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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
Doctoral student Vivian Chou and colleagues receive the Adverse Impact Reduction Research Initiative and Action (AIRRIA) Research Grant from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
V. Chou, P. Hanges, C., Scherbaum, & J. Epistola are awarded AIRRIA grant for their project entitled: “Using Neurocognitive Methods to Understand Sources of Adverse Impact on Cognitive Ability Tests.”
Jenn Feitosa Nominated for Publons Earlier Career Researchers' Reviewer Award
For her exceptional contribution to peer review.
SIOP Early Career Award Established to Honor the Work of Joel Lefkowitz
The Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology (SIOP) has approved establishing the Joel Lefkowitz Early Career Award for Humanistic Industrial-Organizational Psychology. Congratulations Joel!
Baruch Researchers Receive Innovation in Assessment Award from the International Personnel Assessment Council
Charles Scherbaum, Harold Goldstein, Tonya Dawson, Paul Agnello, Elliott Larson (Baruch College & Siena Consulting); Brian Bellenger, Lorren Oliver (Jefferson County Human Resources); Kenneth Yusko, Juliet Aiken (University of Maryland & Siena Consulting); Jeff Crenshaw (Personnel Board of Jefferson County); Marcus Dickson, Wyatt Stahl (Wayne State University & Siena Consulting) receive high accolades for their Jefferson County Job Components Validity Study.