Ela Buczek
Hometown: Tobyhanna, PA
Education: Marywood University, BS (2023)
Research Interests: social support, work engagement, job demands-resource model, leadership
Mentor: Jennifer Bragger
Fall 2023 Cohort
Edileide Novais Cavalcanti
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
Emily Pinsk
Hometown: Devon, PA
Education: Loyola University, BBA (2023)
Research Interests: employee well-being, motivation, and the role of emotions at work
Mentor: Manuel Gonzalez
Allama Ikbal Sijan
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
Sarvenaz Taridashti
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
Fall 2022 Cohort
Christina Christodoulou
Hometown: Branchburg, NJ
Education: Drew University, BA (May 2020); The New School for Social Research, MA (December 2021)
Research Interests: role of lifestyle, including mental and physical health habits, in work productivity, satisfaction and longevity; individual cognitions and intra-group functions driving lifestyle; biases within individual and group level decision making
Mentor: Rick Laguerre
Lauren Offermann
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
Isabel Skovera
Hometown: Reading, PA
Education: Albright College, BA (2021)
Research Interests: group dynamics, shared leadership, diversity, Social Identity Theory, social support, quantitative psychology and statistics, and status perception
Mentor: Valerie Sessa and Cheryl Gray
Sara Stavely
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.
Mentor: Rick Laguerre
Zachary Wanamaker
Hometown: Rockaway, NJ
Education: Fairleigh Dickinson University, BS (2014); Montclair State University MA (2018)
Research Interests: training, job performance, and employee well-being
Mentor: Kevin Askew
Fall 2021 Cohort
Diego Figueiras
Hometown: Springfield, NJ
Education: Rutgers University, BS (2018)
Research Interests: comparisons of different psychometric methodologies, such as IRT and CTT; the use of AI and big data techniques for developing models that accurately predict job satisfaction, job performance, turnover, and other industrial psychology variables of interest.
Mentor: Michael Bixter
Mike DeFabiis
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
Lauren Hunt
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
Wassim Elhouar
Hometown: Peoria, Il
Education: Bradley University, BA (2011), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, EdM (2020)
Research Interests: toxic and negative behaviors in the workplace; neurodiversity; managing talent; multiculturalism and social justice; the future of work and society
Mentor: Cheryl Gray
Jacob Breaux
Hometown: Baton Rouge, LA
Education: Louisiana State University, BS & BA (2021)
Research Interests: heuristics and biases in team environments; team composition and personality; leadership and team performance; associate retention in big law firms
Mentor: Michael Bixter
Loren Shelley
Hometown: Hopkinsville, KY
Education: University of Kentucky, BA (2017)
Research Interests: employee well-being, psychological and workplace safety, and diversity and inclusion with a focus on disability
Mentor: Valerie Sessa
Fall 2020 Cohort
Dana Sobel
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
Morgan Russell
Hometown: Rocky River, OH
Education: Denison University, BA (2019)
Research Interests: Psychological consequences of working from home and the coronavirus pandemic; The relationship between personality and organizational commitment
Mentor: Kevin Askew
