Rate My Professor Tyler Hicks

Tyler Hicks is an assistant research professor and Director of Quantitative Methodology at the Kansas University Center on Disabilities (KUCD) within the University of Kansas Life Span Institute. He earned his Ph.D. in Education from the University of South Florida in 2015, with double concentrations in Educational Statistics and Special Education, and holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the same university. Hicks began his tenure at the University of Kansas as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Special Education in 2017, followed by a role as research associate at the Life Span Institute’s SWIFT Education Center. He joined the KUCD data science team in 2018 and holds an additional appointment in the research design and analysis unit of the Life Span Institute. Fluent in SAS and proficient in R and Mplus, he provides statistical services including data validation, analysis, education, and grant development support to KUCD affiliates.