Prof. Dr. David Trafimow

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsGeneral, Cognitive and Mathematical Psychology
Keywordsstatistics, Methodology, social cognition, theory, philosophy of science
Honours and awards

: Fellow, Association for Psychological Science

: Honorary Rosalind Member of London Journals Press

: Outstanding Paper (AJEB)

: Outstanding Paper Winner (Emeralds Awards Literati 2024)

: Stanford List of Top Academics

: Top Cited Article for 2023 (Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior)

: Winner of the 2021 Organizational Research Methods Best Paper Award (Quantitative)

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityLas Cruces
InstitutionNew Mexico State University

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Klaus FiedlerPsychologisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2026

Programme(s)

2025Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Trafimow is an international authority in the area of psychological methodology. His research has shaped key debates on topics such as significance testing, Cronbach’s alpha, skewed normal distributions, meta-science, and scientific best practices. Professor Trafimow’s work on auxiliary assumptions and replication research plays a crucial role in restoring confidence in the behavioral sciences. In Germany, he continues to re-establish a positive attitude toward science through his contribution to timely methodological questions.