Umit Tokac

Umit Tokac has a Ph.D. in measurement and statistics from Florida State University (FSU). He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in mathematics education in his home country of Turkey and a second Master’s degree from FSU in measurement and statistics. He worked at Center for Advancement of Learning and Assessment (CALA) as a graduate research assistant on the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) project for three years. He also worked for the State of Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) as a psychometrician during graduate school. After he completed his Ph.D., he worked one year as a data analyst for Pearson Educational Testing Company. He currently works in the College of Nursing as an assistant professor. His primary research interests are Bayesian data analysis applications and adapting artificial intelligence methods to different fields in order to measure and monitor participants’ current conditions as well as forecast their future conditions. He has co-authored papers that were presented at conferences such as the American Educational Research Association (AERA), American Psychological Association (APA) and Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI).

New UMSL faculty member 2019.