Making work better. For everyone.
Current Students
Jazmin Argueta-Rivera
Jazmin Argueta-Rivera is a second-year doctoral student in the Industrial-Organizational Psychology program at Rice University. She is originally from Germantown, MD, and completed her Bachelor of Science in Psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her overarching area of research interest is the intersectionality of identities and how they affect a person’s experience at work.
Hwayeon Myeong
M.Ed. from the University of Washington
Hwayeon earned her Bachelor’s degree in Child & Family studies at Seoul National University and master’s in Multicultural Education at the University of Washington. She is interested in addressing intergroup disparity, with a special focus on self and identity, cultural psychology, and intervention sciences. She has a special interest in exploring the intersectionality of diverse social identities and the negotiation of sometimes conflicting social identities.
Alumni
Dr. Izzy Bilotta
Managing Consultant, Head of Learning and Innovation at Deutser
Dr. Jensine Paoletti
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Jensine Paoletti studies how we “take work home with us,” by examining how the stressors and positive psychological states from work affect our family lives and health. She is also interested in how our work and family lives can affect health-related outcomes, especially immune dysregulation. Jensine has a PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology; her goal is to make work healthier and more rewarding for everyone. Support from the Ruth L. Kirschstein NIH National Research Service Award Fellow (F32) allows Jensine to make progress towards this goal by funding a project examining the role of work as a stressor among those caring for a spouse with dementia outside of work.
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http://jensinepaoletti.rice.edu/
Dr. Shannon Cheng
Specialist, McKinsey & Company; Co-Founder, Asians in I/O
Shannon Cheng (she/her) is a Specialist at McKinsey & Company, working in the People and Organizational Performance practice to help clients address a variety of organizational topics, such as organizational design, culture, and inclusion. She received her Ph.D in industrial/organizational psychology from Rice University, where her research focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. She is also the co-founder of Asians in I/O, an online community focused on empowering Asians within I/O by creating greater awareness of the multifaceted Asian experience, fostering the growth and development of the Asian I/O community, and partnering with allies to drive positive change in I/O.
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Dr. Afra Ahmad
Associate Professor of Psychology, George Mason University
Program Director of the Master of Professional Studies in Applied Industrial and Organizational Psychology, George Mason University
Afra Ahmad is an Associate Professor of Psychology at George Mason University. She leads the fully online Master’s program in Applied Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Her program of research focuses on diversity and inclusion and well-being in the workplace. She has published in leading journals of the field including, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, Organizational Research Methods, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Business and Psychology, and Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. She has also made scholarly contributions in the form of writing various book chapters and presenting her work at conferences. She has received awards and grants related to her research, including a Fulbright Fellowship to conduct cross-cultural research. She has also taught several courses and received numerous teaching awards, including George Mason University’s highest teaching award. Afra’s professional activities include serving on the department and college’s diversity, equity, and inclusion committees and serving on various committees for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). These SIOP committees include the Committee on Ethnic Minority and Affairs (CEMA), Women Inclusion Network (WIN), Education & Training: Online Program Subcommittee, and Conference Accessibility & Inclusion.
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Aahmad14@gmu.edu
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Dr. Amanda Anderson
Associate Director, Organizational Assessment at Fors Marsh
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Dr. Ho Kwan Cheung
Assistant Professor, University of Calgary
Dr. Ho Kwan Cheung is an assistant professor at University of Calgary. She is originally from Hong Kong, but lived most of her life in the Northeast of the U.S. before moving to Canada in 2022. She received her Bachelor’s Degrees in Psychology and Spanish from Penn State University (2014), and her Master (2016) and Ph.D. degrees (2018) in Industrial- Organizational Psychology from George Mason University. Her research focuses on understanding experiences of women in the workplace, particularly as they intersect with the work-family interface. In addition to working women, she also has a broad interest in the experiences of marginalized populations within the workforce (e.g., overweight individuals, refugees, etc.) Her work has been published in high-quality outlets of the field including Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Business and Psychology, Journal of Vocational Behavior, etc.
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Dr. Lisa Gulick
Senior Consultant, Executive & Talent Development, Nous Group, Australia.
Lisa Gulick specializes in the design and development of leadership and talent solutions that enable leaders to have true impact on their people and organizations. She has a Ph.D. in Industrial -Organizational Psychology with a focus on leadership, developmental experiences and diversity & inclusion. Lisa is also an experienced practitioner at competency modelling, training design and evaluation, change management and organizational diagnostics. She has worked across several industries, including financial services, telecommunications, and the public sector. She has authored several publications and presentations for professional journals, books and conferences on topics including leadership development, cross-cultural competence and diversity and inclusion.
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Dr. Kristen Jones
Associate Professor and Robert Wang Chair of Excellence in Management, University of Memphis
Dr. Kristen Jones is an Associate Professor and the Robert Wang Chair of Excellence in Management in the Fogelman College of Business and Economics at the University of Memphis. Her program of research focuses on identifying and remediating the range of biases – both subtle and overt – that unfairly disadvantage diverse employees at work, particularly women and mothers. Her work has been published in premier outlets including Journal of Management, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Harvard Business Review, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Journal of Business and Psychology. Dr. Jones’s research has also been recognized through grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) Foundation, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), the American Psychological Association (APA), and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI).
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Dr. Alex Paul Lindsey
Assistant Professor of Management
Alex is an Assistant Professor of Management in the Fogelman College of Business and Economics at The University of Memphis. He earned his Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from George Mason University in 2016. Dr. Lindsey’s program of research investigates fair and equitable solutions to mitigate diversity-related challenges such as prejudice and discrimination in the workplace. Because seemingly trivial instances of disadvantage can create substantial inequity over time in the workplace, it represents a ripe context in which to study manifestations of disadvantage and potential solutions to these serious problems. His research seeks to generate effective strategies that targets of prejudice, their allies, and organizations can use to reduce inequality and promote inclusion in the workplace. Specifically, Dr. Lindsey’s work has addressed diversity training effectiveness, impression and identity management strategies, and demographic representativeness in management. This work has been published in quality outlets such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Harvard Business Review, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Vocational Behavior, and Journal of Business and Psychology.
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Dr. Hannah Markell-Goldstein
Manager of Analytics Business Partnerships, Dropbox
Hannah holds a PhD in I/O Psychology from George Mason University. She is currently the Manager of Analytics Business Partnerships on the Dropbox People Analytics Team. Her work focuses on driving enterprise-level action through data and analytics. She aims to scale analytics, data driven insights, and research operations. Her work has laid the foundation for improving the prediction of attrition, achieving an organization’s DEI initiatives, measuring quality of hire, and creating leadership development programs.
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Dr. Tracy Krueger
Senior Behavioral Scientist; Affiliate Faculty, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Tracy Krueger (née McCausland) is a Senior Behavioral Scientist at the RAND Corporation working primarily on military talent management topics, and is a member of the Pardee RAND Graduate School faculty. Her research focuses on enhancing performance for both the individual and the organization. Her current work includes recruiting, assessment, selection, and retention for highly specialized communities. Her past research and consulting experiences have focused on topics such as training, leadership, teamwork, multiteam systems, organizational culture, program evaluation, and diversity. Tracy has a B.S. in psychology from Davidson College and a Ph.D. in industrial-organizational psychology from George Mason University.
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tracy@rand.org
Dr. Ashley Membere
Assistant Professor, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Dr. Ashley Membere is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at California State University, Dominguez Hills. She earned her BA in Psychology from Rice University and MA and PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from George Mason. Her broad research interests revolve around diversity, equity, and inclusion issues in the workplace. Dr. Membere’s program of research focuses on the experiences of workers with multiple marginalized identities (e.g., race, gender, sexuality, etc.) and underrepresented occupations and industries in I/O and management research (e.g, gig workers). In addition to her own research interests, Dr. Membere mentors undergraduate students in their research pursuits and increasing support for research programs and activities on her campus.
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amembere@csudh.edu
Dr. Whitney Bosford Morgan
Associate Professor of Management, University of Houston-Downtown
Whitney Botsford Morgan is a Professor of Management and Assistant Chair for the Management Department in the Marilyn Davies College of Business at the University of Houston-Downtown. She earned her PhD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from George Mason University in 2009. Her primary research interests include work-family and diversity, and she is currently on the editorial board for Journal of Business and Psychology and an Associate Editor for Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice.
She is an active contributor to the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, having served as Education and Training Committee Chair from 2014-2016 and Conference Chair from 2020-2022. She has also served as PI and Co-PI on two grants from the Department of Education and Social Security Administration (totaling $1,100,000) that supported the development of educational programs for minorities, including the launch of its MBA.
Currently, Whitney leads (2019 and 2024) the college through the continuous improvement review (CIR) process to sustain its accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International).
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Dr. Katherine Ryan
Principal Product Manager, Technical at Amazon
Dr. Katherine Ryan is a technology product manager at Amazon. After joining Amazon in 2014 to redesign Amazon’s employee performance management processes and associated software systems, Dr. Ryan turned her attention to innovative applications of psychology and technology to improve people’s experiences of work, interpersonal communication, and access to healthcare. She has designed and launched products used by millions of Amazon customers and employees around the world. Dr. Ryan holds two US Patents for technologies designed by combining emerging research on machine learning, human cognitive processing, and the psychology of communication. Her empirical research publications on diversity and cross-generational issues in the workplace can be found in the Journal of Managerial Psychology, the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, and the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. She holds a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from George Mason University, and a B.A. in Psychology and Spanish from the University of Notre Dame.
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Dr. Isaac E Sabat
Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Houston
Isaac Sabat’s program of research broadly focuses on understanding and improving the working lives of stigmatized employees. He is particularly interested in examining strategies in which these employees can engage, such as disclosing or acknowledging their identities, to effectively remediate the workplace obstacles that they face. He has conducted various interrelated projects that examine how the effectiveness of expressing one’s identity is impacted by the extent to which stigmas are previously known, visible, or discovered by others over time. This is a novel area, given that disclosures have previously been conceptualized as a dichotomous, all-or-nothing phenomenon. This work has been published in Journal of Business and Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Vocational Behavior, and Harvard Business Review.