Shihfen Tu

Shihfen Tu is a Professor of Education and Applied Quantitative Methods at the University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development. She holds a Ph.D. in Psychology (Cognition and Perception) from the University of Washington (1994) and a B.S. in Agricultural Economics from National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan (1985).

• Education: Ph.D. Psychology (Cognition/Perception), University of Washington, 1994
• B.S. Agricultural Economics, National Chung-Hsing University, 1985

Her research focuses on biobehavioral informatics, developmental epidemiology, and STEM education. She specializes in analyzing large population databases to study health, education, and developmental disabilities. Her work integrates cognitive psychology principles to explore STEM learning and technology-based mathematics education.

No specific awards or recent articles are listed in the provided text, but her CV (linked) contains detailed publication records. She teaches courses such as EHD 510 (Educational Research), EHD 573 (Statistical Methods), and CHF 331 (Cognitive Development).