Introducing this year’s Graduate in Residence, Melissa McTernan!
The Department of Psychological Science has named Melissa McTernan ’10 its 2025 Graduate-in-Residence. A psychology major at Mary Washington, McTernan went on to earn a Ph.D. in quantitative psychology from the University of California, Davis.
Now manager of research statistics and senior research statistician at Boston College, she supports faculty and students across disciplines in advanced data analysis. Her research interests include quantitative psychology, longitudinal data analysis, multilevel modeling and psychometrics. She has co-authored numerous articles in top journals on topics ranging from pediatric mental health to workplace injury and resilience.