Shahnaz Safitri

• Earned an M.Psy in Educational Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Indonesia in 2017. Graduated as Valedictorian, and obtained licensure as a School Psychologist under the Indonesian Psychological Association.
• Earned a B.S in Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Indonesia in 2014. Graduated cum laude as the Best Graduate of the Faculty and the Youngest Graduate of Universitas Indonesia.

Teaching Experience

• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Educational Studies, Purdue University – USA (Aug. 2025 – Jul. 2026)
  • Taught undergraduate course Learning and Motivation (3 credits) to 60 students in the College of Education.
• Assistant Professor, Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Indonesia – Indonesia (Jan. 2019 – Present)
  • Taught undergraduate and master’s psychology courses.
  • Secretary of Undergraduate Psychology Program (Feb. 2021 – Feb. 2022), overseeing operations and budgeting.
  • Coordinated the Undergraduate Internship Program (2020–2021) with 250–300 students.
  • Organized international academic conferences (ICAP, APRiSH).
• Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Vocational Study, Universitas Indonesia – Indonesia (Aug. 2017 – Dec. 2018)
  • Taught Psychology of Personality Development to Hospital Management students.

Industry Experience

• Chief People and Culture, Apshara Multi Kreasi, LLC – Indonesia (May 2021 – Present)
  • Leading Apshara.co, a talent development center focused on psychological assessment, professional development, coaching, counseling, and psychoeducational programs.
• Psychometric Specialist, Amartha Mikro Fintek, LLC – Indonesia (Jun. 2018 – Jan. 2019)
  • Developed psychometric credit scoring models to empower women entrepreneurs in rural and low-income communities.
• Associate Psychologist, Essa Consulting Group, LLC – Indonesia (Mar. 2017 – Dec. 2018)
  • Conducted psychological assessments, counseling, training, and authored research reports for schools and organizations.

Research Experience

• Graduate Research Assistant
  • Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute (GER²I), Purdue University – USA (Aug. 2022 – Present)
  • Collaborating as a team member to organize university-based talent development programs in STEM and Humanities for high-ability K–12 students, while evaluating program effectiveness in meeting students’ learning needs.
• Board of Advisory, Indonesia Ministry of Education and Culture – Indonesia (Mar. 2020 – Jul. 2022)
  • Collaborative research project developing a culturally fair vocational interest inventory for junior and senior high school students in Indonesia. Responsible for test evaluation and adapting theoretical frameworks to diverse cultural contexts.
• Research Secretary, Indonesia Ministry of Human Development and Culture – Indonesia (Jul. 2016 – Jan. 2017)
  • Managed a research project on measuring Indonesia’s national values (integrity, work ethic, solidarity). Oversaw test conceptualization, project management, recruitment, field data collection, and documentation across the archipelago.
• Junior Researcher, Indonesia National Civil Service Agency – Indonesia (Jan. 2014 – Jan. 2015)
  • Worked on developing an analytical and conceptual ability test for civil servant selection and promotion. Responsible for test conceptualization, construction, and psychometric item evaluation.

• Ross Fellowship – Purdue University (Aug 1, 2022 – Present)
  • Selected in recognition of academic excellence; awarded a full four-year stipend, salary, and tuition coverage for doctoral study (Ph.D).
• Fulbright – American Indonesian Exchange Foundation (Aug 1, 2022 – Present)
  • Selected as a grantee for the Doctoral (Ph.D.) scholarship program for Indonesian citizens demonstrating exceptional academic ability and leadership potential.

I served as an Editorial Review Board Member for Gifted Child Quarterly from 2021 to 2022 and have been an Ad Hoc Reviewer for Gifted Child Quarterly (2019–present), Frontiers in Psychology (2025–present), Frontiers in Education (2025–present), Frontiers in Medicine (2025–present), Journal of Advanced Academics (2025–present), International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE) (2024–present), and Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities (2023–present).

• National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)
• American Psychological Association (APA)
• American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• Association for Psychological Science (APS)
• National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME)
• World Council for Gifted and Talented Children (WCGTC)
• Asia-Pacific Federation for Giftedness (APFG)
• Himpunan Psikologi Indonesia (HIMPSI / Indonesian Psychological Association)

• Safitri, S., Piceno, V., Karatas, T., Zhou, Y., Case, A., & Pereira, N. (2025). Empowering youth as researchers: A case study of community-based participatory action research at the Downtown Boxing Gym. In A. Rajala, A. Cortez, R. Hofmann, A. Jornet, H. Lotz-Sisitka, & L. Markauskaite (Eds.), Proceedings of the 19th International Conference of the Learning Sciences – ICLS 2025 (pp. 2248–2252). International Society of the Learning Sciences. http://dx.doi.org/10.22318/icls2025.911081
• Pereira, N., Bright, S., Ozen, Z., Safitri, S., Castillo-Hermosilla, H., Matos, B. C., Karatas, T., & Fonseca, P. (2025). A multitiered approach to Computer Science talent development. Gifted Child Quarterly, 69(2), 130–146. https://doi.org/10.1177/00169862241307662
• Safitri, S., & Tanujaya, B. C. (2024). Adaptive leadership scale construction for leaders in Indonesia. Proceedings of The International Conference on Current Advancement in Psychology 2022 (pp. 353–359).
• Nazari, N., Safitri, S., Usak, M., Arabmarkadeh, A., & Griffiths, M. D. (2023). Psychometric validation of the Indonesian version of the fear of COVID-19 Scale: Personality traits predict the fear of COVID-19. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 21, 1348–1364. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-021-00593-0
• Kurniawati, F., Saleh, A. Y., & Safitri, S. (2022). How to foster students’ creativity? The effects of teacher subjective well-being mediation on intellectual humility. Jurnal Cakrawala Pendidikan, 41(1), 31–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.21831/cp.v41i1.40055
• Safitri, S., Francisca, F., Handali, K. A., & Ariyanti, T. D. (2021). Applying school effectiveness principle as school system: A case analysis in leading primary school in Indonesia. Proceedings of The 4th Asia-Pacific Research in Social Sciences and Humanities Universitas Indonesia Conference (pp. 696–705). Atlantis Press. https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210531.087
• Safitri, S., & Preston, M. (2020). The development of Indonesian Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale for senior high school students. In R. Latifa, S. Solicha, I. Amalia, D. Yustari, & Y. Durachman (Eds.), Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Religion and Mental Health. European Alliance for Innovation. https://doi.org/10.4108/eai.18-9-2019.2293362
• Safitri, S., Francisca, F., Giri, P. W., & Ariyanti, T. D. (2020). The development of a Task Commitment Scale for junior high school students. In L. Hanum (Ed.), Psychological aspects of student performances: Learning from studies in Indonesia context (pp. 75–90). Nova Science Publisher.
• Safitri, S. (2017). Applying a sex education programme in elementary schools in Indonesia: Theory, application, and best practices. In A. A. Ariyanto, H. Muluk, P. Newcombe, F. P. Piercy, E. K. Poerwandari, & S. H. R. Suradijono (Eds.), Diversity in unity: Perspectives from psychology and behavioral sciences (pp. 217–223). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315225302-27

• American Educational Research Association (AERA) – Student Research Grant (2024)
  • Awarded for the project “Portraying Underrepresented High-Ability Students’ Career Aspirations: A Photovoice Study in a Residential Summer Enrichment Program.”
• Purdue University, College of Education – Small Research Grant (2024)
  • Awarded for the project “Enhancing Educational Equity: Implementing Differentiation Techniques to Address Gifted Students’ Learning Needs in Jordanian Classrooms.”
• Universitas Indonesia – Research Grant (2024)
  • Awarded for the project “Transformations in Teaching: Exploring Generation Z Teachers’ Creative Teaching Approaches and Career Expectations.”