Okan Bulut

Okan Bulut is a Professor in the Measurement, Evaluation, and Data Science program at the University of Alberta's Faculty of Education. He is also a researcher at the Centre for Research in Applied Measurement and Evaluation (CRAME). Bulut holds a PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Minnesota (2013) and has held academic roles since 2014, advancing to his current rank in 2024. His research focuses on AI-driven educational systems, learning analytics, and psychometrics.

**Education:**

• Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education (Adnan Menderes University, 2006)
• Master of Arts in Educational Psychology (University of Minnesota, 2010)
• PhD in Educational Psychology (University of Minnesota, 2013)

**Research Interests:** Bulut’s work bridges AI, data mining, and educational assessment. He develops intelligent systems for adaptive learning and uses machine learning to analyze student performance. He regularly publishes in journals like Educational and Psychological Measurement and co-authored the CRC Press Handbook of Educational Measurement and Psychometrics Using R.

**Teaching:** Courses include computational psychometrics, machine learning, and statistical modeling. He also designs workshops on data analysis tools (R, SAS, Python).

**Labs/Teams:** Active contributor to CRAME, advancing applied measurement research.