Ben & Nilam from Stanford University

Principal Investigators

Ben Domingue is an associate professor at the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University with research interests in psychometrics and quantitative methods. He is interested in how statistical tools can be used to better understand psychological and educational outcomes, such as a child’s reading ability. He aims to address the measurement difficulties associated with these outcomes in education, as well as in social and biomedical sciences more generally.

Nilam Ram researches the dynamics of psychological and media processes, exploring their fluctuations across different stages of life. His current research focuses on understanding short-term changes such as learning and emotion regulation over a lifespan, using advanced data science techniques and data streams from social media and smartphones.