Sonja Winter - Assistant Professor at University of Missouri-Columbia

Sonja Winter

Assistant Professor at University of Missouri-Columbia

Columbia, Missouri, United States

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Sonja Winter is an Assistant Professor of Statistical Methods and Evaluation in Education at the University of Missouri with 11 years of experience bridging quantitative methodology and developmental research. Trained as a Ph.D. quantitative psychologist, she specializes in structural equation models, models of development, and pragmatic applications of Bayesian estimation to ensure analyses align with substantive research questions in psychology and education. Her career spans academic roles from student assistant to postdoc and faculty, plus earlier statistical consulting, reflecting both applied and theoretical strengths. Based in Columbia, Missouri, she brings an evidence-focused mindset to teaching and research design, with a particular interest in improving inferential fit rather than merely applying standard techniques.

11 years of coding experience

2 years of employment as a software developer

Psychology, Education, Psychology, Education at King's College London, U. of London

Master of Science (MSc), Development and Socialisation in Childhood and Adolescence (research), Master of Science (MSc), Development and Socialisation in Childhood and Adolescence (research) at Universiteit Utrecht

Bachelor of Science (BSc), Developmental Psychology, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Developmental Psychology at University of Utrecht

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Quantitative Psychology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Quantitative Psychology at University of California, Merced

English, Dutch

Github Skills (17)

structural-equation-modeling6

rope6

ggplot6

lavaan6

r-package6

bayesian5

factor-analysis5

missing-data5

psychometrics4

hypothesis-tests3

simulation3

ghost3

graphical-user-interface2

mlmodel2

Programming languages (2)

RHTML

Github contributions (5)

winterstat/tidytuesday

Sep 2020 - Sep 2021

Contributions:6 commits, 28 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year

winterstat/escp8082_rlabs

Sep 2024 - Jun 2026

HTML R Labs for ESCP 8082 class

Contributions:2 PRs, 18 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 9 months

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