Annie Maheux, Ph.D.

Annie joined the TAYA Lab in 2018 and graduated with her Ph.D. in 2023 from the University of Pittsburgh. She was the first Pitt student to graduate with a with a Ph.D. in Developmental and Social Psychology, having developed an individualized training plan. In July 2023, she joined the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as an Assistant Professor in the Developmental Psychology program and the Winston Distinguished Fellow in the Center on Technology Use, Brain, and Psychological Development. 

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With the TAYA Lab, Annie completed two years of her graduate training at the University of Delaware from 2020–2022, before returning to the University of Pittsburgh in 2022. Annie received her B.A. in psychology from the University of Vermont in 2015 and completed an M.S. in psychology at the University of Pittsburgh in 2020.

Broadly, Annie’s research examines sociocultural influences on adolescent development, with a focus on the role of gendered norms in academic interest, sexuality, and mental health. Annie’s research and graduate training have been supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, the American Psychological Association, and the Character Lab Research Network. Annie is particularly passionate about learning and applying advanced statistical methods, including longitudinal and mixture modeling techniques to understand within-person change and heterogeneity across development.

Annie is also committed to social justice, both through research and in professional service roles, and has prior experience in crisis-based social work and as a middle school teacher in rural India. She recently started a mentorship network to help graduate students in psychology learn and gain confidence in statistics, with a focus on promoting community among those traditionally underrepresented in quantitative fields. More information about Annie’s work can be found at annemaheux.com.