Kaylee Litson

Kaylee Litson, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Houston, affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and the Industrial-Organizational Program. She is the Director of the Interdisciplinary Quantitative Methods Collaboratory, where she leads research in advanced statistical modeling and psychological measurement.

• B.S. in Psychology, Utah Tech University (2012)
• Ph.D. in Quantitative Psychology, Utah State University (2019)
• Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biostatistics, Temple University (2020)

Dr. Litson's research lies at the intersection of quantitative psychology, education, industry, and health. She specializes in structural equation modeling (SEM), latent variable development, and the analysis of longitudinal, nested, and multi-method data. Her work emphasizes both theoretical and statistical rigor in measuring complex psychological constructs such as creativity, cognitive load, and soft skills.

Her recent publications highlight trends in methodological innovation, particularly in latent interaction effects, finite mixture modeling, ergodicity in cognitive models, and the measurement of black-box psychological phenomena. She actively develops frameworks for integrating theoretical meaning with statistical best practices in latent variable specification.

Dr. Litson has applied her methods to study graduate students' research self-efficacy, working memory models, and the impact of soft skills on career trajectories. While no specific awards are listed, her research program reflects a strong commitment to advancing quantitative methods in psychology.

She is currently accepting PhD student applications for the 2025–26 academic year, indicating active mentorship and research supervision. Her lab focuses on improving the capture of variability in complex datasets, with future work likely extending into AI-assisted modeling, real-time cognitive assessment, and cross-domain applications of quantitative methods.