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College of Education &
Human Development

Bicentennial Education Bldg.
Rooms 240-242
2000 Lakeshore Dr.
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA 70148

Phone: (504) 280-1278
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Educational Leadership, Counseling,
& Foundations Faculty

Amy Claire Thoreson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Office : ED 348 N
Phone : 504.280.5682
E-mail : athoreso@uno.eduAmy Claire Thoreson, Ph.D.

<empty>Claire Thoreson received her Ph.D. from the Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistical Analysis program in the Education Department at the University of Chicago where she subsequently completed a post-doc appointment with the Sociology Department and the National Opinion Research Center.  Her research interests focus on trends over time in gender and race/ethnic achievement gaps and the social context factors that impact these disparities.  Dr. Thoreson has been with UNO since 2005 and teaches the quantitative methods course sequence.

Education

Ph.D.- University of Chicago, 2003. Department of Education
Academic Focus: Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistical Analysis

M.S. - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1995. Educational Psychology

B.A., History, Northland College, 1985.

B.A. - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1981

 

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Dr. Thoreson's Vita

 

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