1995 Ph.D. in Social Sciences w. concentration in Mathematical Behavioral Sciences, U.C. Irvine
1993 M.A. Social Sciences, U.C. Irvine
1991 Diplom in Experimental Psychology, Universitat Bonn, Germany
1990 Vordiplom in Mathematics, Universitat Bonn, Germany
1988 Vordiplom in Psychology, Universitat Bonn, Germany
Academic Positions
Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Psychology and Political Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering, 2019 - present
Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Psychology and Political Science, 2007-2019
Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Psychology and Political Science, 2003-2007
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Psychology and Political Science, 2001-2003
Assistant Professor, Duke, Business Administration, 1997-2001
Resident Instruction
Modeling Heterogeneity (Illinois, graduate)
Models of Decision and Choice (Illinois, graduate). Teaching recognitions in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018.
Testing theories of decision making (Illinois, graduate). Teaching recognitions in 2010, 2014. Modeling Heterogeneity (Illinois, graduate).
Behavioral Social Choice (Illinois, graduate). Teaching recognition in 2012.
Research Areas
Decision and Control
Books Authored or Co-Authored (Original Editions)
Regenwetter, M., Grofman, B., Marley, A. A. J., Tsetlin, I. (2006). Behavioral Social Choice. Cam- bridge University Press (Political Science).
Rated “Outstanding Academic Title†by Choice Magazine in 2007.
Selected Articles in Journals
Davis-Stober, C. and Regenwetter, R. (2019). “The ‘paradox’ of converging evidence.†Psychological Review, 126, 865-879.
Zwilling, C.E., Cavagnaro, D.R., Regenwetter, M., Lim, S.H., Fields, B., and Zhang, Y. (2019). “QTEST 2.1: Quantitative Testing of Theories of Binary Choice Using Bayesian Inference.†Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 91, 176-194.
Regenwetter, M. and Robinson, M. (2019). “The construct-behavior gap revisited: Reply to Hertwig and Pleskac (2018).†Psychological Review, 126, 451-454. (https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000145).
Regenwetter, M. and Cavagnaro, D. R. (2019). “Tutorial on removing the shackles of regression analysis: How to stay true to your theory of binary response probabilities.†Psychological Methods, 24, 135-152. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/met0000196)
Regenwetter, M. and Robinson, M. (2017). “The construct-behavior gap in behavioral decision research: A challenge beyond replicability.†Psychological Review, 124, 533-550. (doi10.1037/rev0000067)
Davis-Stober, C., Park, S., Brown, N. and Regenwetter, M. (2016). “Reported violations of rationality may be aggregation artifacts.†Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences oft he United States of America (doi10.1073/pnas.1606997113).
Guo, Y. and Regenwetter, M. (2014). “Quantitative Tests of the Perceived Relative Argument Model: Commentary on Loomes (2010).†Psychological Review, 121, 696-705.
Regenwetter, M., Davis-Stober, C.P., Lim, S.H., Cha, Y.-C., Guo, Y., Messner, W., Popova, A., and Zwilling, C. (2014). “QTEST: Quantitative Testing of Theories of Binary Choice.†Decision, 1, 2-34.
Regenwetter, M. & Davis-Stober, C. (2012) “Behavioral variability of choices versus structural inconsistency of preferences.†Psychological Review, 119, 408-416.
Regenwetter, M., Dana, J. & Davis-Stober, C., Guo, Y. (2011). “Parsimonious testing of transitive or intransitive preferences: Reply to Birnbaum (2011).†Psychological Review, 118, 684 - 688.
Regenwetter, M., Dana, J. & Davis-Stober, C. (2011). “Transitivity of preferences.†Psychological Review, 118, 42-56.
Regenwetter, M. (2009). “Perspectives on preference aggregation.†Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4, 403-407.
Regenwetter, M., Grofman, B., Popova, A., Messner, W., Davis-Stober, C. & Cavagnaro, D.R. (2009). “Behavioural social choice: A status report.†Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 364, 833-843.
Regenwetter, M., Falmagne, J.-Cl. & Grofman, B. (1999). “A stochastic model of preference change and its application to 1992 presidential election panel data.†Psychological Review, 106, 362-384.
Regenwetter, M. & Grofman, B. (1998a). “Approval voting, Borda winners and Condorcet winners: Evidence from seven elections.†Management Science, 44, 520-533.
Associate Editor, Research & Politics (2013 - present)
Associate Editor, Journal of Mathematical Psychology (2003 - present).
Honors
2012 International Exeter Prize for Research in Experimental Economics, Decision Theory and Behavioral Economics, for Regenwetter, M., Dana, J. & Davis-Stober, C. (2011). "Transitivity of preferences." Psychological Review, 118, 42-56. (2012)
2006 Elected Fellow, Association for Psychological Science (formerly American Psychological Society). (2006)
1999 Young Investigator Award, Society for Mathematical Psychology. (1999)
Recent Courses Taught
PSYC 235 - Intro to Statistics
PSYC 534 (PS 528, ACCY 595) - Models of Decision and Choice