February 2015 Jehanzeb R. Cheema 314N Education Building MC-708 1310 South Sixth Street Champaign, IL 61820 Phone: (217) 300-7909 Email: jrcheema@illinois.edu Web: education.illinois.edu/people/jrcheema ACADEMIC BACKGROUND Ph.D. Education, George Mason University, 2012 Specialization: Research Methodology Ph.D. Economics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2006 Specializations: Labor Economics, Development Economics M.A. Economics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2003 B.S.B.A. Finance and Economics, summa cum laude, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, 2002 B.A. History and Economics, University of the Punjab, 1999 Minor: Statistics RESEARCH INTERESTS Primary field: Secondary fields: Topics of interest: Research Methodology: Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation Educational Psychology, Survey Research Missing data analysis, student achievement WORK EXPERIENCE 2013 - Clinical Assistant Professor Bureau of Educational Research, College of Education University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 2012-2013 Adjunct Associate Professor Clinical Psychology Department The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Washington, DC International Psychology Department The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, IL 1/7
2009-2012 Graduate Research Assistant College of Education and Human Development Department of Health Administration and Policy, College of Health and Human Services George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 2009 Adjunct Lecturer School of Liberal Arts and Sciences Milwaukee Area Technical College, Mequon, WI Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Area Technical College, Oak Creek, WI 2008 Adjunct Lecturer College of Business & Management Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, WI 2003-2009 Graduate Teaching Assistant Department of Economics, College of Letters and Science Department of Educational Psychology, School of Education University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 1999-2000 Intern, External Audit A. F. Ferguson & Co., Chartered Accountants, Islamabad, Pakistan REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES Cheema, J. (2014). A review of missing data handling methods in education research. Review of Educational Research, 84(4), 487-508. Cheema, J. (2014). Computer use for entertainment among young men and women in Qatar: Evidence from a national sample. Entertainment Computing, 5(2), 127-133. Cheema, J. (2014). Prevalence of online reading among high school students in Qatar: Evidence from the Programme for International Student Assessment 2009. International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 10(1), 41-54. Cheema, J. (2014). Some general guidelines for choosing missing data handling methods in educational research. Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods, 13(2), 53-75. Cheema, J. (2014). The migrant effect: An evaluation of native academic performance in Qatar. Research in Education, 91, 65-77. 2/7
Cheema, J., & Kitsantas, A. (2014). Influences of disciplinary classroom climate on high school student self-efficacy and mathematics achievement. A look at gender and racial-ethnic differences. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 12(5), 1261-1279. Cuellar, A., & Cheema, J. (2014). Health care reform, behavioral health care, and the criminal justice population. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 41(4), 447-459. Meadan, H., Stoner, J., Angell, M., Daczewitz, M., Cheema, J., & Rugutt, J. (2014). Do you see a difference? Evaluating outcomes of a parent-implemented intervention. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 26(4), 415-430. Al-Rawajfah, O., Cheema, J., Hewitt, J., Hweidi, I., & Musallam, E. (2013). Laboratory-confirmed health care associated bloodstream infections in Jordan: A matched cost and length of stay study. American Journal of Infection Control, 41(7), 607-611. Cheema, J. (2013). Does it matter how you measure it? The case of self- efficacy in mathematics. Issues in Educational Research, 23(3), 346-356. Cheema, J., & Galluzzo, G. (2013). Analyzing the gender gap in math achievement: Evidence from a large scale U.S. sample. Research in Education, 90, 98-112. Cheema, J., & Zhang, B. (2013). Quantity and quality of computer use and academic achievement: Evidence from a large-scale international test program. International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 9(2), 95-106. Ware, H., Cheema, J., & Kitsantas, A. (2013). Efficacy, consequences, and teacher commitment in the era of No Child Left Behind. Journal for Effective Schools, 11(1), 35-65. Al-Rawajfah, O., Cheema, J., Hweidi, I., Hewitt, J., & Musallam, E. (2012). Laboratory-confirmed health care associated bloodstream infections: A Jordanian study. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 5(6), 403-411. Al-Rawajfah, O., Hewitt, J., Stetzer, F., & Cheema, J. (2012). Length of stay and charges associated with health care-acquired bloodstream infections. American Journal of Infection Control, 40(3), 227-232. Cuellar, A., & Cheema, J. (2012). As roughly 700,000 prisoners are released annually, about half will gain health coverage and care under federal laws. Health Affairs, 31(5), 931-938. Gaffney, K., Kitsantas, P., & Cheema, J. (2012). Clinical practice guidelines for feeding behaviors and weight-for-age at 12 months: A secondary analysis of the Infant Feeding Practices Study II. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 9(4), 234-242. 3/7
Kitsantas, P., Gaffney, K., & Cheema, J. (2012). Life stressors and barriers to timely prenatal care for women with high risk pregnancies residing in rural and non-rural areas. Women's Health Issues, 22(5), e455-e460. Kitsantas, A., Cheema, J., & Ware, H. (2011). Mathematics achievement: The role of homework and selfefficacy beliefs. Journal of Advanced Academics, 22(2), 310-339. Kitsantas, A., Ware, H., & Cheema, J. (2010). Predicting mathematics achievement from mathematics efficacy: Does analytical method make a difference? The International Journal of Educational and Psychological Assessment, 5(1), 25-44. Bahmani-Oskooee, M., & Cheema, J. (2009). Short-run and long-run effects of currency depreciation on the bilateral trade balance between Pakistan and her major trading partners. Journal of Economic Development, 34(1), 19-46. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS, POSTER SESSIONS, ABSTRACTS, DISSERTATIONS & MISCELLANEA Cheema, J. (2014, July). Gender based differential item functioning in PISA 2012 science assessment: Evidence from 68 economies. Poster session presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Madison, WI. Cheema, J. (2014, April). Comparative performance of missing data handling methods common in educational research. Dissertation award winner presentation at the business meeting of Special Interest Group for Advanced Studies of National Databases [2014 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association], Philadelphia, PA. Cheema, J. (2014, April). Overview of IES/NSF common guidelines for education research & development and an introduction to What Works Clearinghouse procedures & standards. Seminar presented at the College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL. Cheema, J. (2014, March). A review of IES and NSF guidelines for education research and development. Seminar presented at the College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL. Cuellar, A., & Cheema, J. (2014). Health care reform and criminal offenders. In Bruinsma, G. and Weisburd, D. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of criminology and criminal justice. New York, NY: Springer. Cheema, J. (2012, March). Handling missing data in educational research using SPSS (Doctoral Dissertation). George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. 4/7
Gaffney, K., Kitsantas, P., & Cheema, J. (2012, March). Post partum depression, infant feeding practices, and weight gain at 7 months of age. Poster session presented at the 4th Annual College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) Research Day, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. Cochran, J., Patel, T., Kitsantas, P., Cheema, J., Dugan, M., Callahan, C., Krzywicki, K., Mancini, B., Munoz, R., Whitson, M., & O'Mara, S. (2011, May). Gender, race, age and insurance status in patients treated with tpa. Abstract presented at the American Heart Association Quality of Care and Outcomes Research 2010 Scientific Sessions, Washington, DC. Cochran, J., Callahan, C., Krzywicki, K., O'Mara, S., Whitson, M., Munoz, R., Mancini, B., Kitsantas, P., & Cheema, J. (2011, May). Novel risk factors and management strategies for transient ischemic attack and stroke: The Inova Fairfax Stroke Database. Abstract presented at the American Heart Association Quality of Care and Outcomes Research 2010 Scientific Sessions, Washington, DC. Kitsantas, A., & Cheema, J. (2011, May). The role of disciplinary climate and self-efficacy beliefs on student math achievement. Poster session presented at the 23rd Annual Convention of Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC. Gaffney, K., Kitsantas, P., & Cheema, J. (2011, March). Infant feeding practices and weight-for-age at 12 months: Results from the Infant Feeding Practices Study II. Podium presentation at the 32nd Annual National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners Conference, Baltimore, MD. Gaffney, K., Kitsantas, P., & Cheema, J. (2011, March). Examination of the relationship between feeding practices and late infancy weight-for-age. Poster session presented at the 3rd Annual College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) Research Day, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. Gaffney, K., Kitsantas, P., & Cheema, J. (2010, December). Examination of the relationship between feeding practices and late infancy weight-for-age. Poster session presented at the 16th Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference, San Antonio, TX. Kitsantas, A., Ware, H., & Cheema J. (2010, February). The role of homework support resources, time spent on homework, and self-efficacy beliefs in mathematics. Poster session presented at the College of Education and Human Development Faculty Research Symposium 2010, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. Zhang, B., & Cheema J. (2009, July). Modeling of achievement gaps using international test data. Poster session presented at the 16th International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Cambridge, UK. 5/7
Cheema, J. (2006, December). Bilateral trade between Pakistan and her trading partners: The effect of exchange rate on trade balance (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI. COURSES TAUGHT Graduate courses Applied Regression Analysis (In progress) Independent Study [Educational Psychology] Quantitative Methods and Research in International Psychology Statistical Inference in Education Statistics II [Multivariate Methods in Clinical Psychology] Workshop in the Computerized Analysis of Educational Data Undergraduate courses Economic Statistics Introduction to International Economic Relations Introductory Economics Personal Finance/Consumer Economics Principles of Macroeconomics Principles of Microeconomics Teaching assistant graduate courses Applied Econometrics Educational Statistical Methods II ACADEMIC HONORS Outstanding Dissertation Award, American Educational Research Association Special Interest Group for Advanced Studies of National Databases, 2013 Member, The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, inducted: 2012 Presidential Scholar Award, George Mason University, 2010-2012 College of Education and Human Development Fellowship, George Mason University, 2010-2012 Chancellor's Fellowship Award, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2003-2005 Member, Golden Key International Honour Society, inducted: 2002 6/7
SERVICE Participation on doctoral dissertation committees, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Co-director Kenneth Trzaska, 2014 Committee member Muhammad Asrar-Ul-Haq, 2014 Peer reviewer American Educational Research Journal Teaching, Learning and Human Development American Journal of Infection Control Educational Psychology Issues in Educational Research Journal of Research on Technology in Education Mid-Western Educational Researcher The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning 7/7