David Sul

David Sul is an Adjunct Professor and part-time faculty member at the University of San Francisco, holding a Doctorate in Education (EdD) from 2021. His expertise lies in critical quantitative methods, item response theory, and culturally specific assessment.

• Education: EdD in Education (USF, 2021), MS in Statistics (Utah State University), BS in Applied Mathematics (CSU Northridge)

Research focuses on culturally responsive evaluation, with transformative work cited by collaborators across North America, Hawai‘i, and the Caribbean. His publications bridge educational measurement, trauma assessment for Latinx communities, and indigenous methodologies.

Recent publications include:

• 2024: Situating culturally specific assessment development within the disjuncture-response dialectic (De Gruyter)
• 2024: Culturally responsive evaluation with Latinx communities (New Directions for Evaluation)
• 2021: Indigenous assessment developers case study (University of San Francisco dissertation)
• 2019: Reclaiming educational autonomy through culturally specific assessment

Professional roles include:

• 2021 Chair of the American Evaluation Association (AEA) STEM Topical Interest Group (TIG)
• Member of AEA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group
• Research Assistant Professor at University of the Virgin Islands
• Lecturer roles at Sonoma State University and Santa Clara University