Roula is a doctoral student in the GSU Developmental Psychology Program, where she also earned her master’s degree. Her research focuses on examining adults’ health numeracy and literacy skills, with a particular interest in the measurement of these abilities. Through her work, Roula hopes to develop tools that accurately assess health numeracy in adults in order to address the diverse needs of individuals from varying backgrounds.

Awards:

Percival Rogers Statistics Award, 2024.

Bailey M. Wade Memorial Scholarship, 2025.

Recent work:

Aldib, R., Branum-Martin, L., Özçalışkan, Ş., & Sevcik, R. (2024). “Investigating prison factors related to literacy and numeracy skills of incarcerated adults.” Zeitschrift für Weiterbildungsforschung (Journal for Research on Adult Education) 47(2), 181-203. doi: 10.1007/s40955-024-00291-z

Aldib, R., Branum-Martin, L., Adlof, S., Hendricks, A. (2025, July) “Planned missing designs for item development.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Calgary, Canada.

Aldib, R., Chan, J., Adlof, S., & Branum-Martin, L. (2025, February). “The Nature of the Home Learning Environment.” Poster presented at the Pacific Coast Research Conference, Coronado, CA.