Quantitative psychology is less well known than many areas of psychology, but is critical to the advancement of psychological science and provides many career opportunities. For an excellent overview of the field, graduate programs, and how to prepare for a career in quantitative psychology, see the APA site Quantitative Psychology.

The L.L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory at the University of North Carolina houses one of the oldest and most prominent training programs in quantitative psychology in the country. Applicants with potential interests in my research are encouraged to browse publications posted on this web page to familiarize themselves with the topics I study before applying. Applicants are also encouraged to see what my current and former students are doing now.  I support applicants from all backgrounds and perspectives.

Although I serve as primary adviser only to doctoral students in the quantitative program, I am also an associate faculty member of the developmental psychology graduate program and welcome opportunities to work in other ways with developmental students and researchers.

At this time, I plan to review applications for graduate students seeking admission to the quantitative program beginning in August, 2026. Whether I admit a student or not will depend on the excellence of fit between the prospective student’s interests and my own, the availability of secure funding to support the student, and the admission decisions of other faculty.