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
Department of Research and Development,
Campus Labs
Supervisor: John White, Ph.D.
Center for Literacy and Reading Instruction,
University at Buffalo, SUNY
Supervisor: Mary M. McVee, Ph.D.
Department of Learning and Instruction,
University at Buffalo, SUNY
Supervisor: Lynn E. Shanahan, Ph.D.
R, Python, LaTeX, SQL, HTML, CSS, R Markdown
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
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
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.
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.
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).
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.
LAI 556 - Classroom-Based Literacy Assessment
Department of Learning and Instruction
University at Buffalo, SUNY
LAI 556 - Classroom-Based Literacy Assessment
with Lynn E. Shanahan
Department of Learning and Instruction
University at Buffalo, SUNY