Quantitative Methods and Computational Psychology Faculty
Core Faculty
* Faculty member who may potentially take students for Fall 2025 admission.
(Ph.D., 1984, University of Southern California)
Professor and Area Head
Behavioral decision making, including topics in (1) Risk perception and decision making for extreme events, e.g., normalcy bias, (2) Judgment and decision making in forensic and legal contexts, (3) Modeling truth detection, (4) Behavioral games for adaptive adversaries,and (5) Decision and risk analysis methodology development; affiliation with USC Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Threats and Emergencies (CREATE).
(Ph.D., 2020, The Pennsylvania State University)
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Dynamic models for behavioral change, quantitative methods for time series and intensive longitudinal data, intraindividual change and variability, timescales of change
(Ph.D., 2015, Texas A&M University)
Associate Professor of Psychology
Statistical methods for adjusting measurement errors and biases. Multilevel and latent variable models for complex data. Psychometrics and Bayesian statistics.
(Ph.D., 1976, University of California at Santa Barbara)
Professor of Psychology
Robust methods aimed at correcting known problems associated with classic, routinely used techniques for comparing groups and studying associations. Included are various multivariate techniques such as principal components and outlier detection methods.
BCS + Social + QMCP
* Faculty member who may potentially take students for Fall 2025 admission.
(Ph.D., 2009, Northwestern University)
Professor of Psychology and Computer Science
Social media analysis with direct applications to moral decision-making, group dynamics and culture. Role of sacred values in intergroup conflict and negotiation. Computational cognitive modeling.
(Ph.D., 1981, University of Texas)
Mendel B. Silberberg Professor of Social Psychology and Area Head
Neurobiological bases of motivation, personality, risky decision-making, substance use and depression. Computational models of personality and social reasoning. Legal and everyday decision making. Cognitive processes in social behavior, social explanations, goal-based processes in interpersonal relations and decision making, connectionist models of social reasoning. Using interactive media in changing risky health behaviors and in education.
Clinical + QMCP
* Faculty member who may potentially take students for Fall 2025 admission.
(Ph.D., 2015, University of Virginia)
Associate Professor of Psychology
Population genetic studies of cognitive aging, dementia, personality, and psychopathology; social pain and grief; advanced quantitative methods
Social + QMCP
* Faculty member who may potentially take students for Fall 2025 admission.
(Ph.D., 1998, Carnegie Mellon University)
Provost Professor of Public Policy, Psychology, and Behavioral Science
Psychology of risk, behavioral decision making, age differences in decision-making competence and well-being, communications and behavior change interventions for promoting health, well-being, safety, and sustainability
(Ph.D., 2001, University of British Columbia)
Dana and David Dornsife Professor of Psychology
Director Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies
Judgment and decision-making about sustainability and the environment; decision support for public policy and consumer choice; tradeoffs across conflicting social economic and environmental; objectives internal consistency and decision quality; risk perception and communication.
