Sneha Roy, PhD
Dr. Sneha Roy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education and Child Development at the UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute. Roy obtained her degrees in agriculture and natural resources with a focus on non-formal education (extension education), adult learning, and program planning and evaluation. She is an evaluation specialist and has worked for several national, and international projects and organizations. She received the prestigious DAAD fellowship (German Academic Exchange Service) to pursue her research work on food security education at the Food Security Center, University of Hohenheim, Germany.
Roy provides program evaluation for projects related to community well-being, and early childhood development. Her primary areas of interest include process and method understanding of program planning and evaluation, causal attribution and contribution in evaluation, household food insecurity and child development outcome nexus, and large scale assessments.
- PhD: Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyala, India, 2017
- MS: University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, IL, 2022
- MSc (Honors): Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyala, India, 2012
- BSc (Honors): Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyala, India, 2010
Specialty Certifications
- Teaching Certification in Higher Education, Derek Bok Center of Teaching and Learning, Harvard University.
- Roy, S., & Kang, H. (2025). Longitudnal evaluation of US-PIAAC in the context of social-economic disparities: 2012-2017. National Center for Education Statistics Data User Conference, February 11 -13, 2025. (Accepted)
- Varshney, N., Roy, S. & Johnson, J. (2025). Learning from the Communities: Findings from an Early Childhood Landscape Assessment Across Nebraska. Society for Research in Child Development, May 01-03 2025, Minnesota. (Accepted)
- Roy, S., Kang, H., & Zacharakis, J. (2025). Bibliometric analysis of global PIAAC research between 2008 – 2023. International Review of Education. (under review)
- Roy, S., & Zacharakis, J. (2024). Revisiting the last decade of adult learning and education outcomes: A meta-analysis. In the 50th annual place-based conference of the British Educational Research Association (BERA) and the World Education Research Association (WERA), University of Manchester, UK.
- Roy, S., & Zacharakis, J. (2023). PIAAC’s role in global food security: Evidence from machine learning-based feature selection across three major food security indicators. In 64th Adult Education Research Conference (AERC). University of Oklahoma – Norman, Oklahoma.
- Roy, S. & Zacharakis, J. (2022). Preliminary Analysis: Is there enough definitional clarity of food literacy for food security? In 63rd Adult Education Research Conference (AERC). University of Oklahoma – Norman, Oklahoma.
- Human Dimensions of Natural Resources – Doane University, Crete, NE.
- Human Dimensions of Natural Resources and Environmental Design – NCA&T, Greensboro, NC.
- Community engagement and outreach
- Education statistics.
- Food Security and Child Development Nexus
- Household food insecurity.
- Large-scale assessments
- Program planning and evaluation.
- DAAD Scholar, Food Security Centre, University of Hohenheim, Germany.
- INSPIRE Fellow, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
- American Evaluation Association.
- American Educational Research Association, Measurement and Research Methodologies Division.
- Association for Institutional Research.
- Society for Research in Child Development.
- World Education Research Association.
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Munroe-Meyer Institute
985450 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5450
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