CURRICULUM VITAE WES E. BONIFAY

CURRICULUM VITAE
WES E. BONIFAY
CONTACT INFORMATION
Name:
Wes E. Bonifay
Address:
1285 Franz Hall
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone:
Email:
Website:
510.307.6419
[email protected]
http://www.wesbonifay.com/
EDUCATION
2012 – 2015
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Ph.D.: Psychology (Quantitative Area)
Primary Advisor: Steve Reise
Dissertation committee co-chairs: Li Cai & Steven Reise
June 2015
(anticipated)
2010 – 2012
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
M.A.: Psychology (Quantitative Area)
June 2012
2008 – 2010
California State University, Sacramento, CA
M.A.: Psychology (Quantitative Emphasis)
Thesis Advisor: Lawrence Meyers
May 2010
2000 – 2004
University of California, Davis, CA
B.A.: Psychology
June 2004
PUBLICATIONS
Published works:
Bonifay, W. E. (in press). An illustration of the full-information two-tier item factor analysis model. In
Reise, S. P. & Revicki, D. A. (Eds.), Handbook of Multidimensional Item Response Theory.
Bonifay, W. E., Reise, S. P., Scheines, R., & Meijer, R. R. (in press). When are multidimensional data
unidimensional enough for structural equation modeling? An evaluation of the DETECT
multidimensionality index. Structural Equation Modeling.
Reise, S. P., Bonifay, W. E., & Haviland, M. G. (under review). Bifactor modeling and the evaluation of
scale scores. In P. Irwing, T. Booth & D. Hughes (Eds.), The Wiley Handbook of Psychometric
Testing. London: John Wiley & Sons.
Reise, S. P., Bonifay, W. E., & Haviland, M. G. (2013). Scoring and modeling psychological measures in
the presence of multidimensionality. Journal of Personality Assessment, 95(2), 129-140.
Works In Preparation:
Southam-Gerow, M., McLeod, B. D., Reise, S. P., & Bonifay, W. E. (in preparation [final draft
completed]). Psychometric analysis of a new measure of therapists’ adherence to therapy protocol.
Southam-Gerow, M., Bonifay, W. E., & McLeod, B. D. (in preparation [2nd draft completed]).
Generalizability study of therapists’ adherence to therapy protocol.
Bonifay, W. E., Reise, S. P., Zaromb, F., & Roberts, R. D. (in preparation [analyses completed]). Using
item response theory to investigate individual differences in the bias blind spot.
Stigler, J. W. & Bonifay, W. E. (in preparation [literature review completed]). Research designs for improving
online learning modules.
Bonifay, W. E. (in preparation). A new framework of model evaluation [Doctoral dissertation].
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS/POSTERS
Bonifay, W. E. (2014). On the complexity of IRT models. Poster presented at the Society for Multivariate
Experimental Psychology Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN.
Bonifay, W. E., Reise, S. P., Weeks, J., Wells, C., & Soto, A. (2014). Using item response theory to
investigate individual differences in three cognitive biases. In R. D. Roberts (Chair), Assessing cognitive biases in
judgment and decision making for higher education and workforce applications. Symposium conducted at the
26th Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.
Bonifay, W. E. & Meyers, L. M. (2010). Right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, and the
dark triad. Poster presented at the 90th Annual Western Psychological Association Conference, Cancun,
Mexico.
Bonifay, W. E. & Meyers, L. M. (2009). Orthorexia Nervosa: Analysis of a new eating disorder. Poster
presented at the 89th Annual Western Psychological Association Conference, Portland, OR.
FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS/HONORS
2010 – 2014
2014
Doctoral Training Grant in Advanced Quantitative Methods in Education
Research, UCLA
University Fellowship, UCLA
2012
2011
2010
2008
2000
Graduate Summer Research Mentorship award, UCLA
Graduate Summer Research Mentorship award, UCLA
University Fellowship, UCLA
ARA Graduate Fund recipient
Northern California Scholarship Foundation award
RESEARCH POSITIONS
Summer 2014
Summer Associate at RAND Corporation
1 of 35 summer associates accepted from among 600+ applicants
Santa Monica, CA
Advisor: Dr. Bryan Hallmark
Duties include: Predict various outcomes using a multilevel latent variable model;
conduct factor analysis and IRT modeling of self-report data; prepare a briefing of the
results for RAND researchers and personnel.
2014
Graduate Student Researcher
In collaboration with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Advisor: Dr. James Stigler
Duties include: Conduct psychometric analyses of a test of mathematics concept
knowledge; use IRT results to create a short form of an existing test; provide IRT
consultation to a team of education researchers at the Carnegie Foundation; develop a
diagnostic classification model of math concept knowledge.
2013 – 2014
Subcontractor with the Educational Testing Service (ETS)
Advisor: Dr. Richard Roberts
Duties include: Item response theory analysis of social psychological data;
implementation of multidimensional IRT (bifactor and testlet models) and
explanatory IRT models; prepare a symposium presentation of the results of these
analyses; prepare multiple manuscripts for publication.
Summer 2013
Data analytics intern at Scopely mobile gaming company
Culver City, CA
Duties include: Management and analysis of mobile gaming data, with a primary focus
on lifetime value modeling, A/B testing, and multiple regression; assist in the
construction and IRT analysis of a self-response player satisfaction survey.
2008 – 2010
Graduate Assistant at the Center for Teacher Quality
California State University, Sacramento
Supervisor: Dr. David Wright
Duties include: Assist in constructing a hierarchical linear model examining
the effects of teacher preparation on the standardized testing scores of
elementary school students.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of California, Los Angeles:
Fall 2014
Teaching Assistant
Course title: Advanced Item Response Theory
Professor: Dr. Li Cai
Fall 2014
Teaching Assistant
Course title: Research Methods in Psychology
Professor: Dr. Elizabeth Bjork
Spring 2015
(expected)
Teaching Assistant
Course title: Psychological Statistics
Professor: Dr. Adi Jaffe
California State University, Sacramento:
Fall 2009
Teaching Associate
Course title: Foundations of Psychological Research II
Professor: Dr. Lawrence Meyers
Duties include: Develop my own curriculum and lead a 3-hour teaching section every
week; conduct weekly laboratory instruction of SPSS procedures related to ANOVA,
multiple regression, and factor analysis; assist students in creating, conducting, and
analyzing their own experimental research studies.
Other teaching opportunities:
September 2014
Invited workshop leader
Key Data Sys, Riverside, CA
Duties include: Design and lead a workshop in item response theory in two 5-hour
sessions; discuss broad range of topics in IRT, from fundamental assumptions to
multidimensional IRT models and computer adaptive testing; provide hands-on
instruction in real data analysis using the R software package.
OTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2013
Symposium presenter & organizer, UCLA
Duties include: Host and organize the UCLA Psychology Interdisciplinary Events
Spring Symposium, “Mental Notes: Music, Cognition, and the Brain;” coordinate with
several interdepartmental agencies regarding various aspects of event planning:
contact and communicate with guest speakers, secure funding, reserve venue space,
arrange catering, etc.
2011
Conference reviewer for the 2012 Society for Research in Child Development
(SRCD) Themed Meeting
WORK EXPERIENCE
2005 – 2007
Behavioral Intervention Therapist
Center for Autism & Related Disorders
San Jose, CA
Duties include: Provide one-to-one applied behavioral analysis (ABA) intervention
therapy to improve the communication, social relationships, play, self-care, and
schooling of children aged 3 – 12 with autism spectrum disorders.
2007 – 2008
Milieu Therapist
Lincoln Child Center
Oakland, CA
Duties include: Assist in creating an environment of mental, emotional and physical
treatment for severely emotionally disturbed adolescents; teach various coping
mechanisms to enable students to enter into the mainstream of society; assist in the
development of individual education plans tailored to the psychological needs of each
student.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2014 – present
2014 – present
Psychometric Society
Association for Psychological Science
STATISTICAL COMPUTING SKILLS
R, Mplus, flexMIRT, IRTPRO, LISREL, EQS, SPSS, SAS, HLM, CEFA
STATISTICAL TRAINING
Coursework:
Item Response Theory, Structural Equation Modeling, Factor Analysis, Measurement, Generalizability
Theory, Multilevel Modeling, Multiple Regression, Multivariate Statistics, Experimental Design, Causal
Inference.
Workshops:
May 2013
IRT-based Test Linking.
Instructor: Dr. Jonathan Weeks, Educational Testing Service.
June 2011
The American Psychological Association’s Advanced Training Institute on
Structural Equation Modeling in Longitudinal Research.
Instructors: Dr. John J. McArdle, University of Southern California; Dr. Emilio Ferrer,
University of California, Davis; Dr. Kevin J. Grimm, University of California, Davis; Dr.
Keith F. Widaman, University of California, Davis.
January 2011
Technical Aspects of Value Added Modeling.
Instructor: Dr. Daniel McCaffrey, RAND Corporation.
April 2009
Introduction to Item Response Theory Models and Applications – In conjunction
with the Annual Western Psychological Association Conference.
Instructor: Dr. Steven Reise, University of California, Los Angeles
April 2009
Multiple Regression Analyses from Start to Finish – In conjunction with the
Annual Western Psychological Association Conference.
Instructor: Dr. Christopher L. Aberson, Humboldt State University
April 2009
Analyzing Data that Include Repeated Measures – In conjunction with the Annual
Western Psychological Association Conference.
Instructor: Dr. Barbara Tabachnick, California State University, Northridge
REFERENCES
Dr. Steven P. Reise
Professor of Quantitative Psychology
University of California, Los Angeles
(310) 794-1594
[email protected]
Dr. Li Cai
Assistant Professor of Advanced Quantitative Methodology
University of California, Los Angeles
(310) 206-0583
[email protected]
Dr. James Stigler
Professor of Developmental Psychology
University of California, Los Angeles
(310) 206-9494
[email protected]

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