Faculty Directory
Laura O'Dwyer
Professor
Laura O'Dwyer
Ph.D.
Contact
Campion Hall 336E
Telephone: 617-552-8089
Email: laura.odwyer@bc.edu
ORCID
Education
- Ph.D., Boston College
- M.S., National University of Ireland, Galway
- B.S., National University of Ireland, Galway
Courses
Readings and Research in Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation
Readings and Research in Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment
Multilevel Regression Models
Research Interests
Examining the impacts of technology-based interventions, experimental design, hierarchical linear modeling and power analysis, international comparative studies.
Expertise
- Research Methods, Evaluation & Psychometrics
- STEM Teaching and Learning
Department
Publications
- Lawson, J. L., O鈥橠wyer, L. M., Dearing, E., Raczek, A. E., Foley, C., Khanani, N., Walsh, M. E., & Leigh, Y. R. (2024). Estimating the Impact of Integrated Student Support on Elementary School Achievement: A Natural Experiment. AERA Open, 10. https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584241292072
- Paolucci, C., R铆ord谩in, M.N., & O鈥橠wyer, L. (2021). A Critical Examination Of The Impacts And Lessons Learned From A Professional Development Program For Out-of-Field Mathematics Teachers. European Journal of Mathematics and Science Education, 6(1), 47-62. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmse.2.1.47
- Beecher, C., Greene, R., O鈥橠wyer, L. et al. (2021). Measuring women's experiences of maternity care: A systematic review of self-report survey instruments. Women and Birth,听34(3), 231-241, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2020.05.002.
- Beecher, C., Greene, R., O鈥橠wyer, L. et al. (2020) Measuring women鈥檚 experiences of maternity care: protocol for a systematic review of self-report survey instruments. Systematic Reviews, 9, Article 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-019-1261-8.
- O鈥橠wyer, L. & Paolucci, C. (2019). Challenges in practice: A critical examination of efforts to link teacher practices and student achievement. In L. Suter, E. Smith, & B. Denman (Eds.) Handbook on Comparative Studies in Education: Practices and experiences in student schooling and learning (pp. 469-489). London: Sage.
- Avci, Z.Y., O'Dwyer, L.M., & Lawson, J. (2019). Designing effective professional development for technology integration in schools. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. 1鈥�18. DOI: 10.1111/jcal.12394.
Awards
- Outstanding Poster Award, International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, "Multiple-group propensity score inverse weights truncation: Impact in bias reduction" (with Diego Luna-Bazaldua) (2019)
- Springer Award听for Best Journal Article,听AERA Learning Environments SIG (with Shelagh Peoples, Yang Wang, Jessica Brown, and Camelia Rosca) (2015)
- Outstanding Research Award,听Division E (Counseling and Human Development) of the American Education Research Association (with Paul Poteat and Ethan Mereish) (2014)
Grants & Fellowships
- Co-Principal Investigator,听Center for Chemical Currencies of a Microbial Planet. Science and Technology Center led by a team of researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; University of Virginia; Boston College; Columbia University; University of Georgia; Marine Biological Laboratory; Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences; Stanford University; Ohio State University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Boston University; University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; and University of Florida. National Science Foundation, Science and Technology Center (2021鈥�2031)
- Co-Principal Investigator with June Mark and Deborah Spencer.听Supporting Success in Algebra: A Study of the Implementation of Transition to Algebra. National Science Foundation, DR-K12 program. Funded. Award amount: $3,853,850 (2016鈥�2022)
- Co-Principal Investigator with Mary Walsh and Anastasia Raczek. Assessing the Efficacy and Implementation of City Connects: A Systemic Approach to Student Support. Institute of Education Sciences. Funded: $2,507,661 (2017鈥�2022)
- Co-Principal Investigator with Paul Horwitz.听Evolution Readiness: A modeling approach.听Grant awarded by National Science Foundation, DR-K12 program. Award amount: $2,000,000 (2008鈥�2012)
- Co-Principal Investigator with Mike Barnett, David Blustein, Eric Strauss, and Charles Lord. Creating College Pathways through the application of Technology to explore Urban Ecological Challenges.听Grant awarded by National Science Foundation (2009鈥�2014)
- Senior collaborator/co-Principal Investigator with Michael Russell and Joseph Pedulla, the Education Development Center, and Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority. e-Learning for Educators.听Grant awarded by U.S. Department of Education, Ready to Teach Grant Program. Award amount: $3,634,420 (2005鈥�2011)