I’m Karyssa Courey a current Ph.D. candidate at Rice University.
As an industrial and organizational psychology researcher, I am broadly interested in applying Bayesian methods to applied organizational problems to improve decision-making and statistical communication. I am currently funded by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP).
- Fairness in staffing (e.g., disparate impact and treatment)
- Research methods (e.g., Bayesian statistics, psychometrics, multilevel modeling, data visualizations)
- Statistical communication (e.g., frequentist versus Bayesian methods)
- Decision-making (e.g., fuzzy-trace theory, skilled decision theory, risk/uncertainty)
I enjoy teaching statistics and I-O psychology topics. I have taught introduction to industrial and organizational psychology and quantitative analysis for social sciences (psychology lab). Before that, I was a teaching assistant for graduate-level statistics in Fall 2022 and Spring 2023. Beyond Rice, I post educational videos on YouTube that cover various topics, including Bayesian statistics and APA 7 formatting guidelines for data visualizations.
I was a predoctoral fellow at the Educational Testing Service (ETS) from 2023-2025 and have experience doing data analysis and measurement-related work for HumRRO, the Association of American Medical Colleges, OpenStax, and Development Corps, among others. Throughout my time at Rice, I have also provided pro bono consulting to animal shelters through the Volunteer Program Assessment, and supported Title IX rights on campus as a member of Graduate STRIVE: Students Transforming Rice Into a Violence-Free Environment.
In my free time you can find me listening to podcasts and music, running outside, lifting weights, and reading thriller fiction.
Feel free to reach out if you are interested in collaborating or want to chat about research!