Stuart Barnum

Stuart Barnum has a diverse work history spanning several industries and roles. Stuart began their career in 1993 as a Secondary School Mathematics Teacher for the US Peace Corps. Stuart then transitioned into academia, holding various positions as a Mathematics Lecturer at the University of Botswana, a Teaching Fellow at Brown University, and a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Cape Town. In 2002, they served as a Teaching Fellow at Harvard University before joining the University of Transkei (now Walter Sisulu University) as a Lecturer in Philosophy and Head of Department. Stuart's career then took him to the University of Oklahoma, where they worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy. In 2006, they joined ACT, where they held multiple roles including Test Development Associate, Independent Writer and Consultant, and Content Specialist III. From 2017 to 2019, Stuart worked as an Independent Consultant and Writer for ACT and the Graduate Management Admission Council. Stuart then transitioned to the NBOME, where they worked as a Data Analyst and later as a Psychometrician. Currently, Stuart holds the position of Associate Director for Collaborative Assessment Psychometrics and Research at NBOME. Throughout their career, Stuart has published notable research in the field and has extensive experience in psychometrics, test assembly, data analysis, and scoring algorithms.

Stuart Barnum's education history is as follows:

Stuart Barnum obtained a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Mathematics, with a minor in Physics, with distinction from the University of Iowa in 1987. From 1987 to 1989, they pursued a Master of Science (MS) degree in Mathematics from the same university. Subsequently, in 1989, Stuart enrolled at Brown University, where they completed a Master of Arts (MA) degree in Philosophy in 1991.

In 2009, Stuart Barnum engaged in graduate coursework in Statistics and Measurement at the University of Iowa, which they pursued until 2010. More recently, in 2018 and 2019, they participated in graduate coursework in Analytics at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

In terms of additional certifications, Stuart acquired several professional certifications. Stuart completed "Getting Started with SAS® Programming" from Coursera in May 2019. In November 2018, Stuart accomplished three certifications: "Essential Design Principles for Tableau," "Fundamentals of Visualization with Tableau," and "Visual Analytics with Tableau." Stuart also attained a specialization in "Data Science at Scale (Coursera specialization)" and worked on a related capstone project in May 2018. Stuart additionally acquired certifications in "Communicating Data Science Results" in March 2018 and "Practical Predictive Analytics: Models and Methods" in January 2018. Furthermore, they completed a course titled "Data Manipulation at Scale: Systems and Algorithms" from Coursera in October 2017.

Stuart Barnum also acquired two certifications related to deep learning from DeepLearning.AI. Stuart completed "Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter Tuning, Regularization, and Optimization" in June 2022 and "Neural Networks and Deep Learning" in May 2022.

Additionally, it is mentioned that Stuart obtained a certification in "Object-Oriented Programming in Java" from edX, but no specific month or year is provided for this achievement.