Ariel Aloe

NISS Position: 
IOF Committee Liaison
NISS Term Expiration: 
2027 Jun 30
Organization: 
University of Iowa
Professional Title: 
Associate Professor of Educational Measurement and Statistics

Ariel Aloe is an Associate Professor in the educational measurement and statistics department at the University of Iowa College of Education. Aloe received his M.S. in Statistics with a minor in biostatistics in 2008 and Ph.D. in Measurement and Statistics in 2009, both from Florida State University. He has been a faculty member at the UI College of Education since 2015. Aloe also serves as the assistant director of the UI College of Education’s Center for Advanced Studies in Measurement and Statistics, and he is a faculty member on the Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences (AMAS) program in the Graduate College. His research has been partially supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Institute of Educational Science (IES), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Aloe’s research interests include developing and evaluating methods to assess evidence, in particular systematic reviews and meta-analyses methodology. He has authored or coauthored dozens of meta-analyses and methodological contributions and has held leadership roles within Campbell’s Methods Coordinating Group as well as in the American Educational Research Association. Ariel is the recipient of the prestigious Mosteller Award from the Campbell Collaboration. 

He serves on the editorial boards of the Review of Educational Research and Journal of Educational Psychology, and he is an associate editor for the journal, Research Synthesis Methods. He also teaches courses in statistics, design of experiments, causal inference with observational data, and meta-analysis. In 2017, Aloe received the Thomas N. Urban Research Award from the Iowa Academy of Education. He is originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, and has lived in the United States since 2000.

Aloe is also a member of several national and international organizations including the National Council on Measurement in Education, the American Education Research Association, the American Statistical Association, and the Society for Research Synthesis Methodology.