Curriculum Vitæ

Professional Summary

Experienced behavioral scientist with deep expertise in advanced quantitative analysis, statistical modeling, experimentation, and NLP-driven insights. Grounded in behavioral and motivational theories, particularly Self-Determination Theory, and adept at translating complex analytical findings into actionable business insights across health care, education, internet security, and other sectors. Technically adept and flexible, with a proven ability to quickly master and apply new technologies to complex problems. Passionate about leveraging data science and psychological theory to drive meaningful business and project outcomes.

Skills

Data Management & Programming

• Data manipulation and analysis of large datasets (tens of gigabytes scale)
• Statistical programming and modeling in R and Python
• Data wrangling and visualization tools (tidyverse, pandas, ggplot2, etc.)

Advanced Statistical Methods

• Regression analysis (linear, logistic, regularized)
• Analysis of Variance (ANOVA; including repeated measures and factorial designs)
• Principal Component Analysis (PCA)
• Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (EFA, CFA)
• Item Response Theory (IRT)
• Genetic Algorithms for optimization and parameter estimation
• Multilevel Modeling (Mixed-Effects/HLM)
• Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)

Machine Learning & NLP Techniques

• Clustering algorithms (e.g., k-means, hierarchical clustering)
• NLP classifiers for text data (e.g., sentiment analysis, topic classification)
• Large Language Models (LLMs) for text summarization and information extraction using R and Python
• Transformer-based NLP architectures (e.g., GPT, BERT, etc.)

Experience

Head of Research & Development (2024–Present)

Immersyve, Inc., Orlando, FL

• Leading international validation of a commercial well-being scale across 7 languages and 10 countries; coordinating efforts with external researchers, client’s internal data teams, and data collection vendors.
• Coordinating and leading the development of multiple training courses and supporting materials for managerial audiences across health care and general management roles.
• Deploying survey and analyzing data for nationwide graduate medical education program, collaborating closely with client’s internal data teams and external research groups.
• Assisting in the development of a diabetes management application for a large healthcare provider, including application UI development, content and user experience design, measurement strategy, and user experience testing.

Senior Researcher (2017–2024)

Immersyve, Inc., Orlando, FL

• Piloted an NLP text classification model to detect need-supportive language in written responses.
• Designed in-depth interviews and quantitative study to measure students’ experiences of online vocabulary learning software, analyzed data, and assisted in development roadmapping.
• Assisted in designing a manager training course and supporting materials taken by thousands of individuals.
• Created a quantitative study for over 10,000 members of a large health insurer to understand members’ motivation and perspectives on well-being and their wellness program to inform development of targeted programs.
• Designed and tested a framework for quantifying and testing experiences in augmented and virtual reality environments.
• Performed a consumer experience study to assess digital identity and security perspectives for an internet security company.
• Co-patented a user content customization system and method: US Patent No. 11,321,328.

Researcher (2015–2017)

Immersyve, Inc., Orlando, FL

• Supported development of an online employee engagement and motivation platform used by tens of thousands of individuals that automates collection of responses using that item set, as well as generation of personalized reports for employees and managers with specific recommendations.
• Created an efficient item set and scoring framework to assess the key aspects of employee motivation and experiences from a Self-Determination Theory framework in as few as 2 items per construct.

Instructor (2014)

University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

• PSY 181: Theories of Personality and Psychotherapy

Graduate Teaching Assistant (2010–2015)

University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

• PSY 181: Theories of Personality and Psychotherapy
• PSY 211: Applied Statistics for Psychology
• PSY 262: An Approach to Human Motivation

Education

• Ph.D. in Social-Personality Psychology (January 2013 – May 2018)
  University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  Dissertation Title: Conditions of Living Well: Three Models
• M.A. in Social-Personality Psychology (August 2010 – March 2013)
  University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
• Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (August 2006 – May 2010)
  University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  Dr. Herbert L. Zimmer Award in Undergraduate Research
  Undergraduate Honors Thesis: Development of Human Sexuality

Professional Development

• Introduction to R — DataCamp (2022)
• ChatGPT Prompt Engineering for Developers — OpenAI and DeepLearning.AI (2025)

Publications

• DeHaan, C. R., Bradshaw, E. L., Diaz-Castillo, S., Trautman, T., Rigby, C. S., & Ryan, R. M. (2024). Energy in the workplace: Job demands, job resources, and employees’ inner resources as pathways to organizational outcomes. Frontiers in Psychology, 15. 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1413901
• Bradshaw, E. L., DeHaan, C. R., Curren, R., Duineveld, J. J., Di Domenico, S. I., Parker, P. D., & Ryan, R. M. (2023). The perceived conditions for living well: Positive perceptions of primary goods linked with basic psychological needs and wellness. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 18(1), 44–60. doi:10.1080/17439760.2021.1991446
• de Jong, D. C., Reis, H. T., Peters, B. J., DeHaan, C. R., & Birnbaum, G. E. (2019). The role of implicit sexual desire in romantic relationships. Personality and Individual Differences, 149. doi:10.1016/j.paid/2019.05.042
• Legate, N., Weinstein, N., Ryan, W. S., DeHaan, C. R., & Ryan, R. M. (2018). Parental autonomy support predicts lower internalized homophobia and better psychological health indirectly through lower shame in lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults. Stigma and Health. doi:10.1037/sah0000150
• Wray-Lake, L., DeHaan, C. R., Shubert, J., & Ryan, R. M. (2017). Examining links from civic engagement to daily well-being from a Self-Determination Theory perspective. Journal of Positive Psychology, 14(2), 166–177. doi:10.1080/17439760.2017.1388432
• DeHaan, C. R., Hirai, T., & Ryan, R. M. (2016). Nussbaum’s capabilities and self-determination theory’s basic psychological needs: Relating some fundamentals of human wellness. Journal of Happiness Studies, 17(5), 2037–2049. doi:10.1007/s10902-015-9684-y
• Weinstein, N., Balmford, A., DeHaan, C. R., Gladwell, V., Bradbury, R. B., & Amano, T. (2015). Seeing community for the trees: The links among contact with natural environments, community cohesion, and crime. BioScience, 65(12), 1141-1153. doi:10.1093/biosci/biv151
• Legate, N., DeHaan, C. R., & Ryan, R. M. (2015). Righting the wrong: Reparative coping after going along with ostracism. The Journal of Social Psychology, 155(5), 471-482. doi:10.1080/00224545.2015.1062352
• Legate, N., DeHaan, C. R., Weinstein, N. & Ryan, R. M. (2013). Hurting you hurts me too: The psychological costs of complying with ostracism. Psychological Science, 24(4), 583-588. doi:10.1177/095679761245795
• Przybylski, A. K., Murayama, K., DeHaan, C. R., & Gladwell, V. (2013). Motivational, emotional, and behavioral correlates of fear of missing out. Computers in Human Behavior, 29(4), 1841-1848. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2013.02.014
• Weinstein, N., Ryan, W. S., DeHaan, C. R., Przybylski, A. K., Legate, N., & Ryan, R. M. (2012). Parental autonomy support and discrepancies between implicit and explicit sexual identities: Dynamics of self-acceptance and defense. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102, 815-832. doi:10.1037/a0026854
• Weinstein, N., DeHaan, C. R., & Ryan, R. M. (2010). Attributing autonomous versus introjected motivation to helpers and the recipient experience: Effects on gratitude, attitudes, and well-being. Motivation and Emotion, 34, 418-431. doi:10.1007/s11031-010-9183-8

Book Chapters

• Ryan, R. M. & DeHaan, C. R. (2023). The Social Conditions for Human Flourishing: Economic and Political Influences on Basic Psychological Needs. In R. M. Ryan, The Oxford Handbook of Self-Determination Theory (pp. 1149–1170). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197600047.013.57
• Behzadnia B., Deci E. L., DeHaan C. R. (2020). Predicting Relations Among Life Goals, Physical Activity, Health, and Well-Being in Elderly Adults: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective on Healthy Aging. In: Ng B., Ho G. (Eds.) Self-Determination Theory and Healthy Aging. Springer, Singapore: doi:10.1007/978-981-15-6968-5_4
• Martela, F., DeHaan, C. R., & Ryan, R. M. (2016). On enhancing and diminishing energy through psychological means: Research on vitality and depletion from Self-Determination Theory. In E. R. Hirt, J. J. Clarkson, & L. Jia, (Eds.), Self-Regulation and Ego Control (pp. 67-85). Academic Press. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-801850-7.00004-4
• Legate, N., DeHaan, C. R., & Deci, E. L. (2016). Needs. In H. L. Miller (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Theory in Psychology (pp. 596-597). SAGE Publications. doi:10.4135/9781483346274.n206
• DeHaan, C. R. & Ryan, R. M. (2014). Symptoms of wellness: Happiness and eudaimonia from a self-determination perspective. In K. M. Sheldon & R. E. Lucas (Eds.), Stability of Happiness: Theories and Evidence on Whether Happiness Can Change (pp. 37–55). Academic Press. doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-411478-4.00003-5 Book Preview
• Weinstein, N. & DeHaan, C. R. (2014). On the mutuality of human motivation and relationships. In N. Weinstein (Ed.), Human Motivation and Interpersonal Relationships: Theory, Research, and Applications (pp. 3–25). Springer Netherlands. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-8542-6_1

Poster Presentations

• DeHaan, C. R., & Deci, E. L. (2016). Autonomous Motivation and Decision Regret. Presented at the 6th International Conference on Self-Determination Theory, Victoria, BC. Poster PDF
• DeHaan, C. R., & Deci, E. L. (2016). Motivation for Financial Decisions and Regret. Presented at the 17th Annual Convention of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA. Poster PDF
• DeHaan, C. R., Ryan, R. M., Wray-Lake, L., Shubert, J., & Curren, R. (2015). Civic Engagement, Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction, and Well-Being. Presented at the 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Motivation, New York, NY.
• DeHaan, C. R., & Ryan, R. M. (2015). Autonomous Decisions and Regret. Presented at the 16th Annual Convention of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA.
• DeHaan, C. R., Weinstein, N., & Deci, E. L. (2013). Autonomous Life Decisions and Regret. Presented at the 5th International Conference on Self-Determination Theory, Rochester, NY. Poster PDF
• DeHaan, C. R., Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (2012). Parental Autonomy Support and Implicit-Explicit Religious Identity Discrepancy. Presented at the 13th Annual Convention of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.
• DeHaan, C. R., Weinstein, N., & Ryan, R. M. (2011). Outgroup, but Not the Enemy: Transcending Ingroup/Outgroup Boundaries in Natural Environments. Presented at the 12th Annual Convention of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.
• DeHaan, C. R., Weinstein, N., & Ryan, R. M. (2009). The Natural Way to Strive: Aspirations in the Context of Natural and Non-Natural Environments. Presented at the 2nd Annual Undergraduate Research Exposition, Rochester, NY.
• DeHaan, C. R., Weinstein, N., & Ryan, R. M. (2009). The Natural Path to Freedom: The Effect of Nature on Salience of Introjects. Presented at the 10th Annual Conference of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.