Assistant Professor Ken McClure

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Assistant Professor of Statistics

Contact Information

kmcclur7@uwyo.edu

Ross Hall 331

Photo of Ken McClure

Education

Ph.D. Quantitative Psychology, University of Notre Dame, 2024

M.A. Research & Experimental Psychology, University of Notre Dame, 2023

B.S. Mathematics & Statistics (double major), University of Wyoming, 2018

B.S. Psychology (Minor: Honors Program), University of Wyoming, 2018

 

Research Interests

  • Item Response Theory and Computerized Adaptive Testing
  • Psychological Measurement and Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement
  • Intensive Longitudinal Designs and Ambulatory Assessment
  • Predictive Modeling for Social and Behavioral Data
  • Suicide Prevention and Mental Health

 

About

Kenneth McClure joined the University of Wyoming faculty in 2024. He came to the University of Wyoming after completing his Ph.D. in quantitative psychology at the University of Notre Dame.

Dr. McClure is a quantitative psychologist and psychometrician with interdisciplinary interests in suicide prevention, mental health, and patient reported outcomes measurement. His expertise includes behavioral statistics (e.g., psychometrics, structural equation modeling), psychological measurement (e.g., questionnaire development and validation), predictive modeling for social and behavioral data, and suicide prevention. His research is centered around developing methodologically innovative techniques to improve the assessment and prediction of clinical phenomena in intensive longitudinal designs such as ecological momentary assessment. Dr. McClure is also the director of the Advanced Data Analysis and Psychometric Technologies (ADAPT) Lab.

Representative Publications

  • Clapp, J. D., McClure, K. E., Dahl, E. & Mohr, J. L. (in press). Endorsement of Trauma Stereotypes: Implications for the Provision of Survivor Support. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
  • Shao, S. S., Xu, Z., Liu, Q., McClure, K., Jacobucci, R., Maxwell, S. E., & Zhang, Z. (2025). Zero inflation in intensive longitudinal data: Why is it important and how should we deal with it? Psychological Methods. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-01515-001
  • Ammerman, B. A., McClure, K., Law., K. C., O’Loughlin, C.M., & Jacobucci, R. (2025). Online disclosure of suicide method: What can sentiment in online posts tell us about suicide risk? Journal of Psychiatric Research, 181, 503–508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.11.048
  • Jacobucci, R., Ammerman, B. A., & McClure, K. (2024). Examining missingness at the momentary level in clinical research using ecological momentary assessment: Implications for suicide research. Journal of Clinical Psychology, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23728
  • McClure, K., Ammerman, B. A., & Jacobucci, R. (2024). On the Selection of Item Scores or Composite Scores for Clinical Prediction. Multivariate Behavioral Research
  • O’Loughlin, C. M., McClure, K., & Ammerman, B. A. (2024). Development and validation of the Self-Injury Stigma Scale. Journal of Psychiatric Research.
  • McClure, K. (2024). Intensive Longitudinal Adaptive Assessment: Item Selection and Stopping Rules in Highly Multidimensional Computerized Adaptive Tests. Multivariate Behavioral Research. (abstract).
  • McClure, K., Bell, K.-A., Jacobucci, R., & Ammerman, B. A. (2023). Measurement invariance and response consistency of single-item assessments for suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Psychological Assessment, https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001268
  • McClure, K. (2023). Bayesian IRT in JAGS: A Tutorial, Journal of Behavioral Data Science, 3(1), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.35566/jbds/v3n1/mccure
  • Ammerman, B. A., Burke, T. A., Jacobucci, R., & McClure, K. (2021). How we ask matters: The impact of question wording in single-item measurement of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Preventive Medicine, 152, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106472