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Judith D. Singer, Ph.D.
James Bryant Conant Professor of Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Harvard University

Judith D. Singer is the James Bryant Conant Professor of Education and former Academic Dean at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. One of the nation’s leading applied statisticians, her professional life focuses on improving the quantitative methods used in social, educational and behavioral research. Singer is primarily known for her contributions to the practice of multilevel modeling, survival analysis, and individual growth modeling, and to making these and other statistical methods accessible to empirical researchers.

Singer's wide-ranging interests have led her to publish across a broad array of disciplines including: statistics, education, psychology, and medicine/public health. In addition to writing nearly 100 papers and book chapters, she has also co-written three books including By Design: Planning Better Research in Higher Education and Who Will Teach: Policies that Matter, both published by Harvard University Press.

Singer has received numerous awards for her work, including a fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences and election to the National Academy of Education. Along with her collaborators, the American Educational Research Association (AERA) has given her the Raymond B. Cattell Award, the Review of Research Award, and the Palmer O. Johnson Award.

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