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Desmond Leung wins two dissertation awards!
Desmond Leung was the recipient of a Dissertation Year Fellowship from The Graduate Center, CUNY and the Mary L. Tenopyr Dissertation Scholarship from SIOP for his research entitled: Tell Me a Story: Using Narratives to Reduce Backlash to Organizational Diversity Initiatives. Way to go Desmond!
Program faculty win prestigious Scott Myers Award from SIOP
Congratulations to faculty members Harold Goldstein, Charles Scherbaum, and Elliott Larson -- along with Rachel Ryan (American Express Company) and Kenneth Yusko (University of Maryland) -- for winning the 2021 M. Scott Myers Award from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology for Applied Research in the Workplace. This is the most prestigious practice award in the field.
The award recognizes the development of the NFL Player Assessment Test, which is designed to predict performance while improving diversity, equity and inclusion in selection decisions in professional sports.
Annie Kato accepts tenure-track position at Seattle Pacific University
Congratulations to Annie Kato who is now and assistant professor Seattle Pacific University. Great job Annie!
Albert Zhou is awarded major grant from the National Science Foundation
Zhiqing (Albert) Zhou has received a 2-year grant in the amount of $172,000 from the National Science Foundation. His proposal, written in collaboration with Chenwei Liao ( Michigan State University) and Songqi Liu (Georgia State University) was titled: “Collaborative Research: Leader Behaviors and Experiences across Life Domains.” Congratulations Albert!
Four students pass comprehensive exams in 2019
Congratulations to Soohyun (Ashley) Lee, Stefanie Gisler, and Desmond Leung (December, 2020) and Paige Alenick (May, 2020) for passing comprehensive exams and advancing to candidacy. Way to go ABDs!
Joshua Nagel wins Abraham Briloff Prize in Ethics for best student paper
Congratulations to Joshual Nagel for receiving the Abraham Briloff Prize in Ethics for his paper entitled: “When do stretch goals, outcome framing, and incentive structures lead to unintended consequences? Tradeoffs between task performance and ethical behavior.” Details about the award can be found here. Way to go Josh!
Baruch celebrates 40 years of I-O psychology at Baruch College
Baruch Faculty serve as IPAC Keynote Speakers
Drs. Harold Goldstein, Charles Scherbaum, and collaborator Kenneth Yusko serve as the Keynote Speakers for the International Personnel Assessment Council (IPAC) conference in Minneapolis. Congratuations! Click here for the full announcement.
SIOP 5K run!
Congratuations to Ashley Lee for finishing 7th among the female runners, Manny and Yuliya for placing 2nd in the mixed doubles, and Charles Scherbaum for placing 2nd in his age category. Go Baruch!
Rob Silzer leads Professional Practice Initiatives in SIOP
During his three year tenure at the SIOP Professional Practice Officer, Dr. Silzer initiated 16 new programs for IO Practitioners, including: the Advanced Professional Development Program, the Practitioner Digest Newsletter. the Early Career Practitioner Consortium, the Practitioner Networking Reception, Practitioner Mentoring, Practitioner Benchmarking, and three new SIOP Professional Practice Committees
REU grant to support undergraduate research
Congratulations to Charles Scherbaum (PI) for shepherding the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) grant through its most recent renewal at the National Science Foundation!
Baruch-trained I/O psychologists receive top assessment award
BTS, whose assessment group is headed by I/O Program graduates Sandra Hartog and Lynn Collins, was recently named a Top 20 Assessment and Evaluation Company by Training Industry. Click here for the full story.
Doctoral Program Alumna Justina Oliveira receives tenure
Congratulations to Baruch I/O graduate Justina Oliveira who just received her tenure from Southern New Hampshire University. Well done Justina!
Logan Watts wins SIOP’s 2019 Bray Howard Award
Congratulations to Logan who is one of the winners of SIOP’s 2019 Bray Howard Award for research on assessment centers. This is a very competitive award. Well done Logan! For more information about this award, click here.