Krista Mattern, PhD
Vice President, Office of Research
Krista Mattern is the Vice President of the Office of Research Strategy at NBME. Her research focuses on predicting education and workplace success through evaluating the validity and fairness of cognitive and noncognitive measures. She is also known for her work in evaluating the efficacy of learning products to help improve intended learner outcomes.
She has published over 100 journal articles, technical reports, and book chapters and has served as the editor of two books. Her work has appeared in a number of psychology and educational measurement journals, including the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Journal of Educational Measurement, Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, Educational and Psychological Measurement, and Educational Assessment.
Krista received her PhD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology with a minor in Quantitative Psychology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2006. Krista joined NBME in 2023; prior to that, she worked at the LSAC, ACT, and the College Board in various research leadership capacities.
