Assistant Vice Provost for Accreditation, Assessment and Testing
Governing Board Member

Dr. Ryan Chung currently serves as Assistant Vice Provost for Accreditation, Assessment, and Testing. Ryan has served on the P3 Advisory Board since 2022 and helped to establish the P3 research initiative. Ryan was a P3 handler along with Mr. Benny who recently retired from P3 service.

Committee Chair, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Governing Board Member

Dr. Rachel M. Schmitz (she/her/ella) is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Oklahoma State University and conducts research and teaches in the areas of social inequalities. Dr. Schmitz served as a P3 Handler with her mini Schnauzer Lucy from 2018-2024 and is currently the Chair of the P3 Research Committee. She is also an Associate Director for the Center for Insecurity and Inequality at OSU and is a co-editor for the academic journal "Social Problems."

University Assessment and Testing

Dr. Kelva Hunger is the Associate Director of Assessment and Analysis at Oklahoma State University. Dr. Hunger has experience working in program assessment, general education assessment, and institutional accreditation. She has also provided key support in over 40 survey-related projects across the OSU campus and thoroughly enjoys being involved in P3 research.

Associate Professor, Educational Psychology

Dr. Chia-chen Yang (she/her) is an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology. Her research centers on the psychosocial development of young people in the digital age. Specifically, she examines how adolescents and emerging adults engage with communication technologies and the role digital media plays in shaping their identity development, social relationships, and socioemotional well-being.

Ph.D. Student REMS, Graduate Research Assistant University Testing and Assessment

Paola is a Ph.D. student in Research, Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics (REMS) and a Graduate Research Associate with University Assessment and Testing. She holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia and a Master’s in Information and Communication Technology Applied to Education from the University of Salamanca. In addition, she has earned multiple graduate certificates in Education and Human Resources. Paola also serves as a member of the Research Council for the Bolivian Academy of Sciences.

Ph.D. Student, Educational Psychology
P3 Handler

Jaime (she/her) is a Graduate Research Associate in Special Education and a doctoral fellow in Educational Psychology. Her research explores the lived experience of caregivers of autistic children, with a focus on supporting caregivers’ well-being. She currently serves as a P3 handler with her joyful Golden Retriever, Bob.

Academic Advising Manager, P3 Handler
Office of Student Success

Nicole serves as the advising manager for the Office of Student Success, assisting life science and pre-health freshmen. She is in the second year of her doctorate program at Arkansas State University, where her primary research area is the influence of therapy dogs on college students’ social wellness. She has been a handler in P3 since 2022 with her dachshund Strudel.

Associate Professor, Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies

In addition to her role as an associate professor in the Department of Sociology, Dr. Schwarz currently serves as an ITLE Inclusive Teaching Faculty Fellow (Fall 2023-Spring 2026). Her research and teaching interests include gender–based violence, frontline work and qualitative research methods. While Dr. Schwarz is a proud cat person—with three cats: Jasper, Dot and Duck—she is also an avid collector of P3 trading cards.