D. A. Briley

D. A. Briley is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Their research examines how individual differences dynamically shape personality and identity development through environmental interactions.

• Ph.D. in Psychology (Individual Differences and Evolutionary Psychology), University of Texas at Austin

Research focuses on longitudinal pathways from unexamined to examined behavior, gender impacts on identity trajectories, and socioecological contexts of development. Methodologically, they utilize interdisciplinary theory and quantitative methods including structural equation modeling.

Recent publications highlight work on sexual/gender diverse samples, Alzheimer's disease executive function decline, relationship power dynamics, social support profiles for justice-involved youth, and heritability of agency measures. Keywords span personality psychology, behavioral genetics, and clinical neuropsychology.

• Association for Psychological Science Rising Star Award (2017)

Teaching includes Psyc 250: Psychology of Personality and Psyc 501: Applied Structural Equation Modeling. Collaborations span genetic influences, longitudinal analysis, and environmental impacts on psychological constructs.