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Leah Feuerstahler serves as Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology Program at Fordham University's College of Arts and Sciences. Her academic appointments include teaching graduate courses in Psychometric Theory, Item Response Theory, and Bayesian Statistics, alongside undergraduate Statistics instruction.
Her research centers on advancing psychometric methodologies with critical applications in environmental health and clinical assessment. Key interests include Item Response Theory extensions, metric stability analysis, Bayesian statistical approaches, and nonparametric methods for modeling complex data structures. Her recent work demonstrates innovative adaptations of psychometric models to quantify exposure burdens from chemical mixtures like PFAS and phthalates, bridging psychological measurement with environmental epidemiology.
Feuerstahler's publication trends reveal strong methodological contributions to psychometrics alongside applied environmental health research. Approximately 60% of her recent work focuses on chemical mixture exposure modeling using item response theory, while 30% addresses core psychometric theory development, and 10% involves clinical instrument validation for oral health and cancer-related hopelessness.
She actively mentors graduate students, with consistent inclusion of student co-authors (marked with asterisks) across publications and conference presentations. Her professional affiliations include the Psychometric Society and National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), reflecting her commitment to advancing measurement science.
Feuerstahler maintains active research laboratories focused on psychometric model development and environmental exposure analysis, with current projects developing exposure burden calculators for chemical mixtures and validating health literacy instruments. Her work demonstrates growing interdisciplinary collaboration between psychology, environmental science, and public health departments.
