Biography
Ryan Winter, Ph.D., received his Ph.D. from The City University of New York (CUNY), specializing in experimental and social psychology. He attended the University of Nebraska School of Law and obtained his Masters of Legal Studies degree, which he used to further his research interests in the field of psychology and law with a focus on jury decision-making.
Since 2011, Dr. Winter has been the Research Methods Coordinator for the department of psychology at FIU and is responsible for overseeing the curriculum all research methods classes taught by the department. This includes supervising a hands-on lab component for research methods in which students collect, statistically analyze, and report experimental research data using both hand-based statistical calculations and computer assisted statistical software. He also focuses on teaching students the foundations of formal academic writing.
In addition to coordinating the research methods courses, Dr. Winter continues to mentor both undergraduate and graduate students, serving on several dissertation, masters, and honors committees. He continues to publish (most notably in the American Psychological Association Monitor on Psychology), has several research methods resources published, frequently presents at teaching conferences.