Previous Talks

Spring 2023

Theme: Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)

• 17 April 2023: Rachel Fouladi (Cancelled)

• 27 March 2023 \ Dr. Lisa Wijsen
  Values in Psychometrics

• 27 February 2023
  Dr. Soojin Park
  Estimation and Sensitivity Analysis for Causal Decomposition: Assessing Robustness Toward Omitted Variable Bias

• 30 January 2023
  Dr. Clare Evans
  Multilevel Models of Intersectional Inequalities

Fall 2022

Theme: Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)

• 28 November 2022 - Panel on Teaching for Diversity in Quantitative Courses
  Panel Speakers:
  
  • Dr. Jessica Logan – Vanderbilt University
  • Dr. Amanda Montoya – UCLA
  • Chris Strauss – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• 7 November 2022
  Dr. Nathan Kuncel; University of Minnesota
  Title: Moving Toward Evidence Based Practice in Graduate Admissions

• 12 September 2022
  Dr. Dakota Cintron; University of California, San Francisco
  Title: Advancing Fairness and Equity in Measurement: An Intersectional Approach to Measurement Invariance Testing

• 10 October 2022
  Dr. Viji Sathy and Dr. Abigail Panter; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Title: Using a Quantitative Mindset to Advance DEI in Higher Ed

Spring 2022

Theme: Breadth of Quantitative Methodology

• January 31, 2022
  Dr. Sacha Epskamp
  Introducing psychonetrics, an R package for (dynamic) structural equation modelling and network psychometrics

• February 28, 2022
  Dr. Michael Halquist
  Using Multilevel Models to Uncover Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Neural Activity (Or, How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the MLM)

• March 21, 2022
  Dr. James Heckman
  The Econometric Approach to Causality

• April 11, 2022
  Dr. Kate Slaney
  Critiquing from Within: The role and importance of meta-scientific research in psychology

Fall 2021

Theme: Breadth of Quantitative Methodology

• September 13, 2021
  Dr. Edgar Merkle
  Some progress and problems in Bayesian SEM

• October 4, 2021
  Dr. Hudson Golino
  On networks and online Russian trolls: How can the total entropy fit index be applied to optimize the number of embedded dimensions used in dynamic exploratory graph analysis, and why does it matter

• November 1, 2021
  Dr. Felix Thoemmes
  Estimating bias and sensitivity of front-door models

• November 29, 2021
  Dr. Minjeong Jeon
  Mapping item-response interactions: A latent space approach to item response data with interaction maps

Spring 2021

Theme: Breadth of Quantitative Methodology

• January 25, 2021
  Dr. Wolfgang Widermann
  Direction Dependence Analysis: A Statistical Framework to Test the Causal Direction of Effects in Observational Data

• February 22, 2021
  Dr. David MacKinnon
  How do we know that our statistical methods should work? Benchmarks, Plasmodes, and Statistical Mediation Analysis

• March 22, 2021
  Dr. Li Cai
  Reflections on the fading standardized testing requirement in college admissions

• April 19, 2021
  Dr. Riet van Bork
  A causal interpretation of psychometric models