Who We Are
Dr. Van Horn
Professor M. Lee Van Horn
Dr. Van Horn obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in Developmental Psychology and came to the University of New Mexico in 2015 from a research scientist position at the University of South Carolina University.
Dr. Van Horn’s work is at the intersection between education, health sciences, and statistics. His methodological work focuses on identifying individual differences. He has conducted research on methods for looking at individual differences in the effects of family, school, and community contexts, and am an expert in the area of differential effects. Dr. Van Horn has experience bringing together strong team of both applied and statistical experts who, working together, have been addressing methodological problems in the assessment of differential effects. He has also served as a methodologist on research teams assessing many different applied problems in health and education.
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Research Assistant
Alena Kuhlemeier is a quantitative consultant for the Methodology Group and a doctoral candidate in the Sociology Department at UNM. Her research interests are focused primarily in the social influences on mental and behavioral health, particularly among sexual minority and other marginalized populations.
Erin Coleman is a quantitative consultant for the Methodology Group and a Ph.D candidate in the Sociology Department at UNM. Her research investigates the intersections between American politics and the criminal justice system.
