He is a Professor in the area of educational research with emphasis on univariate and multivariate statistics, measurement issues, and evaluation of educational programs across diverse disciplines and populations. Some of my more general areas of interest included reading, mathematics and science education, self-efficacy, motivation, college students? persistence, and teacher preparation research. My experiences in the use of large databases include training and use of NELS 88 national database in my statistics, measurement and survey research graduate courses.

• 2020 Distinguished Test Reviewer - Buros Testing Center (12/17/2020)
• Patricia Daw Yetter Professorship - University of Texas at El Paso (12/12/2012)
• Leadership Council Outstanding Service to the College - Texas Tech University College of Education (05/15/2008)
• Omicron Delta Kappa Mortar Board Faculty Recognition Teaching Award (01/01/2006-12/31/2006)
• Educational Testing Service Minority Fellowship Award - Educational Testing Service (04/01/2002-04/30/2002)
• Educational Testing Service Minority Fellowship Award - Educational Testing Service (04/01/2001-04/30/2001)
• Texas Tech University College of Education Professional Service Award (01/01/1997-12/31/1997)

• Ph D in Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University (1989)
• MS in Mathematics Education, The University of Texas - Pan American (Now Rio Grande Valley) (1983)
• BS in Mathematics, The University of Texas - Pan American (Now Rio Grande Valley) (1979)

• Understanding the Constructivist Learning Environment in Teacher Education Methods Courses III 978-987-04458-09-4 (2019), William J. Medina-Jerez, Veronica Jackson, Arturo Olivarez.
• Guilty as charged? Principals' perspectives and enactment of suspension and the racial discipline gap Educational Administration Quarterly (in press), David E. DeMatthews, Roderick Carey, Arturo Olivarez, Kevin Moussavi-Saeedi.
• Online Mentoring for Hispanic Female Pre-service teachers: Perceptions of Use and Performance Changes. Journal of Education 137 4 (2017), Patricia Ainsa, Arturo Olivarez.
• Promoting Emotional Well-being While Learning through Online Mentoring in a Hispanic Female Pre-service Teacher Population. Journal of Education 137 3 (2017), Trisha Ainsa, Arturo Olivarez.
• The Impact of the School Counselor Supervision Model on the Self-Efficacy of School Counselor Site-Supervisors Professional School Counseling 21 1 (2017), Carleton H. Brown, Arturo Olivarez, Lorraine DeKruyf.
• Correctional Counselor Burnout: Examining Burnout Rates using the Counselor Burnout Inventory Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 55 3 (2016), Paul Carrola, Arturo Olivarez, Michael Karcher.
• Enhancement of Sustainable Manufacturing Engineering Education for Smart Generation through Workshop and Seminars ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition (2016), Tzu-Liang (Bill) Tseng, Aditya Akundi, Richard Chiou, Arturo Olivarez, Eric D. Smith.

• Growing our own: Developing and supporting tomorrow’s Latino college leaders (2021), Volume El Paso, TX, Arturo Olivarez, Jesus Cisneros, Eduardo Arellano, Edna Martinez.
• Measuring Master’s Level Counseling Students' Self-efficacy and Attitudes Toward Research (2020), Volume San Francisco, CA (changed to virtual), Sarah Peterson, Arturo Olivarez, Sang Min Shin.
• Two-tiered mentoring of two year college students during a summer research experience program at the University of Texas at El Paso (2019), Diane I. Doser, Robert Rohrbaugh, Arturo Olivarez, Joshua I. Villalobos.
• Assessing student-mentor interaction during a summer REU for two year college students (2017), Diane I. Doser, Arturo Olivarez, Robert Rohrbaugh, Joshua Villalobos.
• Reflections and Reactions to the U. S. Syste of Education and Current Issues (2016), Volume Chihuahua city Mexico, Arturo Olivarez, Beverly Angus-Calvo.
• Learning to Lead as a Way to Solve Problems and Avoid Crisis in the Workplace: the Role of Engineers (2016), Volume EL Paso Texas, Arturo Olivarez.
• Online Mentoring for Hispanic Female Pre-Service teachers: Perceptions of Use and Performance Changes (2016), Volume Washington DC, Trisha Olivarez, Arturo Olivarez.

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