Speaker: Jim Wright, PhD
Jim has served as a Senior Research Analyst at Applied Survey Research since the beginning of 2024. He earned his Ph.D. in speech-language pathology with a specialization in educational data science from the University of Oregon. His research has primarily focused on the evaluation of treatments to support individuals experiencing cognitive challenges following acquired brain injury. He has also participated in research and program evaluation projects to support initiatives related to teacher recruitment and retention, digital learning, literacy intervention and instruction, school accountability systems, and community wellbeing.
Jim specializes in research methodology, implementation science, statistical analysis, and data collection, management, and visualization. He additionally has worked clinically as a speech-language pathologist in medical and educational settings supporting individuals with communication disorders and maintains his Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association.