Amanda Kay Montoya

ABOUT ME

I am an Assistant Professor at the University of California - Los Angeles in the Department of Psychology - Quantitative Area. I previously worked with Dr. Andrew Hayes in the Mechanisms and Contingencies Lab. I completed my PhD in Quantitative Psychology at the Ohio State University. 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 intend to complete my PhD in Psychology by Summer 2018. I graduated from the University of Washington with a B.S. in Psychology and a minor in Mathematics in 2013. My research interests include mediation, moderation, conditional process models, structural equation modeling, measurement, and meta-science.

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

Montoya, A. K., Aberson, C., Fossum, J. L., Chen, D., & Gonzalez, O. (2021, February 13). New Insights in Power and Power Analysis in Mediation Models. [Preprint]

Grodin, E. N.,Montoya, A. K., Bujarski, S., & Ray, L. A. (in press). Modeling motivation for alcohol in humans using traditional and machine learning approaches. Addiction Biology, OnlineFirst. [PDF]

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Montoya, A. K., & Edwards, M. C. (2021). Cautions on using model fit to choose number of factors in exploratory factor analysis.Educational and Psychological Measurement, OnlineFirst. [PDF]

Montoya, A. K. & Jeon, M. (2019). MIMIC models for testing uniform and non-uniform differential item
functioning as moderated mediation models. Applied Psychological Measurement, 44(2), 118 - 136.​ [Preprint]

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Montoya, A. K. (2019). Moderation analysis in two-instance repeated-measures designs: Probing methods
and multiple moderator models. Behavior Research Methods, 51,(1), 61 - 82. [PDF]

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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.