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. This past year I was asked to develop two new courses. One of these course was a doctoral level course and it dealt with issues of problem solving and decision making. Most of material was made available to the students via Blackboard learning management system. In addition, I was able to help start a new course that have been approved by the Graduate Curriculum committee for the Department of Counseling and Special Services. The course focused on providing the latest learning and motivation theories to teachers who are completing their master's program in teacher education. Again, most of the content and learning materials may be found in Blackboard.

• 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 - Texas Tech University Student Organization (08/15/2006)
• 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 - Texas Tech University College of Education (05/15/1997)

• 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)

• School Counselors' Leading With Self-Compassion Journal of School Counseling 19 35 (2021), Carleton H. Brown, Anjanette Todd, Arturo Olivarez.

• A portrait of progress: Assessing UTEP’s Master’s degree in higher education leadership (2023), Volume Albuquerque, New Mexico, Eduardo C. Arellano, Arturo Olivarez.
• Recommendations for School Counselor Site-Supervision Training Formats. (2022), Volume Baltimore, MD, Carleton H. Brown, Arturo Olivarez.
• 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.

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