate of Advanced Study in Research Methods, the C and I IRB chair, and a co-chair of AERA Division D’s Section 1 (Measurement, Psychometrics, and Assessment). She is collaborating with scholars on a variety of equity-driven projects, including "empowering Latinx parents of children with disabilities" and "promoting equity in statistics education," etc. In addition to serving as an external evaluator for the federal Project Access grant ($1,247,005), she has secured around $115,000 in internal and external funding as a principal investigator or co-principal investigator for a number of applied research projects.


https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7576-2574

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personal website

 

 
Research Interests 
  • Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)
  • Bayesian Estimation
  • Generalizability Theory 
  • Network Analysis 
  • Minority Students' learning 
   Technical Skills
  • Programming Languages: R, SAS, Mplus
  • Software Packages: flexMIRT, SPSS
  • Survey Tools: REDCap, Qualtrics
Grants 

Funded 

Co-Principal Investigator, Enhancing Parental Support, Empowerment, and Knowledge for Latinx Families of Children with Intellectual  and Developmental Disabilities (IDD), Chancellor's Office Transdisciplinary Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activities  Awards 2025-2026 (CORSCA), California State University, Fresno, July 1, 2025 -  June 30, 2026, $25,000 (P.I. Dr. Kristina Rios, California State University, Fresno)

Principal Investigator, Turning Fear into Knowledge: A Path to Equity in Statistics Education, Provost's Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activities Awards  2025-2026 (PRSCA), California State University, Fresno, July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026, $15,000 (Co-PIs Dr. Christian Wandeler and Dr. Ryan Ditchfield, California State University, Fresno)

External Evaluator, Project ACCESS, Office of Special Education Programs, the U.S. Department of Education, Fall 2023 – Fall 2028, $1,247,005 (P.I. Dr. Kristina Rios, California State University, Fresno)

Principal Investigator, Steve's Scholars Project Year 2, Fresno Unified School District, Aug 1 2024 - May 31 2025, $32,781

Principal Investigator, Demystifying Equity-Minded and Effective Pedagogical Practices in Quantitative Methods Courses, California State University, Fresno July 2024 – June 2025, $5,000

Co-Principal Investigator, Investigating the Interplay between Stress and Quality of Life and  the Potential Mediating Role of Resilience among First-generation Students, California State     University, Fresno July 2024 – June 2025, $5,000

Principal Investigator, Steve's Scholars Project Year 1, Fresno Unified School District, Oct 5 2023 - June 30 2024, $32,371 (with a 3 WTUs course release for Fall 2023 and Spring 2024) 

Co-Principal Investigator, Measuring students’ critical thinking skill development in online discussions, RSCA (Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity) Grant, California State University, Fresno, Summer 2023 - Spring 2024, $5,000 (P.I.: Dr. Trang Phan) 

Publications 

Journal Papers 

Citation Metrics (as of January 2026):

- Total Citations: 216
- h-index: 10  
- Source: Google Scholar

26. Vispoel, W. P., Hong, H., Lee, H., & Chen, T. (accepted). Estimating Item Wording Effects in Self-Report Measures with Generalizability Theory-based SEMs: Illustrations using the Self-Description Questionnaire-III. Journal of Personality Assessment. 

25. Vispoel, W. P., Hong, H., Lee, H., & Chen, T. (2026). A Comprehensive Multivariate Generalizability Theory-Based Analysis of Responses to the IPIP-NEO-120. Journal of Personality Assessment. 1–13. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2025.2606013

24. Phan, T., & Hong, H. (2025). Measuring students’ critical thinking skill development in online discussions. International Journal on E-Learning (IJEL), 24(3), 395-421.

23. Hong, H., & Rios, K. (2025). Exploring the Benefits of Bayesian Structural Equation Modeling in Assessing Parenting Stress among Latinx Parents of Children with Disabilities. International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities. Advancing Equity and Empowerment Volume 68. 1-30.

22. Hong, H., & Rios, K. (2025). Identifying the Central Aspects of Parental Stress in Latinx Parents of Children with Disabilities via Network Analysis. AppliedMath. 5(4), 137. https://doi.org/10.3390/appliedmath5040137

21. Hong, H., & Rios, K. (2025). Exploring the Psychometric Properties of the Family Empowerment Scale Among Latinx Parents of Children with Disabilities: An Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling Analysis. AppliedMath, 5(4), 133. https://doi.org/10.3390/appliedmath5040133

20. Rios, K., & Hong, H. (2025). What affects defensive responding?: Investigating the effects of parental stress, knowledge, and family empowerment on defensive response in Latinx families of children with disabilities. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/20473869.2025.2546625

19. Hong, H., & Rios, K. (2025). Unpacking Key Dimensions of Family Empowerment Among Latinx Parents of Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Using Exploratory Graph Analysis: Preliminary Research. Psychiatry International, 6(3), 96.  https://doi.org/10.3390/psychiatryint6030096

18. Hong, H., Ditchfield, R. E., & Wandeler, C. (2025). Uncovering the Psychometric Properties of Statistics Anxiety in Graduate Courses at a Minority-Serving Institution: Insights from Exploratory and Bayesian Structural Equation Modeling in a Small Sample Context. AppliedMath, 5(3), 100. https://doi.org/10.3390/appliedmath5030100

17. Rios, K., & Hong, H. (2025). Examining the Relationship Among Parental Stress, Knowledge, and Family Empowerment for Latinx Parents of Children With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/19447515.2025.2578154
Impact Factor: 2.297

 16. Hong, H., & Rios, K. (2024). Assessing the Parenting Stress Index–Short Form for Latinx Parents of Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities with               Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling and Structural Equation Modeling based Generalizability Theoretical Frameworks. Psychiatry International,5(4), 842- 866. https://doi.org/10.3390/psychiatryint504005 
Impact Factor: 1.2 

 15. Gibbs, A. S., Reed, D. K., Hong, H., Ma, J., & Urbanski, D., P. (2024). Synthesis and Meta-Analysis of Oral Language Interventions on the Vocabulary and Listening Comprehension Development of Young Children. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 39(3), 417–44.  https://doi.org/10.1080/02568543.2024.2369126
5-Year Impact Factor: 1.8

14. Hong, H., & Vispoel, W.P. (2024). Making the Case for Using Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling Within Biomedical Research. Biomed J Sci & Tech Res, 55(5). BJSTR. MS.ID.008778.
Impact Factor: 1.229

13. Hong, H., Vispoel, W.P., & †Martinez, M. (2024). Applying SEM, Exploratory SEM, and Bayesian SEM to Personality Assessments. Psych, 6(1), 111-134. https://doi.org/10.3390/psych6010007
Impact Factor: 1.2

12. Vispoel, W. P., Hong, H., Lee, H., & Jorgensen, T. R. (2023). Analyzing complete generalizability theory designs using structural equation modeling. Applied Measurement in Education, 36(4), 372-393. 
5-Year Impact Factor: 2.1

11. Vispoel, W. P., Lee, H., Chen, T., & Hong, H. (2023). Analyzing and Comparing Univariate, Multivariate, and Bifactor Generalizability Theory Designs for Hierarchically Structured Personality Traits, Journal of Personality Assessment, DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2023.2268193 
5-Year Impact Factor: 3.5
Award: 2025 Walter G. Klopfer Award (Given to the best empirical paper published in the Journal of Personality Assessment within a given year), Journal of Personality Assessment, 2025  https://www.personality.org/walter-g-klopfer-award

10. Vispoel, W. P., Lee, H., Chen, T., & Hong, H. (2023). Extending applications of generalizability theory-based bifactor model designs. Psych, 5, 545–575.https://doi.org/10.3390/psych5020036
2022 Impact Factor: 1.78

9. Vispoel, W. P., Lee, H., Hong, H., & Chen, T. (2023). Applying multivariate generalizability theory to psychological assessments. Psychological Methods.  https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/met0000606
5-Year Impact Factor: 11.5

8. Vispoel, W. P., Lee, H., & Hong, H. (2023). Analyzing multivariate generalizability theory designs within structural equation modeling frameworks. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal. 
5-Year Impact Factor: 7.1

7. Vispoel, W. P., Hong, H., & Lee, H. (2023). Benefits of doing generalizability theory analyses within Structural Equation Modeling frameworks: Illustrations using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 31(1), 165-181. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705511.2023.2187734
5-Year Impact Factor: 7.1

6. Vispoel, W. P., Lee, H., Chen, T., & Hong, H. (2023). Using Structural Equation Modeling to Reproduce and Extend ANOVA-based Generalizability Theory Analyses for Psychological Assessments. Psych, 5(2), 249–273. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/psych5020019
2022 Impact Factor: 1.78

5. Vispoel, W. P., Lee, H., Xu, G., & Hong, H. (2023). Integrating bifactor models of personality into a G-theory based SEM framework. Journal of Experimental Education. 1- 35. 
Impact Factor now 2.623
5-Year Impact Factor: 3.114

4. Vispoel, W. P., Lee, H., Xu, G., & Hong, H. (2022). Vispoel, W. P., Lee, H., Xu, G., & Hong, H. (2022). Expanding bifactor models of psychological traits to account for multiple sources of measurement error. Psychological assessment, 34(12), 1093–1111. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001170
Impact Factor now 6.083
5-Year Impact Factor: 6.822

3. Hong, H., & Hamot, G. E. (2020). Differential Effects of State Testing Policies and School Characteristics on Social Studies Teachers’ Gatekeeping Autonomy: A Multi-level Model. Theory and Research in Social Education 48(1), 74-100. DOI: 10.1080/00933104.2019.1655508 [SSCI]
2021 Impact Factor  3.256
5-Year Impact Factor: 3.933

2. Hong, H., & Hamot, G. E. (2015). The Associations of Teacher Professional Characteristics,School Environmental Factors, and State Testing Policy on Social Studies Educators’ Instructional Authority. Journal of Social Studies Research 39, 225-241. [SCOPUS]
Cite Score: 2.3

Academic Honors and Awards 

  • 2024 Walter G. Klopfer Award (Given to the best empirical paper published in the Journal of Personality Assessment within a given year), Journal of Personality Assessment, 2025, for the paper “Analyzing and Comparing Univariate, Multivariate, and Bifactor Generalizability Theory Designs for Hierarchically Structured Personality Traits” (4th author). https://www.personality.org/walter-g-klopfer-award

  • Outstanding Faculty Publication, California State University, Fresno, April 2024 
  • The APA Assessment Community Student Poster Award, American Psychological Association, August 2022
  • Dean’s Graduate Student Travel Award, University of Iowa, May 2022
  • Audrey Qualls Travel Award, University of Iowa, May 2022
  • Graduate College Summer Fellowship, University of Iowa, Summer 2022
  • Robert L. Brennan Graduate Student Award, University of Iowa, 2022
  • Research Award, Educational Measurement and Statistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 2022
  • Research Award, Educational Measurement and Statistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 2021
  • Research Award, Educational Measurement and Statistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 2020
  • Research Award, Educational Measurement and Statistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 2019
  • NCME Special Conference Grant Award, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 2018