Lisa Foster

Lisa Foster is an Associate Professor of Education and Chair of Quantitative Research at Liberty University. She previously served as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Harvard Graduate School of Education (2011–2014) and as Co-PI/Project Director at Development Services Group (2014).

• University of Virginia (Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, 2011)

Her research focuses on fidelity of implementation in educational interventions, mixed-methods design, and contextual factors influencing academic outcomes. She has explored these themes in gifted education and literacy/math programs.

Recent publications address synthesis challenges in evidence-based policy, summer reading programs in high-poverty schools, and fidelity metrics in curriculum evaluation.

• National Board Certification in World Languages (2006)
• Elsie Hughes Cabell Scholar (2008)
• AERA Division L Travel Stipend (2010)
• Harvard Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2011–2014)
• AERA Division B Graduate Student Seminar (2011)

She actively participates in AERA as Chair of Mixed Methods Research SIG and Executive Awards Committee for the National Association of the Gifted and Talented.