Our Team

Dakota W. Cintron, PhD, EdM, MS, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences at Claremont Graduate University. He received his PhD in Educational Psychology, with a concentration in Research Methods, Measurement, and Evaluation, from the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. He also holds an EdM in Human Development and an MS in Applied Statistics from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a BS in Economics and Public Health from Rutgers University.

Dr. Cintron’s research bridges psychological science, data science, and public health to understand how human development, cognition, and well-being unfold across the lifespan. His work has been supported by national fellowships and awards from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Council on Measurement in Education, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and the Educational Testing Service.

Prior to joining CGU, Dr. Cintron held postdoctoral positions at the University of California, San Francisco and Cornell University, where he led and collaborated on projects related to affective well-being, cognitive aging, discrimination, and health policy evaluation. He is co-author of the Introduction to Modern Modeling Methods (SAGE) and serves on the editorial board of Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science.