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Dr. Dexin Shi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology. He received his Ph.D. in quantitative psychology in 2016 at the University of Oklahoma and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of South Carolina. 

Dr. Shi’s research primarily focuses on developing, improving, evaluating, and applying statistical methods for modeling psychological data. Methodologically. Dr. Shi has developed four main lines of research, including 1) Model Fit & Evaluation, 2) Psychometrics & Measurement Theory, 3) Causal Learning & Inference, and 4) Missing Data Analysis. He is also interested in the application of quantitative methods to substantive areas of psychology, especially in clinical and health-related studies. 

Dr. Shi has authored more than 70 peer-reviewed publications, many of which have appeared in top-tier journals in his field, including  Psychological Methods, Multivariate Behavioral Research, British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, and Educational and Psychological Measurement. In 2021, Dr. Shi received the Rising Star Award from the Association for Psychological Science. He is also a recipient of the McCausland Faculty Fellowship (2021-2024) awarded by the College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Carolina.   

Dr. Shi currently serves as
Associate Editor, Multivariate Behavioral Research
Board of Cooperating Editors, Educational and Psychological Measurement
Consulting Editor, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology
Editorial Board, Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science 
Editorial Board, Review of General Psychology 

Dr. Shi is also passionate about teaching quantitative methods courses to undergraduate and graduate students. He received the Innovative Pedagogy Grant from the University of South Carolina’s Center for Teaching Excellence and the SC Open Educational Resources Faculty Award from the University Libraries and Student Government.  

Courses Dr. Shi regularly taught include: 
PSYC 220: Psychological Statistics
PSYC 815: Introduction to Causal Inference
PSYC 824: Advanced Structural Equation Modeling  
PSYC 824: Special Topics in Quantitative Psychology