Annie Maheux
Annie Maheux is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, affiliated with the Developmental Psychology and Quantitative Psychology programs. She studies adolescent socioemotional development in the context of emerging technologies like generative AI and social media. Annie founded the Quant Family Collective in 2021 (https://www.quantfamilycollective.org/) and is passionate about demystifying quantitative methods for trainees in psychology, building community, and making science fun.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sessions
The Quant Family Collective (QFC) is a community-driven initiative that supports psychological scientists learning quantitative methods, with particular attention to those underrepresented in quantitative fields or facing structural barriers to learning.
QFC offers a supportive community of peers across career stages who are excited about learning and applying quantitative methods in psychology. Members have access to an active Slack space for sharing resources, asking questions, and building connections; a virtual Quant Talk Series featuring methodological talks and workshops; and opportunities for peer support, mentorship, and, when available, formal consulting. Members may also present their own quantitative research or lead workshops through the Quant Talk Series.
This lightning talk introduces QFC’s mission, offerings, and ways to get involved in building a more inclusive quantitative culture in psychology.
Many psychological scientists want to strengthen their statistical skills but face barriers such as cost, fragmented resources, and uncertainty about where to start. The Quant Family Collective was founded to address these and related psychological barriers to learning statistics for psychology trainees. This hackathon will aim to collaboratively build a comprehensive, open repository of free or low-cost, high-quality statistics learning resources tailored to psychological science.
Participants will work together to identify, evaluate, and organize existing materials (e.g., tutorials, textbooks, videos, courses, software guides) across skill levels and topics, with attention to accessibility, transparency, and practical relevance. The clear end goal of the session is a shared, publicly available resource that attendees can immediately use and continue developing after the conference. Our team at QFC has started building this, and there is much more work to be done: https://www.quantfamilycollective.org/resources