Forrest Lane, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Substantive: Attachment Theory, Socially Responsible Leadership
Methodological: Structural Equation Modeling, Propensity Score Matching
Teaching Interests
General Linear Model Analyses, Research Design, Assessment & Evaluation
Recent Peer-reviewed Articles
Lane, F. C., Anderson, B., Ponce, H., & Natesan, P. (In Press). Factorial invariance of the LibQUAL+® as a measure of library service quality over time. Library & Information Science Research.
Lane, F. C., & Chapman, N. (In press). The relationship of hope and strength’s self efficacy to the social change model of leadership. Journal of Leadership Education.
Mohr, K. A., Lane, F., & Sarker, A. (2010). Paths to culturally responsive instruction: Preservice teachers’ readiness beliefs. National Reading Conference Yearbook, 51, 304-314.
Recent Book Chapters
Lane, F. C., Nimon, K. F., & Roberts, J. K. (In Press). A random intercepts model of part-time employment and standardized testing using SPSS. In G. D. Garson (Eds.), Hierarchical Linear Modeling: Guide and Applications. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Recent Conference Presentations
Lane F. C. & Chapman, N. (2011, March). Strength-based education & the social change model of leadership. Annual Conference of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. Philadelphia, PA.
Cobb, J., & Lane, F. C. (2011, March). Educating and Tracking Student Growth in Properly Assessing Risk. Annual Conference of the American College Personnel Association. Philadelphia, PA.
Lane, F. C. (2011, February). Differences among traditional, transfer, and online students: Measurement invariance of the university attachment scale. Poster presented at the 11th Annual Educational Research Exchange, Denton, TX.
Lane, F. C. & Chapman, N. (2010, June). Measuring strength’s self-efficacy among students in a 4-year cohort leadership program. Strength’s in Education Conference. Omaha, NE.
Lane, F. C. (2010, June). Why propensity score matching should be used to assess programmatic effects. National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Assessment and Retention Conference, Baltimore, MD.
Lane, F. C., & Henson, R. K. (2010, February). Using propensity scores in quasi-experimental designs to equate groups. Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association. New Orleans, LA.
Professional Associations
American Educational Research Association
Southwest Educational Research Association
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators
American College Personnel Association
Honor Societies
Phi Kappa Phi
Omicron Delta Kappa

