Brian John Hess, Ph.D.
Position/Title: Adjunct Faculty of Psychology
E-mail: hess@lasalle.edu

Education (Undergrad & Grad):
B.A., Psychology Towson University
M.A., Counseling Psychology, Loyola University of Maryland
Ph.D., Educational Psychology (Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics), University of Georgia.

Clinical interests:  Assessment, Health Psychology

Research interests & opportunities for students: Quantitative methods, statistics, psychometrics

Professional Development
Member of the Editorial Board for Educational and Psychological Measurement
Member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
Member of the Editorial Board for the journal Assessment

Courses taught at La Salle University:
PSY 506 – Introduction to Research Methods and Statistics
PSY 509 – Assessment I

Recent Publications & Presentations:

Hess, B., Lipner, R., & Weng, W. (2009, April). A methodology for setting performance standards for physicians in clinical practice. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Decker, M. L., Turk, C. L., Hess, B., & Murray, C. E. (2008). Emotional regulation among individuals classified with and without generalized anxiety disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 22, 485-494.

Barksdale, C. L., Fingerhut, R., & Hess, B. (2008, August). The relationship between experiential avoidance and postpartum depression in a military population. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Hess, B., Subhiyah, R., & Giordano, C. (2007). Convergence between cluster analysis and the Angoff procedure for setting minimum passing scores on credentialing examinations. Evaluation & the Health Professions, 30, 362-375.

Distefano, C., & Hess, B. (2005). Using confirmatory factor analysis for construct validation: An empirical review. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 23, 225-241.

Hobbies and Interests:
Spending time with my wife Isabel and two sons, Tristan and Nathan.