Steven Andrew Culpepper

Steven Andrew Culpepper is a Professor of Statistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, holding additional appointments as Professor in the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Psychology, and Educational Psychology. He specializes in quantitative methods for social sciences, focusing on psychometric models, latent class analysis, and statistical computing.

Education:

• PhD, Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, 2006
• BS, Economics, Bowling Green State University, 2001

Research interests include advanced statistical methodologies such as latent class models, high-stakes testing analysis, and applications of Bayesian computing in education and organizational research. His work emphasizes improving large-scale assessment systems through innovative modeling approaches.

His publications consistently address latent structure modeling, cognitive diagnosis frameworks, and methodological advancements in educational and behavioral statistics. While no scientific awards are explicitly listed, his contributions to psychometric theory and statistical software development are notable.

Steven has grants and consulting projects related to statistical methodologies but specific grant details are not provided in the texts. He has no listed advisees/PhD students in the provided information. He collaborates across disciplines through affiliations with the Beckman Institute and maintains active software development projects, including R packages like 'rrum' and 'pathmodelfit'.