Scott D. Blain, PhD

As a scientist whose training cuts across personality, psychopathology, social cognition, neuroscience, and quantitative/psychometric methods, I apply the methods and models of personality psychology to longstanding questions of clinical psychology and social neuroscience. Much of my work uses latent variable modeling and other multivariate statistical methods (e.g., SEM, ESEM, ICA, and Latent Growth Curve Modeling) to uncover mechanisms of psychopathology dimensions and related normal-range personality traits. I am currently a postdoctoral research fellow at University of Michigan Medicine. I completed my PhD at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and my undergraduate degree at Vanderbilt University. My advisors and mentors have included Ivy Tso, Colin DeYoung, Bob Krueger, Sohee Park, and Blythe Corbett.

My work has been published in journals such as JPSP, Schizophrenia Bulletin, and the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. I have received fellowships and awards from the NSF, SPSP, ARP, SITAR, and SMEP among other organizations. I also have experience with research supervision and teaching courses in Introductory, Personality, and Abnormal/Clinical Psychology. When I’m not doing research or teaching, I enjoy playing piano, traveling, reading, and watching TV series.