Tyler W. Rinker


Contact Information

Campus Labs
Department of Research and Development
298 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14203

Mobile: 1-716-472-2642
E-mail: tyler.rinker@gmail.com
Web: trinkerrstuff.wordpress.com

Research Interests

Education

University at Buffalo, SUNY Buffalo, NY

    Ph.D., Curriculum, Instruction, and the Science of Learning, May 2017
    Thesis Topic: Graphical Discourse Analysis
    Concentration: Reading Education
    Adviser: Lynn E. Shanahan, Ph.D.

    C.A.S., Applied Statistical Analysis, Spring 2014

Buffalo State College, SUNY Buffalo, NY

    C.A.S., Educational Leadership, Spring 2009
    Adviser: Nancy Chicola,Ph.D.

    M.S., Childhood & Early Childhood Curriculum & Instruction, Spring 2007

Houghton College Houghton, NY

    B.S., Elementary Education, Spring 2002

Research Experience

Data Scientist
June 2015 to present

    Department of Research and Development,
    Campus Labs
    Supervisor: John White, Ph.D.

Research Project Manager
Sept 2012 to June 2015

    Center for Literacy and Reading Instruction,
    University at Buffalo, SUNY
    Supervisor: Mary M. McVee, Ph.D.

Graduate Assistant
Sept 2010 to Jan 2011

    Department of Learning and Instruction,
    University at Buffalo, SUNY
    Supervisor: Lynn E. Shanahan, Ph.D.

Awards

William C. Eller Memorial Scholarship
2012-2013
GSE Student Research Symposium: Best Research Poster
2014
William C. Eller Memorial Scholarship
2014-2015
LAI Outstanding Student Researcher
2014-2015

Computer Software Development

Analysis and Document Languages:

R, Python, LaTeX, SQL, HTML, CSS, R Markdown

Program Development

Rinker, T. W. (2017). numform: Tools to format numbers for publication. Buffalo, New York. http://github.com/trinker/numform

Rinker, T. W. (2017). textstem: Tools for stemming and lemmatizing text. University at Buffalo. Buffalo, New York. http://github.com/trinker/textstem

Rinker, T. W. (2017). gofastr: Fast DocumentTermMatrix and TermDocumentMatrix Creation. University at Buffalo. Buffalo, New York. http://github.com/trinker/gofastr

Rinker, T. W. (2017). textshape: Tools for Reshaping Text. University at Buffalo. Buffalo, New York. http://github.com/trinker/textshape

Rinker, T. W. (2017). lexicon: Lexicon Data. University at Buffalo. Buffalo, New York. http://github.com/trinker/lexicon

Rinker, T. W. (2017). termco: Tools to count terms and substrings in strings. University at Buffalo. Buffalo, New York. http://github.com/trinker/termco

Rinker, T. W. (2016). textclean: Text Cleaning Tools. University at Buffalo. Buffalo, New York. http://github.com/trinker/textclean

Rinker, T. W. (2016). tagger: Part of Speech Tagging. University at Buffalo. Buffalo, New York. http://github.com/trinker/tagger

Rinker, T. W. (2016). clustext: Consistent Clustering for Text Data. University at Buffalo. Buffalo, New York. http://github.com/trinker/clustext

Rinker, T. W. (2016). sentimentr: Calculate Text Polarity Sentiment. University at Buffalo. Buffalo, New York. http://github.com/trinker/sentimentr

Rinker, T. W. (2016). syllable: A Small Collection of Syllable Counting Functions. University at Buffalo. Buffalo, New York. http://github.com/trinker/syllable

Rinker, T. W. (2016). qdapRegex: Regular Expression Removal, Extraction, and Replacement Tools. University at Buffalo. Buffalo, New York. http://github.com/trinker/qdapRegex

Rinker, T. W. (2015). readability: Tools to Calculate Readability Scores. University at Buffalo. Buffalo, New York. http://github.com/trinker/readability

Rinker, T. W. & Kurkiewicz, D. (2015). pacman: Package Management for R. University at Buffalo. Buffalo, New York. http://github.com/trinker/pacman

Rinker, T. W. (2015). parsent: Sentence parsing tools. University at Buffalo. Buffalo, New York. http://github.com/trinker/parsent

Rinker, T. W. (2015). entity: Named entity recognition. University at Buffalo. Buffalo, New York. http://github.com/trinker/entity

Rinker, T. W. (2015). formality: Calculate Text Formality. University at Buffalo. Buffalo, New York. http://github.com/trinker/formality

Rinker, T. W. (2015). lexr: Lexical Dispersion Plotting. University at Buffalo. Buffalo, New York. http://github.com/trinker/lexr

Rinker, T. W. (2015). qdapTools: Tools to Accompany the qdap Package. University at Buffalo. Buffalo, New York. http://github.com/trinker/qdapTools

Rinker, T. W. (2013). qdap: Quantitative Discourse Analysis Package. University at Buffalo. Buffalo, New York. http://github.com/trinker/qdap

Refereed Journal Publications

Aloe, A. M., Shisler, S. M., Norris, B. D., Nickerson, A. B., & Rinker, T. W. (2014). A multivariate meta-analysis of student misbehavior and teacher burnout. Educational Research Review. doi:10.1016/j.edurev.2014.05.003

Book Chapters

McVee, M. B., Shanahan, L. E., Pearson, P. D., & Rinker, T. W. (2015). Using the gradual release of responsibility model to support video rflection with preservice and inservice teachers. In E. Ortlieb, L. E. Shanahan, & M. B. McVee (Eds.), Literacy research, practice and evaluation (Chap. 4, Vol. 5, pp. 59-80). Bingley, UK: Emerald Group. doi:10.1108/S2048-045820150000005010

Shanahan, L. E., Tochelli-Ward, A. L., & Rinker, T. W. (2015). Insights into inservice teachers' video-facilitated reflection of literacy practices. In E. Ortlieb, L. E. Shanahan, & M. B. McVee (Eds.), Literacy research, practice and evaluation (Chap. 2, Vol. 5, pp. 21-40). Bingley, UK: Emerald Group. doi:10.1108/S2048-045820150000005007

Shanahan, L. E., McVee, M. B., Schiller, J. A., Tynan, E. A., D'Abate, R. L., Flury-Kashmanian, C. M., Rinker, T. W., Ebert, A. A., & Hayden, H. E. (2013). Learning to support struggling readers and literacy clinicians through reflective pedagogy. In E. Ortlieb & E. Cheek, Jr. (Eds.), Literacy research, practice, and evaluation: From the clinic to the classroom (Vol. 2). Corpus Christi: Emerald Press.

Papers in Preparation

Erekson, J., McVee, M. B., Rinker, T. W., & et al. (2013). Ten best ideas for reading teachers: A retrospective analysis. Paper presented at the Literacy Research Association, Dallas, TX.

Rinker, T. W. & McVee, M. B. (2013). Student Engagement with Mediational Tools in a Literacy Clinic: A Multimodal Examination of Clinician Designed Materials. Paper presented at the Literacy Research Association, Dallas, TX.

Rinker, T. W., McVee, M. B., Cho, Y. & Schiller, J. A. (2012). The Overlooked Role of Teacher Feedback During Literacy Instruction: Tensions Between Engagement, Embodiment, and Ipseity. Paper presented at the Literacy Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Presentations

National Presentations

Reinking, D., Dooley, C. M., Rinker, T. W., & et al. (2014, December). Professors, we need you!!!: Public intellectuals, advocacy, and activism. (Presentation for the Literacy Research Association Annual Conference).

Erekson, J., McVee, M. B., Rinker, T. W., & et al. (2013, December). Ten best ideas for reading teachers: A retrospective analysis. (Presentation for the Literacy Research Association Annual Conference).

Rinker, T. W. & McVee, M. B. (2013, December). Student Engagement with Mediational Tools in a Literacy Clinic: A Multimodal Examination of Clinician Designed Materials. (Presentation for the Literacy Research Association Annual Conference).

Rinker, T. W., McVee, M. B., Cho, Y. & Schiller, J. A. (2012, November). The Overlooked Role of Teacher Feedback During Literacy Instruction: Tensions Between Engagement, Embodiment, and Ipseity. (Presentation for the Literacy Research Association Annual Conference).

Professional Presentations: Invited

Shisler, S., Norris, B., & Rinker, T. W. (2014, April). A Multivariate Meta-Analysis of Student Misbehavior and Teacher Burnout. (Presentation for the Graduate School of Education Student Research Symposium at University at Buffalo, SUNY).

Rinker, T. W. (2013, December). qdap Demonstration: If You Can Dream up an Analysis then qdap and R Can Help Get You There. Presented for Research Institute on Addictions.

Rinker, T. W. (2013, September). Affordances of HTML5 in Academic Writing: A Tool to Enhance the Interaction With and Presentation of Data. Presented for New Literacies Group at University at Buffalo, SUNY.

Rinker, T. W. (2013, June). Data Visualization: Seeing the Story in the Data and Learning to Effectively Communicate It to Others. Presented for CLaRI 50th Anniversary Literacy Conference: Looking Back, Moving Forward, at University at Buffalo, SUNY.

Rinker, T. W. (2013, February). Quantitative Discourse Analysis and Visualization. Presented for LAI 626: Discourse Analysis, at University at Buffalo, SUNY.

Rinker, T. W. (2012, November). Qualitative Data Analysis and Writing. Presented for LAI 659: Qualitative Techniques for Education, at University at Buffalo, SUNY.

Rinker, T. W. (2012, February). Quantitative Discourse Analysis and Visualization. Presented for LAI 626: Discourse Analysis, at University at Buffalo, SUNY.

Teaching Experience

Instructor
Fall 2014

    LAI 556 - Classroom-Based Literacy Assessment
    Department of Learning and Instruction
    University at Buffalo, SUNY

Co-instructor
Spring 2013

    LAI 556 - Classroom-Based Literacy Assessment
    with Lynn E. Shanahan
    Department of Learning and Instruction
    University at Buffalo, SUNY

Service

rOpenSci Text Workshop
2017
Journal of Statistical Software Reviewer
2015
Literacy Research Association Conference Reviewer
2013

References

Mary B. McVee
    Associate Professor &
    Director of the Center for Literacy and Reading Instruction
    Department of Learning and Instruction
    University at Buffalo


Office: 1-716-645-2458
E-mail: mcvee@buffalo.edu
Lynn E. Shanahan
    Associate Professor
    Department of Learning and Instruction
    University at Buffalo

Office: 1-716-645-4028
E-mail: ls34@buffalo.edu
Ming Ming Chiu
    Charles R. Hicks Professor of Educational
    Psychology and Research Methodology
    Department of Educational Studies
    Purdue University

Office: 1-765-496-0119
E-mail: chiu23@purdue.edu