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
Montoya, A. K.. (Online First). Conditional Process Analysis for Two-Instance Repeated-Measures Designs. Psychological Methods, DOI: 10.1037/met0000715 [PREPRINT]
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
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
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
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.
To learn more about the graduate programs in the College of Arts and Sciences at OSU visit their website.
Research Spotlight: Amanda Montoya
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!
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