Provides research, evaluation, consulting, and technical assistance services that contribute to the lifelong process of learning and improving personal performance.

Produces and disseminates information to provide motivation and tools to enable individuals to make informed decisions about health issues.

Develops and implements education testing programs that benefit students, parents and public officals.

Works with the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the government's primary source for collecting and analyzing data about public education.

Helps to provide all children with access to a quality education, and empowers people, organizations, and communities to bring about social change.

Is committed to helping clients improve the effectiveness of their workforce through a wide range of management, organizational, and business improvement efforts.

Produces, maintains and disseminates systematic reviews of the effects of social and behavioral interventions.

Nancy Matheson, Ph.D.

Principal Research Scientist

Nancy Matheson, Ph.D., has focused her work on organizational-level analysis and intervention activities, education assessment, and the study of workforce and healthcare issues within a broader policy context. Reflecting this broad base of experience, Dr. Matheson has participated in occupational analysis efforts; conducted organizational analysis, and performed numerous program evaluations. In addition, Dr. Matheson has applied her industrial/organizational psychology background to the study of key issues within the field of education (e.g., postsecondary faculty characteristics and work experiences, international indicators of education, adult literacy). Much of Dr. Matheson’s recent work has been in the area of health care research. In addition to research within the health care arena, she is currently providing technical expertise to the training division of a U.S. Department of Defense agency, by supporting the agency’s leadership development efforts by evaluating the quality and appropriateness of entry-and mid-level supervisory leadership training offerings. Dr. Matheson has a Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Akron in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, and a B.A. is Psychology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.