Hometown: Lake Villa, IL
Education: University of Wisconsin – Parkside, BS (2022); Elmhurst University, MA (2024), MBA (2025)
Research Interests: calling orientation, burnout, engagement, motivation, well-being, occupational health, organizational support, and leadership
Mentor: Jennifer Bragger
Hometown: Ringwood, NJ
Education: Montclair State University, BA (2025)
Research Interests: organizational culture, perceived organizational support, employee wellbeing, and retention
Mentor: Manuel Gonzalez
Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Education: McGill University, BSc (2022); Montclair State University, MA (2025)
Research Interests: group and team dynamics, multiteam systems, sports psychology, shared leadership, and organizational change
Mentor: Valerie Sessa
Hometown: Somers, NY
Education: Cornell University, BS (2012); Baruch College, MS (2020)
Research Interests: leadership and leadership development, gender and leadership, work-family conflict, team processes, employee motivation and well-being, and organizational justice
Mentor: Valerie Sessa
Hometown: Norwalk, CT
Education: Clark University, BA (2021), Montclair State University, MA (2024)
Research Interests: neurodiversity in the workplace, assistive technology, workplace accommodations, cognitive psychology, psychometrics and assessments, power dynamics, data science
Mentor: Jennifer Bragger
Hometown: Manton, MI
Education: Michigan State University, BS (2022)
Research Interests: decision making, counterproductive workplace behaviors, work-life balance, data science, psychometrics, integration of technology into organizational research
Mentor: Michael Bixter
Hometown: Wittenberg, WI
Education: University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, BA
Research Interests: perceived organizational justice, social support, work-family conflict, psychometrics, early career experiences
Mentor: Valerie Sessa
Hometown: Sacramento, CA
Education: University of California – San Diego, BS (2019)
Research Interests: well-being, personality and individual differences, career development, technology use in the future of work, training, leadership, decision making
Mentor: Kevin Askew
Hometown: Tobyhanna, PA
Education: Marywood University, BS (2023)
Research Interests: social support, work engagement, job demands-resource model, leadership
Mentor: Jennifer Bragger
Hometown: Kearny, NJ
Education: Montclair State University, BA (2022)
Research Interests: employee well-being and motivation, workplace psychological constructs, leadership, and psychometric assessment
Mentor: Valerie Sessa
Hometown: Devon, PA
Education: Loyola University, BBA (2023)
Research Interests: employee well-being, motivation, and the role of emotions at work
Mentor: Manuel Gonzalez
Hometown: Jibannagar, Bangladesh
Education: Earlham College, BA (2022)
Research Interests: leadership theories and development, team processes, DEI, technology use (NLP and ML) to improve organizational research practices, psychometrics, and data science
Mentor: Michael Bixter
Hometown: Bandar-E Gaz, Iran
Education: Kharazmi University, BA (2018); Research and Science Branch of Islamic Azad University, MA (2023)
Research Interests: Stereotype threat and the experience of women and minorities in STEM; identify threat; stigma; social dominance; and individual and institutional replication of harmful or exclusionary norms
Mentor: Rick Laguerre
Hometown: Branchburg, NJ
Education: Drew University, BA (2020); The New School for Social Research, MA (2021)
Research Interests: work recovery experiences (such as detachment), the role of constant connectivity in work-life balance, the relationship between lifestyle features and work ability, biases in judgment and decision making
Mentor: Cheryl Gray
Hometown: Suffern, NY
Education: Seton Hall University, BS (2012); Iona University, MBA (2018)
Research Interests: leadership, diversity, and OHP as it relates to mental health
Mentor: Valerie Sessa, Jennifer Bragger, and Cheryl Gray
Hometown: North Wales, PA
Education: West Chester University of Pennsylvania, BA (2022)
Research Interests: leader development and leadership styles; group dynamics and impact of group norms and social awareness at work; motivation and self determination theory in personal success; sexual harassment; diversity in the workplace; bereavement.
Mentor: Cheryl Gray
Hometown: Sussex, NJ
Education: Ramapo College of New Jersey, BA (2018)
Research Interests: data analytics, people analytics, selection and assessment, learning and development, virtual reality training, psychometrics, and performance management
Mentor: Kevin Askew
Hometown: Denver, CO
Education: Metropolitan State University of Denver, BA (2019)
Research Interests: personality and individual differences as they relate to interpersonal/team dynamics and performance; people analytics; research methods; psychometrics
Mentor: Jennifer Bragger
Hometown: Burlington, NJ
Education: Montclair State University. MA (2020); Georgian Court University, BA (2018)
Research Interests: creating, validating, and implementing measures of servant leadership; leadership development and measurement; diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace
Mentors: Jennifer Bragger
