Dr. Trenton Mize

Biography

Trenton D. Mize is an Associate Professor in the College of Liberal Arts at Purdue University, specializing in methodology and social psychology. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Indiana University, where he also obtained his M.S. in Applied Statistics and M.A. in Sociology. He holds a B.A. in Sociology and a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Georgia. His methodological research focuses on developing new tools for categorical data analysis, data visualization, latent variable modeling, and experimental design. In the social psychological realm, his work investigates the impact of social categories on how individuals are perceived and treated, as well as the social factors influencing health and well-being. Mize is committed to open science and reproducibility, sharing data and code for his projects. He primarily teaches graduate courses in methodology and statistics and regularly offers courses on categorical data analysis, experimental design, data visualization, and social psychology. Mize is the founder and co-director of the Methodology Center at Purdue University and the Kernan Experimental Social Science Lab.

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