Derek Kosty, Ph.D., Associate Scientist

Education & Training

B.S., 2007
University of Oregon, Eugene OR
Mathematics & Economics

Ph.D., 2015
University of Oregon, Eugene OR
Quantitative Research Methods in Education

Associate Scientist Derek Kosty, Ph.D., studies problematic substance use across the lifespan, effects of academic and behavioral interventions, and applied quantitative research methods. His methodological expertise includes group- and single-case designs, advanced statistical modeling of longitudinal and multilevel data, and structural equation modeling with latent variables.

Current Projects

The Development and Pilot Testing of an Intensive Tier 3 Intervention in the Early Grades

PROJECT PERIOD

08/03/22 - 06/30/26

FUNDING AGENCY

Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education

CURRENT STATUS

Active and Recruiting

TEAM

Principal Investigator
Derek Kosty

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Reading Mastery Project

PROJECT PERIOD

07/01/22 - 06/30/27

FUNDING AGENCY

Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education

CURRENT STATUS

Active and Recruiting

TEAM

Principal Investigator
Keith Smolkowski

Co-Investigators
Gulcan Cil, Barbara Gunn, Derek Kosty

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Building a Flexible and Comprehensive Approach to Supporting Student Development of Whole Number Understanding

PROJECT PERIOD

07/01/21 - 06/30/25

FUNDING AGENCY

National Science Foundation

CURRENT STATUS

Active and Not Recruiting

TEAM

Principal Investigator
Derek Kosty, Keith Smolkowski

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Factors Associated with the Course and Outcomes of Alcohol Use Disorders in a Cohort Sample of Adolescents Followed into Early Adulthood

PROJECT PERIOD

09/23/19 - 08/31/21

FUNDING AGENCY

National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

CURRENT STATUS

Completed

TEAM

Principal Investigator
Richard Farmer, John Seeley

Co-Investigators
Jeff Gau, Derek Kosty

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Social and Emotional Learning Study Groups for Educators of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

PROJECT PERIOD

10/01/20 - 09/30/23

FUNDING AGENCY

Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education

CURRENT STATUS

Active and Not Recruiting

TEAM

Principal Investigator
Keith Smolkowski

Co-Investigators
Derek Kosty

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Evaluation of We Have Choices, an Upper-Elementary Self-Management Program

PROJECT PERIOD

07/01/19 - 06/30/24

FUNDING AGENCY

Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education

CURRENT STATUS

Active and Not Recruiting

TEAM

Principal Investigator
Keith Smolkowski

Co-Investigators
Derek Kosty

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Precision Math: Using Interactive Gaming Technology to Build Student Proficiency in the Foundational Concepts and Problem Solving Skills of Management and Data Analysis

PROJECT PERIOD

07/01/17 - 06/30/20

FUNDING AGENCY

National Science Foundation

CURRENT STATUS

Completed

TEAM

Principal Investigator
Keith Smolkowski

Co-Investigators
Derek Kosty

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Publications

Farmer, R. F., Seeley, J. R., Kosty, D. B., & Gau, J. M. (in press). Deconstructing the heterogeneity of alcohol use disorder: Lifetime comorbid non-alcohol substance use disorder as a distinct behavioral phenotype? Psychological Medicine.

Farmer, R. F., Gau, J. M., Seeley, J. R., Kosty, D. B. (2022). Family-based predictors of alcohol use disorder (AUD) recurrence and new non-alcohol substance use disorder onset following initial AUD recovery. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 83, 239-247.

Garbacz, A. A., Santiago, R. T., Kosty, D., Zahn, M., Stormshak, E. A., Smolkowski, K., & Seeley, J. R. (2021). Examining congruence in parent–teacher perceptions of middle school supports for students and families. Psychology in the Schools, 58(6), 1169-1184. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22495

Doabler, C. T., Clarke, B., Kosty, D., Maddox, S. A., Smolkowski, K., Fien, H., Baker, S. K., & Kimmel, G. (2021). Kindergarteners at risk for severe mathematics difficulties: Investigating tipping points of core mathematics instruction. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 54(2), 97-110. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022219420972185

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Doabler, C. T., Clarke, B., Kosty, D., Fien, H., Smolkowski, K., Liu, M. & Baker, S. K. (2021). Measuring the quantity and quality of explicit instructional interactions in an empirically validated Tier 2 kindergarten mathematics intervention. Learning Disability Quarterly, 44(1), 50-62. https://doi.org/10.1177/0731948719884921

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Doabler, C. T., Clarke, B., Kosty, D., Turtura, J. E., Sutherland, M., Maddox, S. A., & Smolkowski, K. (2021). Using direct observation to document "practice-based evidence" of evidence-based mathematics instruction. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 54(1), 20-35. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022219420911375

Fien, H., Nelson, N., Smolkowski, K., Pilger, M., Kosty, D., Baker, S., Smith, J. L. (2020). A conceptual replication study of the Enhanced Core Reading Instruction MTSS-reading model. Exceptional Children, 87(3), 265-288. https://doi.org/10.1177/?0014402920953763

Gau, J. M., Farmer, R. F., Seeley, J. R., Klein, D. N., & Kosty, D. B. (2020). Are parental alcohol use disorder histories associated with offspring behavior problems at age 2? Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 81, 511–519.

Garbacz, A. A., Bolt, D. M., Seeley, J. R., Stormshak, E. A., & Smolkowski, K. (2020). Examining school proactive outreach to families in public middle schools. School Psychology Review, 49(4), 493-509. https://doi.org/?10.1080/?2372966X.2020.1787081

Clarke, B., Doabler, C. T., Turtura, J. Smolkowski, K., Kosty, D., Kurtz Nelson, E., Fien, H., & Baker, S. K. (2020). Examining the efficacy of a kindergarten mathematics intervention by group size and initial skill: Implications for practice and policy. The Elementary School Journal, 121(1), 125-153. https://doi.org/10.1086/710041

Clarke, B., Nelson, N., Kosty, D., Ketterlin Geller, L., Smolkowski, K., Lesner, T. Furjanic, D., & Fien, H. (2020). Investigating the promise of a Tier 2 sixth-grade fractions intervention. Learning Disability Quarterly. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0731948720972411

Kosty, D. B., Farmer, R. F., Seeley, J. R., Merikangas, K. R., Klein, D. N., Gau, J. M., Duncan, S. C., & Lewinsohn, P. M. (2020). The number of biological parents with alcohol use disorder histories and risk to offspring through age 30. Addictive Behaviors, 102.

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Doabler, C. T., Clarke, B., Kosty, D., Smolkowski, K., Kurtz-Nelson, E., Fien, H., & Baker, S. (2019). Building number sense among English learners: A multisite randomized controlled trial of a Tier 2 kindergarten mathematics intervention. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 47, 432-444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2018.08.004

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Farmer, R. F., Kosty, D. B., Seeley, J. R., Gau, J. M., & Klein, D. N. (2019). Family aggregation of substance use disorders: Substance specific, nonspecific, and intrafamilial sources of risk. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 80, 462-471.

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Stormshak, E. A., McIntyre, L. L., Garbacz, S. A., Kosty, D. B. (in press). Family-centered prevention to enhance parenting skills during the transition to elementary school: A randomized trial. J Fam Psychol. 2019 Jul 18.

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Farmer, R. F., Seeley, J. R., Gau, J. M., Klein, D. N., Merikangas, K. R., Kosty, D. B., Duncan, S. C., & Lewinsohn, P. M. (2018). Clinical features associated with an increased risk for alcohol use disorders among family members. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 32, 628-638.

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Clarke, B., Shanley, L., Kosty, D., Strand Cary, M., Fien, H., Baker, S. K., & Smolkowski, K. (2018). Investigating the incremental validity of cognitive variables in early mathematics screening. School Psychology Quarterly, 33(2), 264-271. https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000214

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Doabler, C. T., Clarke, B., Stoolmiller, M., Kosty, D., Fien, F., Smolkowski, K., & Baker, S. K. (2017). Explicit instructional interactions: Exploring the black box of a Tier 2 mathematics intervention. Remedial and Special Education, 38, 98-110.

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Farmer, R. F., Seeley, J. R., Kosty, D. B., Gau, J. M., Duncan, S. C., Sher, K. J., & Lewinsohn, P. M. (2017). No reliable evidence that emotional disorders are proximal antecedents, concomitants, or short-term consequences of first episode alcohol use disorders in a representative community sample. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 78(2), 222–231.

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Clarke, B., Doabler, C. T., Kosty, D., Kurtz Nelson, E., Smolkowski, K., Fien, H., & Baker, S. K. (2017). Testing the efficacy of a kindergarten mathematics intervention by small group size. AERA Open, 3(2), 1–16.

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Kosty, D. B., Seeley, J. R., Farmer, R. F., Stevens, J. J., & Lewinsohn, P. M. (2017). Trajectories of cannabis use disorder: risk factors, clinical characteristics, and outcomes. Addiction, 112(2), 279-287.

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Experience

2018 – Present
Assistant Research Professor, College of Education, University of Oregon

2016 – Present
Associate Research Scientist, Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, OR

2016 – 2018
Senior Academic Research Analyst, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO

2015 – 2018
Courtesy Research Associate, College of Education, University of Oregon

2011 – 2016
Senior Data Analyst, Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, OR

2008 – 2011
Data Analyst, Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, OR

2007 – 2010
Data Analyst, Abacus Research, LLC, Eugene, OR

2007 – 2008
Research Assistant, Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, OR

2006 – 2007
Instructor of Mathematics and Economics, Services for Student-Athletes, University of Oregon