QUANTITATIVE PSYCHOLOGY
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Amanda Kay Montoya
ABOUT ME
I am an Associate Professor at the University of California - Los Angeles in the Department of Psychology - Quantitative Area. My research interests include mediation, moderation, conditional process models, structural equation modeling, measurement, and meta-science. My research has been funded by NSF, NIH, and a number of internal UCLA grants. I completed my PhD in Quantitative Psychology at the Ohio State University in 2018 under the mentorship of Dr. Andrew Hayes. I was an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. I completed my M.A. in Psychology in Summer 2016, and my M.S. in Statistics in Winter 2016. I graduated from the University of Washington with a B.S. in Psychology and a minor in Mathematics in 2013. Hear my name.
EDUCATION
North Seattle Community College
2009 - 2011 Associates Degree
University of Washington
2011 - 2013 B.S. Psychology (Minor: Mathematics)
Ohio State University
2014 - 2016 M.A. Quantitative Psychology
2014 - 2016 M.S. Statistics
2014 - 2018 PhD Quantitative Psychology
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Block, J., Reise, S., Widaman, K., Montoya, A. K., Loring, D., Glass Umfleet, L., Bauer, R., Gullett, J., Wolff, B., Drane, D., Enriquez, K., & Bilder, R. (2025). Model Based Person Fit Statistics Applied to the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale IV (WAIS-IV). Educational and Psychological Measurement, DOI:
10.1177/00131644251339444
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Montoya, A. K.. (Online First). Conditional Process Analysis for Two-Instance Repeated-Measures Designs. Psychological Methods, DOI: 10.1037/met0000715 [PREPRINT]
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Cha, L., Montoya, A. K., Schetter, C. D., & Sumner, J. A. (2025). Neighborhood disorder and social cohesion: A longitudinal investigation of links with maternal cardiometabolic risk one year postpartum. Journal of psychosomatic research, 189, 112012. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2024.112012
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Ray, L. A., Grodin, E. N., Baskerville, W.-A., Donato, S., Cruz, A.† , Montoya, A. K. (2025). Gabapentin for the treatment of alcohol use disorder: A machine learning approach. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 60 (3), DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agaf010
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Montoya, A. K. (2024). Combining Statistical and Causal Mediation Analysis. Handbook of Research Methods in Social and Personality Psychology (H. T. Reis, T West, C. M. Judd, Ed.) Cambridge University Press. [PREPRINT]
VIDEOS
Graduate Studies in Arts and Sciences
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I was recently asked to participate in filming a recruitment video for the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio State University. I really enjoyed having an opportunity to speak about why I chose Ohio State and why it's a great place for me and other students.
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To learn more about the graduate programs in the College of Arts and Sciences at OSU visit their website.
Research Spotlight: Amanda Montoya
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As an undergraduate I had a role as an Undergraduate Research Leader and Mary Gates Scholar. The Undergraduate Research Program asked me to work with them to record a video about my thesis work and here it is!
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To learn more about the Undergraduate Research Program at the University of Washington visit their website.
CONTACT
Department of Psychology
University of California - Los Angeles
1285 Franz Hall, Box 951563
Los Angeles, CA 90095 U.S.A.
Office: Pritzker Hall 4530
Email: akmontoya@ucla.edu
Twitter: @AmandaKMontoya
RELATED LINKS
Ohio State University
Mechanisms and Contingencies Lab