Alberto Maydeu-Olivares

Alberto Maydeu-Olivares is a Professor of Psychology at the University of South Carolina's McCausland College of Arts and Sciences. Previously, he held the ICREA-Academia Distinguished Professorship at the University of Barcelona (2011–2015) and has held roles at IE Business School and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. His research focuses on psychometrics, structural equation modeling (SEM), item response theory (IRT), and quantitative methods with applications to personality assessment, health outcomes, and educational testing.

Educations:

• B.Sc. Psychology, University of Barcelona (1987)
• M.Sc. Psychology, University of Illinois (1991)
• Ph.D. Psychology, University of Barcelona (1991)
• M.Sc. Statistics, University of Illinois (1994)
• Ph.D. Quantitative Methods, University of Illinois (1997)

Research Interests:

• Development of statistical methods for categorical/ordinal data
• Goodness-of-fit testing in SEM and IRT
• Applications to personality, health, and marketing domains
• Instrumental variable methods for causal inference
• Forced-choice questionnaire design

Awards & Honors:

• Catalan Young Investigator Award (2002)
• ICREA-Academia Distinguished Professor Award (2011–2016)
• President, Psychometric Society (2013–2014)
• APA Division 5 Dissertation Award (1991)
• Multiple grants from Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology

Grants & Advising:

• Total research funding: €1,002,968
• Advised over 15 PhD students, including Antony Brown (University of Kent), David Gallardo-Pujol (University of Barcelona), and Yang Liu (Santiago de Chile)

Teaching: Specializes in advanced quantitative methods, including SEM, multivariate analysis, and factor analysis at both undergraduate and graduate levels at multiple institutions.