Dr. Amy A. Germuth has a B.S. in Mathematics (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), an M.S. in Education Administration (Tennessee State University), and a Ph.D. in Education Psychology, Measurement, and Evaluation (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). In 2008 she earned a Certificate in Survey Methodology through the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
As a former high school mathematics teacher and elementary and middle public school administrator, Dr. Germuth relies on this experience to design, manage, and conduct formative and summative evaluations and research of PreK-16 education initiatives at the local, state, and national levels. Much of her work involves science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) initiatives as well as initiatives related to student achievement and teacher quality. She has consulted for The Evaluation Center and Horizon Research, Inc. on National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM initiatives and for the Center of Teaching Quality and New Teacher Center on teacher quality initiatives. Current and former clients include the US Education Department, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Pew Charitable Trust, New York Stated Education Department, and Chicago Public Schools.
Dr. Germuth is the author of multiple papers and reports and regularly conducts evaluation and survey training workshops around the country and for the Duke University Certificate Program in Nonprofit Management. She is an invited presenter at the American Evaluation Association Center for Disease Control’s Summer Evaluation Institute where she has taught workshops on survey methodology. Dr. Germuth is a committed participant in the American Evaluation Association, serving both as a current Board Committee Member, Co-Chair of the Data Visualization and Reporting Topical Interest Group, and as a former chair of the Independent Consulting Topical Interest Group. In 2008 Dr. Germuth presented a workshop on survey quality at the Australia Evaluation Society’s annual conference in Canberra, AU.
When not working she can be found cycling, cross-country skiing or beekeeping.