Louis Tay

William C. Byham Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences

Areas of Expertise

As an I-O psychologist embedded within the broader field of psychology, my goal is to programmatically pursue cross-disciplinary lines of inquiry in methodology (i.e., measurement, continuum specification, latent class modeling, Big Data / data science) and well-being (i.e., societal well-being, wellness programs, work – leisure [e.g., arts/humanities activities] interface). I have co-edited the following books: Big Data in Psychological Research, Handbook of Well-Being, Handbook of Positive Psychology Assessment, The Oxford Handbook of the Positive Humanities, and Technology and Measurement around the Globe.

My Purdue research team consists of graduate students Victoria Scotney (2019), Daphne Hou (2020), Fanyi Zhang (2021), and Gloria Liou (2023). My current active collaborators include Munmun De Choudhury, Sidney D’Mello, Angela Duckworth, James Pawelski, Lyle Ungar, & Sang Woo. Feel free to contact me if you are interested in collaborating on research projects.

My greatest joy comes from mentoring students and post-docs.

Former Students

Stuti Thapa (Assistant Professor, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, University of Tulsa)

Cassie Batz-Barbarich (Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Management, Lake Forest College)

Louis Hickman (Assistant Professor, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Virginia Tech University)

Vincent Ng (Assistant Professor, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, University of Houston)

Lauren Kuykendall (Associate Professor, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, George Mason University)

Former Post-Docs

Hoda Vaziri (Assistant Professor, Department of Management, University of North Texas)

Chris Wiese (Assistant Professor, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Georgia Tech University)