Chia Lin Tsai

Faculty

Associate Professor

Email chialin.tsai@unco.edu
Phone 970-351-1774
Location McKee 521
A portrait of Chia-lin Tsai.

Education

  • Ph.D. Educational Psychology – Statistics & Measurement, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 2012
  • M.A. Statistics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
  • M.A. School Counseling, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
  • B.A. Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

Professional Experience & Affiliations

  • Senior/ Research Data Analyst, Assessment Resource Center, University of Missouri, 2015-2017
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Educational, School and Counseling Psychology, University of Missouri, 2015-2017
  • Research Specialist/Project Coordinator, Alcohol Cognitions Lab, Department of Psychological Science, University of Missouri, 2012-2015
  • Summer Research Intern, Research, Assessment and Accountability Office of Columbia Public School, Columbia MO, 2009

Research Expertise & Interests

  • Large-scale assessment in education
  • Latent variable modeling
  • Psychometric studies

Publications

  • Tsai, C. L., Brown, C., Estrada, S., & Ku, H. Y. (2025). Course interactivity, college generation status, and learning experiences in online asynchronous courses. Distance Education, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/01587919.2025.2591634
  • Wang, L., Hung, Y.-L., Chen, T.-Y., Wei, M., Tsai, C.-L., Kivlighan, D. M., Jr., Wang, S.-C., & Ho, C.-Y. (2025). A study on the effects of emotional cultivation workshops on teacher emotional regulation and social-emotional well-being. Journal of Research in Education Sciences, 70(3), 99-131. https://doi.org/10.6209/JORIES.202509_70(3).0004.
  • Casey, K., Tsai, C. L., Oja, K., & Fink, R. M. (2025). The Revised Casey-Fink Graduate Nurse Experience Survey 2023: A Psychometric Evaluation. JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration, 55(10):p 567-573, https://doi.org/10.1097/NNA.0000000000001633 
  • Freitas, K., Tsai, CL, & Wang, SY. (2025). Increasing Symptom Recognition Using Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes in an Oncology Research Clinic. Journal of Nursing Care Quality. 2025 Aug 26. doi:10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000911.
  • Tian, L., Zhang, Q., Tsai, C.-L., & Owusu, G. (2025). Coping Profiles Among Chinese College Students: Associations With Depression and Life Satisfaction. The Counseling Psychologist, 53(2), 150-173. https://doi.org/10.1177/00110000241312982
  • Bergin, C., Tsai, C.-L., Prewett, S., Jones, E., Bergin, D. A., & Murphy, B. (2024). Effectiveness of a Social-Emotional Learning Program for Both Teachers and Students. AERA Open, 10. https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584241281284
  • Jones, E. A., Tsai, C. L., & Bergin, C. (2024). Teachers can differentiate between standards-based leadership skills in principal evaluation surveys: a multilevel analysis. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 35(4), 387–412. https://doi.org/10.1080/09243453.2024.2369061
  • Tsai, C.-L., Wind, S., & Estrada, S. (2024). Exploring the Effects of Collapsing Rating Scale Categories in Polytomous Item Response Theory Analyses: An Illustration and Simulation Study. Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 10.1080/15366367.2023.2288791 
  • Fan, C.-H., Tsai, C.-L., Juang, Y.-T., Wang, H.-T., & Chang, Y.-L. (2024). Cross-cultural examination of school educators’ beliefs about principles of positive behavior support. Psychology in the Schools, 61, 287–303. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.23053