People

The people, students, and collaborators connected to the LCDS Lab.

Wei Li

Wei Li

Lab Director
Associate Professor, Research and Evaluation Methodology
University of Florida College of Education

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Wei Li's work focuses on longitudinal design, statistical power analysis, causal evaluation, heterogeneous treatment effects, multilevel modeling, cost-effectiveness analysis, and education data science.

Katherine J. Strickland

Katherine J. Strickland

Postdoctoral Scholar and Collaborator
Research and Evaluation Methodology
University of Florida

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Collaborative work includes staggered difference-in-differences, heterogeneous treatment effects, and longitudinal quasi-experimental design.

Yaosheng Lou

Yaosheng Lou

Incoming Postdoctoral Scholar
Starting August 2026
Research and Evaluation Methodology
University of Florida

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Yaosheng will contribute to lab projects in longitudinal design, causal evaluation, and education data science.

XG

Xueyan Gao

Doctoral Student and Research Collaborator
Research and Evaluation Methodology
University of Florida

Research interests include causal evaluation, applied education data analysis, and program evaluation in school and district contexts.

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Students, Partners, and Collaborators

Project-Based Collaboration
Methods development, software, and applied education evaluation

The lab works with doctoral students, postdoctoral scholars, faculty collaborators, education organizations, and digital learning partners on funded projects and publications.

Collaboration Areas