Arlene de la Mora, Ph.D

Arlene de la Mora has been a researcher with the Psychology in Education Research Laboratory (PERL) since 2003. Dr. de la Mora's background in social psychology and training in advanced research methods is an excellent match with the work done at PERL.

Student Achievement. Dr. de la Mora's expertise in research design, measurement and evaluation is used to examine the impact of school interventions aimed at increasing student achievement in Literacy, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, and 21st century skills. Dr. de la Mora has been the primary investigator on the Iowa Reading First project, however, she has a leadership role with all of the projects the laboratory is involved with.

Iowa Infant Feeding Attitude Scale (IIFAS). Dr. de la Mora is also involved in studies that examine attitudes towards infant feeding methods. As a part of this research, Dr. de la Mora has continued with the development of the Iowa Infant Feeding Attitude Scale.