Kremen School of Education and Human Development

Christian Wandeler

Associate Professor

Curriculum and Instruction | 559.278.0355 | Office: ED 439

cwandeler@mail.fresnostate.edu

Education

2009 - 2010 School of Education, Stanford University, USA
Visiting Scholar (Scholarship awarded by Swiss Science Foundation)

2007 – 2011 University of Zurich, Switzerland
PhD Program in Positive Psychology,
PhD Thesis: “Development of hope at the workplace”

2005 - 2008 Swiss Association for the Person Centered Approach, Switzerland
Psychotherapy Training, Phase I of II

1998 - 2004 University of Fribourg, Switzerland
lic. phil. in Psychology, Master Thesis: ”Unemployment and Mental Health”

Courses Taught

Graduate Courses
Educational Statistics (ERE 153)
Educational Research Methods (ERE 220)
Action Research (CI 246)
ERE 289: Statistical Modeling
Project M.A. in Education (CI 298A; supervision)
Thesis M.A. in Education (CI 298B; supervision)

Doctoral Program of Educational Leadership
Advanced Applied Quantitative Methods (EDL 504)
Advanced Educational Research and Measurement (EDL 509)
Evaluation and Assessment in Educational (EDL 511)

Applied Research and Measurement in Education (EDL 559)

Dissertation Ed.D. in Educational Leadership (EDL 599; supervision 2017-2023; chaired 17 dissertations)

Research and Teaching

2013- present California State University, Fresno, USA

2007 - 2012 University of Teacher Education, Fribourg,Switzerland

2004 - 2009 Department of Education, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Here are some of the research topics I am interested in (feel free to ask me more about it):

- Applying agile and scrum to education
- Self-managing teams in learning environments
- The future of work https://semcostyle.us/

- The development of hope, sense of belonging, grit and growth mindset in youth and college students

- Teacher Training, Assessment of Teaching Competency ( I am responsible for the psychometric of the FAST 2.0, this is one of 3 teacher credentialing tests in California.)

- Civic education in Middle Schools
- The fairness of testing and tracking in school systems
- Vocational education and training

- Evaluation of after school programs
- Evaluation of shelters of victims of sex trafficking

Here is an example of an article I published

Here a talk about my research in Hope
https://youtu.be/F6gLq6zgDgc

Wandeler, C., & Bundick, M. (2011). The development of hope at the workplace. Journal of Positive Psychology, 6,(5), 341-354.