Elisa Gallegos

Elisa Gallegos is an Evaluation Coordinator for Southern Methodist University’s Center on Research and Evaluation (CORE). Prior to joining CORE, Mrs. Gallegos worked with the Institute of Evidence-Based Education, an entity under SMU’s Simmons School of Education and Human Development. Her primary responsibility was investigating the effectiveness of several literacy interventions. Mrs. Gallegos has over 10 years’ experience in managing research projects, coordinating project activities, as well as creating and managing databases for these projects. Mrs. Gallegos has interest in studying child development and learning through a neuropsychological lens and examining the systems involving children (e.g., schools, CPS). She is also interested in shaping policy to meet the needs of children at all levels: individual, home, school, and community.

Elisa received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Southern Methodist University with a minor in Human Rights. She earned a Master of Science in Applied Cognition and Neuroscience degree from the University of Texas at Dallas, Texas.

Publications

Kara, Y., Kamata, A., Gallegos, E., Patarapichayatham, C. & Potgieter, C. J. (2021). Covariate Balance as a Quality Indicator for Propensity Score Analysis. Journal of Measurement and Evaluation in Education and Psychology, 12 (4), 374-387.

Baker, D., Ma, H., & Gallegos, E. (2019). Increasing parental knowledge through workshops on early childhood programs, home literacy, and technology us. Bilingual Research Journal, DOI: 10.1080/15235882.2019.1666755.

Weiser, B., Buss, C., Sheils, A., Gallegos, E. & Murray, R. (2019). Expert reading coaching via technology: A mixed methods study investigating the reading, writing, and spelling outcomes of students in grades K -8 experiencing significant reading learning disabilities. Annals of Dyslexia, 69, 54-79.

Conference Presentations

Gallegos, E., LoPiccolo, J., Tufte, J., McNail, M., Arnold, D., Ebaady, S., & Brown, L. (2019, November). Evaluators are Impacted: Reflecting on Racial Equity Work. Panel presentation at the American Evaluation Association Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.

Kamata, A., Gallegos, E., Patarapichayatham, C., & Kara, Y. (2019, April). Evaluation of Covariate Balance as a Quality Indicator for Propensity Score Matching Analysis. Paper presentation at the American Education Research Association, Toronto, ON.

Gallegos, E., Schneider, J., Lopez, M., Ralph, Y., & Maguire, M. (2018, March). The relationship between a chaotic home environment and language processing in children. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

Weiser, B., & Gallegos, E. (2018, January). Expert Reading Coaching Via Technology: Investigating the Literacy Outcomes of Students in Grades K-8 Experiencing Reading Learning Disabilities. Presentation at the Hawaii University International Conferences on Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences & Education, Honolulu, HI.

Weiser, B., & Gallegos, E. (2018, January). Pre-Teaching Critical Vocabulary, Background Knowledge, and Word Work to Increase the Reading, Writing, and Spelling Performances for Students with Reading Learning Disabilities. Presentation at the Hawaii University International Conferences on Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences & Education, Honolulu, HI.

Weiser, B., & Gallegos, E. (2017, November). Pre-Teaching Critical Vocabulary, Background Knowledge, and Word Work to Increase the Reading, Writing, and Spelling Performances for Students with Reading Learning Disabilities. Poster presentation at the International Association of Dyslexia Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA

Kamata, A., Lan, P., & Gallegos, E. (2016, April). Evaluation of Covariate Selection in Propensity Score Matching Analysis. Paper presentation at the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX

Baker, D., Ma, H. & Gallegos, E. (2016, April). Effect of Hispanic Parental Workshops on Parent Early Literacy Knowledge and Their Children's Expressive Vocabulary. Paper presentation at the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX

Rahim, H., & Gallegos, E. (2015, November). The Rise of SEL as a Measure for Assessing Students: The Importance of Measuring SEL and the use of different Tools to do so. Panel presentation at the American Evaluation Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Wright, A., Farmer, D., Akihito, A., & Gallegos, E. (2015, November). TSZ: Investigating a Complex Interactive Systems Model for Involving Communities in Education: Analytic Approach for Determining Collective Impact of School and Community Inputs on Student Outcomes. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.