Quantitative Methods Graduate Students

The following is a list of graduate students in the Quantitative Methods area and a brief description of their research interests. Given the interdisciplinary nature of the discipline as it is represented at USC, some of our faculty work with students in other areas of the department (e.g., Clinical Science, Brain and Cognitive Science) or in other doctoral programs (e.g., Neuroscience) and some of the students work with faculty in other areas of psychology or even other disciplines (such as Social Work and Law).

Name Year Entered Advisor Email Address Research interests
Prindle, John 2006 McArdle jprindle@usc.edu Novel statistical models for longitudinal randomized experiments.
Wang, Pan 2006 Baker panwang@usc.edu Longitudinal Bayesian models for biometric measurements.
Reyes, Ricardo 2007 McArdle reyesr@usc.edu Longitudinal dynamic models for mother-daughter dyads.
Scurich, Nicholas 2007 John scurich@usc.edu Normative and descriptive models of juridical decision making.
Owen, Leslie 2008 McArdle leslieow@usc.edu Longitudinal structural models for psychopathology in twins.
Petway, Kevin 2008 McArdle petway@usc.edu Measurement models of personality and motivation.
Shelton, Erin 2009 McArdle erinshelton2@gmail.com Longitudinal modeling of growth and change.
Ma, Jinxia 2010 Wilcox jinxia.ma@gmail.com Methods in statistics.
Bautista, Randy 2011 McArdle rpbautis@usc.edu  
Chen, Ginny 2011 John ginny.czq@gmail.com Human judgement and decision making.

Postdoctoral Scholars

Name Advisor Email Address Research interests
Bezdjian, Serena Baker bezdjian@usc.edu Behavioral genetics, child psychopathology, and psychophysiology.
Tuvblad, Catherine Baker tuvblad@usc.edu Behavioral genetics of disinhibition, substance use, and psychpathy.
Zhou, Yan McArdle zhou5@usc.edu Longitudinal dynamic models for biometric measurements.


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