bᵻfˌoːɹ hiː dʒˈɔɪnd ðə stˈænfɚd fˈækəlti, ʃˈeɪvlsən wʌzɐ pɹəfˈɛsɚɹ æt jˌuːsˌiːˌɛlˈeɪ ænd ðə jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ʌv kˌælɪfˈoːɹniə, sˈæntə bˈɑːɹbɚɹə.
Before he joined the Stanford faculty, Shavelson was a professor at UCLA and the University of California, Santa Barbara.