Overview
Education
- 2019-2023 - Ph.D. in Human Development, University of Maryland, College Park
- 2018-2019 - M.Ed. in Educational Psychology, University of Virginia
- 2013-2016 - B.A. in Psychology, The Ohio State University
Statistics Training
- Univariate and multivariate statistics
- General linear models, including linear, logistic, and quintile regressions
- Exploratory latent and composite variable methods including cluster analyses
- Structural equation modeling, including path analyses
- Meta-analysis (2024 Modern Meta-Analysis Research Institute attendee)
- Causal inference
Programming Skills
- Statistical analysis: R, SPSS, STATA, & SQL
- Data visualization: ggplot, R Markdown/Quarto
- Experiment development: PsychoPy, OpenSesame, MATLAB, Python, and EyeLink
- Online experiment & survey development: Gorilla Experiment Builder and Qualtrics
- Other programming: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Python
Teaching Experience
- Main Instructor for Research Methods in Human Development (40 undergraduate students, Spring 2023, UMD)
- Graduate Teaching Assistant for Research Methods in Human Development (2 sections, 80 undergraduate students, Fall 2022, UMD)
- Guest Lecturer for one section of Human Development Across the Lifespan (40 students, Fall 2021, UMD); Children’s Thinking (40 students, Fall 2023, Kent State); Child Psychology (145 students, Spring 2024, Kent State)
Outreach Experience
- Virginia Discovery Museum, Charlottesville, VA, 2018-2019
- The Language Pod at the Center of Science and Industry (COSI), Columbus, OH, 2014
- Helped design a demo of the Moses Illusion, illustrating top-down effects in sentence processing
Fun Facts
You can see young Josh here. I value work-life balance. In my free time, I like to travel, be active, cook and eat dishes from different cuisines, and sing karaoke or in a choir.
