last updated
10/30/2009
Vita
Frederick L. Oswald
Associate Professor
Department
of Psychology – Rice University
Contact Information
Rice University - Department
of Psychology
6100 Main Street - MS25
Houston TX 77005-1827
USA
Education
Ph.D., Psychology (1999),
University of Minnesota
M.A., Psychology (1997),
University of Minnesota
B.A., Psychology (1992),
University of Texas at Austin
Employment
July 2008 – present - Rice University, Houston TX, Department of Psychology
Aug 2006 - July 2008 – Associate Professor, Michigan State University, East
Lansing MI, Department of Psychology
Aug 2000 - July 2006 – Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, East
Lansing MI, Department of Psychology
Aug 1998 - June 2000 – Assistant Professor, Purdue University, West
Lafayette IN, Department of Psychological Sciences
Memberships
American Psychological
Association (APA) – 1999-present
American Psychological
Society (APS) – 2004-present
Society of Industrial and
Organizational Psychology (SIOP) – 1999-present
Evaluation, Measurement, and
Statistics – APA Div 5 – 2002-present
Professional Service - External
Editorial
Associate Editor – Journal of Business and Psychology (2009-present)
Editorial Boards
Journal of Applied Psychology (2005-present), International
Journal of Selection and Assessment (2003-present), Journal of Management (2003-present), Organizational Research Methods (2007-present), Journal of Business and Psychology
(2008-2009)
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Personnel Psychology, Human Performance,
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Applied Psychology: An International Review,
Military Psychology, Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, Research
in Personality, Personality and Individual Differences, Multivariate Behavioral
Research, Psychological Methods, Applied Psychological Measurement, British Journal of Mathematical and
Statistical Psychology, Educational
and Psychological Measurement, Learning and Individual Differences, European Journal of Psychology, Journal of Memory and Language, Psychology and Aging, Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and
Development, Basic and Applied Social
Psychology, Journal of Abnormal Child
Psychology, Journal of Counseling
Psychology, Journal of Clinical Child
and Adolescent Psychology, American
Journal of Evaluation, Swiss Journal of Psychology
Grant Reviewer
Army Research Laboratory,
Army Research Office (2009)
Netherlands Organization for
Scientific Research, Social Sciences (2007)
Standard Research Grants
program of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2007)
Conference Reviewer
APA Division 14 (SIOP)
Program Reviewer, 1999-2010
APA Division 5 (Evaluation,
Measurement, and Statistics) Program Reviewer, 2001-2008
Academy of Management Program
Reviewer – OB Division, 2003-2008
Academy of Management Program
Reviewer – Research Methods Division, 2004-2008
Conference Committees
APA Division 14 (SIOP)
Scientific Affairs Committee, 2009-
APA Division 14 (SIOP) Owens
Award Committee, 2004, 2005, 2006
APA Division 14 (SIOP)
Electronic Communications Committee, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
APA Division 14 (SIOP) Ad Hoc
Web Committee, 2003-2005
APA Division 14 (SIOP)
Strategic Program Planning Subcommittee, 2002-2003
Academy of Management
Research Methods Division – Awards Committee, 2002, 2003
Academy of Management HR
Division – Best Student Paper Award Committee, 2005
APA Division 14 (SIOP) Ad Hoc
APA Ethics Code Review Committee, 2001
APA Division 14 (SIOP)
Scientific Affairs Committee, 1999-2001
Advisory Boards
Skillsurvey (www.skillsurvey.com)
Human Resource Management
Center (www.hrmc.com)
Publications – In press
Hambrick, D. Z., Meinz, E. J., Pink, J. E., Pettibone,
J. C., & Oswald, F. L. (in press). Learning outside the laboratory: Ability
and non-ability influences on acquiring political knowledge. Learning and Individual Differences.
Levine, J. D., & Oswald, F. L.
(in press). O*NET: The
occupational information network. In M. A. Wilson, R. J. Harvey, G. M. Alliger, & W. Bennett, Jr. (Eds.), The handbook of work analysis: The methods, systems, applications,
& science of work measurement in organizations (Chapter 18). New York: Routledge/Psychology
Press.
Poposki, E. M., & Oswald, F. L.
(in press). The Multitasking
Preference Inventory: Toward an improved measure of individual differences in
polychronicity. Human
Performance.
Oswald, F. L., & Plonsky, L. (in press).
Meta-analysis in second-language research: Choices and challenges. Annual Review of Applied
Linguistics.
Oswald, F. L., & Hough, L. M. (in press). Personality: Its measurement, validity, and modeling. In S. Zedeck (Ed.), APA handbook of industrial and organizational psychology. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
Johnson, J. W., & Oswald, F. L.
(in press). Use
of test scores. In J. L. Farr & N. T. Tippins (Eds.), Handbook of employee selection. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Sinha, R., Oswald, F., Imus, A., & Schmitt, N. (in press). Criterion-focused approach to reducing adverse impact
in college admissions. Applied
Measurement in Education.
Hambrick, D. Z., Oswald, F. L.,
Darowski, E. S., Rench, T. A., & Brou, R. (in press). Predictors of multitasking
performance in a synthetic work paradigm. Applied Cognitive Psychology.
Publications – Peer-reviewed
Kim, B. H., & Oswald, F. L.
(2009). Clarifying
the concept and context of content validation. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and
Practice, 2, 497-500.
Schmitt, N., Keeney, J., Oswald, F.
L., Pleskac, T., Quinn, A., Sinha, R., & Zorzie,
M. (2009). Prediction of 4-year
college student performance using cognitive and noncognitive predictors and the
impact of demographic status on admitted students. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94, 1479-1497.
Friede, A. J., Oswald, F. L., Schmitt, N.,
Merritt, S., Imus, A., Kim, B., Shivpuri,
S. (2009). Estimating
trait and situational variance in a situational judgment test. Human Performance, 22, 44-63.
Wolfe, E. W., Converse, P. D., &
Oswald, F. L. (2008). Item-level
non-response rates in an attitudinal survey of teachers delivered via mail and
web. Journal of Computer-Mediated
Communication, 14, 35-66.
Oswald, F. L. (2008). Global personality norms:
Multicultural, multinational, and managerial. International Journal of Testing, 8, 400-408.
Oswald, F. L. & Hough, L. M.
(2008). Personality testing and
I-O psychology: A productive exchange and some future directions. Industrial and Organizational Psychology:
Perspectives on Science and Practice, 1, 323-332.
Hough, L. M., & Oswald, F. L.
(2008). Personality testing and
I-O psychology: Reflections, progress and prospects. Industrial and Organizational Psychology:
Perspectives on Science and Practice, 1, 272-290.
Hambrick, D. Z., Pink, J. E., Meinz, E. J., Pettibone,
J. C., & Oswald, F. L. (2008). The roles of ability, personality, and
interests in acquiring current events knowledge: A longitudinal study. Intelligence, 36, 261-278.
Miller, T. P., Oswald, F. L., &
Reeves, M. J. (2008). An
exploration of factors underlying asthma care and morbidity: A factor analysis
of clinical variables. Journal of Allergy
and Clinical Immunology, 122, 328-334.
Wessel, J. L., Ryan, A. M., &
Oswald, F. L. (2008). The relationship between objective and perceived fit with an
academic major, adaptability, and major-related outcomes. Journal of
Vocational Behavior, 72, 363-376.
Converse, P. D., Oswald, F. L., Imus, A., Hedricks, C., Roy, R., & Butera,
H. (2008). Comparing
personality test formats and warnings: Effects on criterion-related validity
and test-taker reactions. International Journal of Selection and
Assessment, 16, 155-169.
Schmitt, N., Oswald, F. L., Friede,
A., Imus, A., & Merritt, S. (2008). Perceived fit
with an academic environment: Attitudinal and behavioral outcomes. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 72,
317-355.
Converse, P. D., Wolfe, E. W.,
Huang, X., & Oswald, F. L. (2008). Response rates for mixed-mode surveys using mail and email/web. American
Journal of Evaluation, 29, 99-107.
LeBreton, J. M., Hargis, M. B., Griepentrog,
B., Oswald, F. L., Ployhart, R. E. (2007). A multidimensional
approach for evaluating variables in organizational research and practice.
Personnel Psychology, 60, 475-498.
Hambrick, D. Z., Meinz, B., & Oswald, F. L.
(2007). Individual differences in current events knowledge: Contributions of
ability, personality, and interests. Memory
and Cognition, 35, 304-316.
Schmitt, N., Oswald, F. L., Kim, B. H., Imus, A., Drzakowski, S., Friede, A., & Shivpuri, S.
(2007). The use of background and ability profiles to predict
college student outcomes. Journal
of Applied Psychology, 92, 165-179.
Ramsay, L. J., Schmitt, N., Oswald, F. L., Gillespie,
M. A. (2006). The impact of situational context variables on responses to
biodata and situational judgment inventory items. Psychology Science, 48, 268-287.
Donnellan, M. B. *, Oswald, F. L.*,
Baird, B. M., & Lucas, R. E. (2006). The Mini-IPIP scales: Tiny-yet-effective measures of the Big Five
factors of personality. Psychological
Assessment, 18, 192-203. *order arbitrary
Hönekopp, J., Becker, B. J., & Oswald,
F. L. (2006). The
meaning and suitability of various effect sizes for structured rater ´ ratee
designs. Psychological Methods, 11,
72-86.
Shivpuri, S., Schmitt, N., Oswald, F. L.,
& Kim, B. H. (2006).
Individual differences in academic growth: Do they exist, and can we predict
them? Journal of College Student
Development, 47, 69-86.
Schmitt, N., & Oswald, F. L.
(2006). The
impact of corrections for faking on the validity of noncognitive measures in
selection settings. Journal of
Applied Psychology, 91, 613-621.
Oswald, F. L., Friede,
A. J., Schmitt, N., Kim, B. K., & Ramsay, L. J. (2005). Extending a practical method for
developing alternate test forms using independent sets of items. Organizational Research Methods, 8,
149-164.
Hough, L. M., & Oswald, F. L.
(2005). They’re right…well, mostly
right: Research evidence and an agenda to rescue personality testing from
1960’s insights. Human Performance, 18,
373-387.
Hambrick, D. Z., & Oswald, F. L. (2005). Does
domain knowledge moderate involvement of working memory capacity in
higher-level cognition? A test of three models. Journal of Memory and Language, 52,
377-397.
Converse, P. D., Oswald, F. L.,
Gillespie, M. A., Field, K. A., & Bizot, E. B.
(2004). Matching individuals to
occupations using aptitudes and the O*NET: Issues and an application in career
guidance. Personnel Psychology, 57,
451-487.
Converse, P. D., & Oswald, F. L.
(2004). The effects of data type
on job classification and its purposes. Psychology
Science, 46, 99-127.
Oswald, F. L., Schmitt, N., Kim, B.
H., Ramsay, L. J., & Gillespie, M. A. (2004). Developing a biodata measure and
situational judgment inventory as predictors of college student performance.
Journal of Applied Psychology, 89,
187-207.
Ployhart, R. P., & Oswald, F. L.
(2004). Applications of mean and
covariance structure analysis: Integrating correlational and experimental
approaches. Organizational Research
Methods, 7, 27-65.
Schmitt, N., Oswald, F. L., Kim, B.
H., Gillespie, M. A., & Ramsay, L. J. (2004). The impact of justice and self-serving bias
explanations for the perceived fairness of different types of selection tests
in college admissions. International
Journal of Selection and Assessment, 12, 160-171.
Schmitt, N., Oswald, F. L., Kim, B.
H., Gillespie, M. A., Ramsay, L. J., & Yoo, T.
(2003). Impact
of elaboration on social desirability and the validity of biodata measures.
Journal of Applied Psychology, 88,
979-988.
Hough, L. M., Oswald, F. L., &
Ployhart, R. E. (2001).
Determinants, detection, and amelioration of adverse impact in personnel
selection procedures: Issues, evidence, and lessons learned. International Journal of Selection and Assessment,
9, 152-194.
Oswald, F. L., Saad,
S. A., & Sackett, P. R. (2000).
The homogeneity assumption in differential prediction analysis: Does it really
matter? Journal of Applied Psychology,
85, 536-541.
Hough, L. M., & Oswald, F. L.
(2000). Personnel
selection. Annual Review of
Psychology, 51, 631-664.
Oswald, F. L., & Ferstl, K. L.
(1999). Linking
a structure of vocational interests to Gottfredson’s
(1986) Occupational Aptitude Patterns Map. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 54, 214-231.
Oswald, F. L., & Johnson, J. W.
(1998). On the robustness, bias,
and stability of results from meta-analysis of correlation coefficients: Some
initial Monte Carlo findings. Journal of
Applied Psychology, 83, 164-178.
Johnson, J. W., Schneider, R. J.,
& Oswald, F. L. (1997). Toward a taxonomy of managerial performance profiles. Human Performance, 10, 227-250.
Publications – Book Chapters
Oswald, F. L., Hambrick, D. Z., & Jones, L. A.
(2007). Keeping all the plates spinning: Understanding and
predicting multitasking performance. In D.H. Jonassen
(Ed.), Learning to solve complex
scientific problems (pp. 77-97). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Converse, P. D., Oswald, F. L., Imus, A., Hedricks, C., Roy, R., Butera,
H., & Kiefer, T. (2006). Forcing choices in personality measurement: Benefits and
limitations. In R. Griffith (Ed.), A closer examination of applicant faking behavior (pp. 263-282).
Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
Schmitt, N., Oswald, F. L., &
Gillespie, M. A. (2004). Broadening the performance domain in the prediction of academic
success. In W. F. Camara and E. Kimmel (Eds.), Choosing students: Higher education admission tools for the 21st
century (pp. 195-213). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Schmitt, N., & Oswald, F. L.
(2004). Statistical weights of
ability and diversity in selection decisions based on various methods of test
score use. In H. Aguinis (Ed.), Test
score banding in human resource selection: Legal, technical, and societal
issues (pp. 113-131). Westport, CT: Quorum Books.
Deller, J., Oswald, F. L., & Schoop, U. S. (2003). Personality scales and process-oriented career development for senior
management. In F. Avallone, H. K. Sinangil, A. Caetano (Eds.), Identity and diversity in organizations. Milan, Italy: Guerini Studio.
Oswald, F. L., & McCloy, R. A. (2003). Meta-analysis and the art of the average. In
K. R. Murphy (Ed.), Validity
generalization: A critical review (pp. 311-338). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Ford, J. K., & Oswald, F. L.
(2003). Understanding
the dynamic learner: Linking personality traits, learning situations, and
individual behavior. In M. Barrick & A. M. Ryan
(Eds.), Personality and work.
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Deller, J., Oswald, F. L., & Schoop, U. S. (2002). debis Career
Development Center: Personality scales within a process-oriented development
instrument for management high-potentials. In S. Sonnentag
(Ed.) Psychological management of
individual performance. New York: Wiley.
Campbell, J. P., Gasser, M. B.,
& Oswald, F. L. (1996). The substantive nature of job performance variability. In K. R. Murphy (Ed.), Individual
differences and behavior in organizations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Other Publications – Encyclopedia Entries
Converse, P. D., & Oswald, F. L.
(2008). Biodata.
In F. T. L. Leong (Editor-in-Chief), W. B. Walsh (Senior
Editor) & P. J. Hartung (Associate Editor) Encyclopedia of counseling, Volume 4: Career
counseling. (pp. 1643-1645). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Oswald, F. L., & Converse, P. D.
(2007). Job
typologies. In
S. Rogelberg (Ed.), Encyclopedia of
Industrial/Organizational Psychology (pp. 421-424). Thousand Oaks,
CA: Sage.
Oswald, F. L., & Converse, P. D.
(2007). Biodata.
In S. Rogelberg (Ed.), Encyclopedia
of Industrial/Organizational Psychology (pp. 56-57). Thousand Oaks,
CA: Sage.
Converse, P. D., & Oswald, F. L.
(2006) General Aptitude Test Battery.
In J. Greenhaus & G. Callanan
(Eds.), Encyclopedia of Career
Development (pp. 331-333). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Other Publications – Book Reviews
Oswald, F. L. (2009). [Review of the book Publication bias in meta-analysis:
Prevention, assessment and adjustments]. Applied Psychological Measurement, 1, 74-76.
Oswald, F. L. (2006). [Review of the book Measuring and analyzing behavior in
organizations]. Applied
Psychological Measurement, 30, 253-255.
Oswald, F. L. (2003). [Review of the book Job analysis: Methods, research, and
applications for human resource management in the new millennium]. Personnel Psychology, 3, 800-802.
Other Publications - Technical Reports
Recent reports listed below;
for a full list, please click here.
Poposki, E. M., Oswald, F. L., &
Brou, R. J. (2009). Development of a new measure of polychronicity (NPRST-TN-09-5).
Millington, TN: Navy Personnel Research, Studies and Technology.
Blackstone, T. F., Crabb, J. C., & Oswald, F. L. (2009). Risk
preference elicitation and the role of personality and intelligence
(NPRST-TN-09-8). Millington, TN: Navy Personnel Research, Studies and
Technology.
Sinha, R., Schmitt, N., Oswald, F. L.,
Quinn, A., & Fandre, J. (2008).
Biodata parallel forms, reactions of
multiple constituents and applicant-student differences. Princeton, NJ:
College Board.
Sinha, R., Schmitt, N., Oswald, F., &
Imus, A. (2007). Reactions to the LEAD and ALEQ:
Perspective of high school students.
Princeton, NJ: College Board.
Oberlander, E. M., Oswald, F. L., Hambrick, D. Z., Jones, L. A.
(2007). Individual
differences as predictors of error during multitasking (NPRST-TN-07-9).
Millington, TN: Navy Personnel Research, Studies, and Technology.
Oswald, F. L., Hambrick, D. Z., & Jones, L. A., Ghumman, S. S. (2007). SYRUS:
Understanding and predicting multitasking performance (NPRST-TN-07-5). Millington, TN: Navy
Personnel Research, Studies, and Technology.
Other Publications - Newsletters
Kehoe, J. F., & Oswald, F. L.
(2007). Some key issues and
guidelines for e-enabled selection. Washington DC: Personnel Testing Council of
Metropolitan Washington.
Other Publications - Letters
Donnellan, M. B., Fraley, M. C., & Krueger, R. F.
(June 2007). Signatory on reply to Phil Zimbardo’s
“Banality of Evil” (the reply advocating for person-situation
interaction). APS
Observer.
Grants
Navy Personnel Research, Studies, and Technology,
2005-present
Multitasking Work Environment
in the Navy Culture and Values Project (SYRUS)
with Zach Hambrick co-PI (Department of Psychology,
Michigan State University)
$455,000 (51% indirect
costs), 2007-2009 - $118,087 subcontracted to Rice University ($31,964 indirect
costs)
$261,523 (51% indirect
costs), 2005-2007
Practical Recommendations for
Trait-Level Estimation
in the Navy Computer Adaptive Personality System (NCAPS)
$34,108 (51% indirect costs),
2007-2008
The College Board, 2002-present
Noncognitive Predictors of
College Success
with Neal Schmitt, Department of Psychology, Michigan
State University
and Tim Pleskac (2008-2009), Department of Psychology,
Michigan State University
$140,902 (10% indirect costs)
- 2008-2009
$574,086 (10% indirect costs)
- 2004-2007
$197,122 (10% indirect costs)
- 2003-2004
$156,000 (10% indirect costs)
- 2002-2003, $75,000 in sponsored graduate student awards
Michigan State University Intramural Research Grant,
2002-2003
Internet Survey Use
with Ed Wolfe (Department of Educational Psychology,
Michigan State University)
$75,000
SIOP (APA Division 14) Small Grant Program, 2002
with the Ball Foundation
$2,500
Awards and Fellowships
2002 - Society for Industrial
and Organizational Psychology (APA Div. 14), SIOP Small Grant Award
1997-1998 - Eva O. Miller
Fellowship, University of Minnesota
1994-1997 - National Science
Foundation Graduate Student Research Fellowship
1996 - Society for Industrial
and Organizational Psychology (APA Div. 14), Best Student Paper Award
Presentations
Recent presentations are
listed below; for a full list please click here
Plonsky,
L., & Oswald, F. L. (2010). Interpreting mean
differences in L2 research: Cohen’s benchmarks for d values, revisited. To be
presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics 2010 Conference,
Atlanta, GA.
Oswald, F. L. (2009).
Creating and testing new item translations: Current applied practices. Discussant. Symposium presented at the 24th
Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
(SIOP), New Orleans, LA.
Converse,
P. D., & Oswald, F. L. (2009). Specifying correlations
and mean differences in Monte Carlo simulations. Paper presented at the 24th
Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
(SIOP), New Orleans, LA.
Braun,
M. T., & Oswald, F. L. (2009). Exploratory regression
analysis: A user-friendly tool for determining predictor importance. Paper
presented at the 24th Annual Conference of the Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), New Orleans, LA.
Hedricks,
C. A., Robie, C., & Oswald, F. L. (2009). Reliability and validity of on-demand 360° reference checking.
Paper presented at the 24th Annual Conference of the Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), New Orleans, LA.
Firth,
B., Oswald, F. L., Hambrick D. Z. (2009). Are measures of
multitasking performance more than cognitive ability measures? Symposium
presented at the 24rd Annual Conference of the Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), New Orleans, LA.
Oswald, F. L. (2008). Examining faking using within-subjects designs and applicant data.
Discussant. Symposium presented at the 23rd
Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
(SIOP), San Francisco, CA.
Applied Research and Consulting Experience
Recent ones below; for a full
list please click here.
Nov 2007-present
SkillSurvey, Berwyn PA
Advise on a range of
web-based testing products, including reference-checking and 360-feedback
instruments.
Jan 2007-present
Center for Advanced Study of Language
Advise on the Defense
Language Aptitude Battery II research project, concerning the array of
cognitive and non-cognitive predictors that predict second-language learning.
October 2006-present
Navy Personnel Research, Studies, & Technology,
Millington TN
The many facets of the SYRUS
project have the ultimate goal of better understanding Sailor multitasking
performance in a changing and time-pressured work environment. Ongoing project efforts model and measure
multitasking performance and predictors of performance in a multitasking
environment.
June 2000-present
The College Board, Princeton, NJ
Developed
an expanded model of college student performance. Helped in creating a situational
judgment test and biodata instrument measuring dimensions of the model.
Teaching Experience
Personnel Selection
(graduate)
[spring
2005, spring 2003 at Michigan State; fall 1998-spring 2000 at Purdue]
Individual Differences
(graduate)
[fall
2008 at Rice; spring 2005, fall 2002 at Michigan State]
Meta-analysis: Concepts and
Applications (graduate)
[spring
2010 at Rice, spring 2008, fall 2001 at Michigan State, spring 1997 at
University of Minnesota]
Multilevel Modeling
(graduate)
[fall
2009 at Rice]
Seminar in Industrial
Psychology (graduate)
[fall
2007, fall 2005 at Michigan State; fall 1998-spring 2000 at Purdue]
Testing, Measurement and
Experimental Design (undergraduate)
[fall
2005, fall 2004, fall 2003, fall 2002, fall 2002, spring 2000, fall 2000 at
Michigan State]
Introduction to Statistics
(undergraduate)
[spring
2010, spring 2009 at Rice, spring 2006, fall 2003, spring 2001 (honors) at
Michigan State, spring 1998 at University of Minnesota]
Introduction to Industrial
and Organizational Psychology (undergraduate)
[fall
1998-spring 2000 at Purdue]
Professional Service - Internal
Doctoral Thesis Committees
Rice University
Louma Ghandour (I/O psych,
chair, in progress)
Harrison Kell (I/O psych, in
progress)
Max McDaniel (I/O psych, in
progress)
Terrance Savitsky
(statistics, in progress)
Luis Novelo
(statistics, August 2009)
Michigan State University
Luke Plonsky (applied
linguistics, in progress)
Shaun Pichler (industrial and
labor relations, May 2009)
Soyeon Ahn (educational psych, Apr
2008)
Christine Scheu
(I/O psych, Mar 2008)
Alyssa Friede
(I/O psych, Feb 2008)
Stephanie Drzakowski
(I/O psych, June 2007)
Brian Kim (I/O psych, Oct
2006)
Jaclyn Nowakowski
(I/O psych, Jul 2006)
Meng-Jia Wu (educational psych, Jul 2006)
Pat Converse (I/O psych, Jul
2005)
Kevin Joldersma
(educational psych, Aug 2005)
Linda Chard (educational
psych, Apr 2005)
Chien-Ming Cheng (educational psych, Feb 2005)
Sally Theran
(clinical psych, Jul 2003)
Brad Chambers (I/O psych, Apr
2003)
Heewon Sung (educational psych, Apr 2003)
Darin Wiechmann
(I/O psych, Apr 2003)
Aleks Ellis (I/O psych, Oct 2002)
Purdue University
Erica Desrosiers
(I/O psych, Nov 2001)
Master’s Thesis Committees
Rice University
Seyd Ercan (I/O psych, chair, in progress)
Jisoo Ock (I/O psych, chair,
in progress)
Michelle Martin (I/O psych,
in progress)
Kathy Ramos (I/O psych,
chair, in progress)
Larry Martinez (I/O psych, in
progress)
Michigan State University
Abigail Quinn (I/O psych, May
2009)
Jennifer Wessel (I/O psych,
Nov 2008)
Sarah Pachulicz
(I/O psych, chair, Apr 2008)
Elizabeth Oberlander
(I/O psych, chair, Mar 2008)
Sonia Ghumman
(I/O psych, Oct 2006)
Anna Imus
(I/O psych, Jul 2006)
Heather Trobert
(I/O psych, Apr 2006)
Stephanie Merritt (I/O psych,
Mar 2005)
Brian Kim (I/O psych, Aug
2004)
Jacqueline Nowakowski (I/O psych, May 2004)
Lauren Ramsay (I/O psych, Oct
2003)
Chris Kelly (clinical psych,
Sep 2003)
Mike Gillespie (I/O psych,
chair, Jun 2003)
Marisa Sturza
(clinical psych, Jun 2003)
Janet Solomon (clinical
psych, May 2003)
Hanh Nguyen (I/O psych, Apr 2003)
Kerrie Vanden
Bosch (I/O psych, Dec 2002)
Pat Converse (I/O psych,
chair, May 2002)
Purdue University
Jill Kmet
(I/O psych, Mar 2000)
First-Year I/O Project
Michigan State University
Mike Braun (2007-08)
Brady Firth (2007-08)
Elizabeth Oberlander
(2004-05)
Sonia Ghumman
(2003-04)
Dustin Jundt
(I/O, 2002-03)
Brian Kim (2001-02)
Mike Gillespie (2000-01)
Honors Thesis Committees
Michigan State University
Mike Daniels (December 2007)
Haritha Reddy (Aug 2006)
Jeffrey Pink (Aug 2005)
Hillary Justin (Aug 2005)
Shannon McKenney
(May 2005)
Arthur Sandt
(May 2005)
Jeff Pink (May 2005)
Alison Murray (Sep 2004)
Nancy Rayel
(chair, May 2004) Andrews Undergraduate
Research Award
Amanda Woods (May 2004)
Janna Wittenberg (July 2003)
Kristen Culbert
(May 2003)
Elizabeth Livorine
(May 2003)
McNair Students
Michigan State University
Tanisha Newton (2004)
Rice University
University: Library Liaison
Committee (2009-)
College: Dean’s Advisory
Committee (2008-10)
Department: Psychology
Undergraduate Committee (2008-09, Chair 09-10)
I/O Area: I/O Psychology Area
Head (2008-), I/O website (2008-)
Residential: Wiess Associate
(2009-), Wiess Divisional Advisor (2009-)
Michigan State University
University: ISS Hewlett
Fellows Committee (2001-03)
Department: Undergraduate
Curriculum Committee (2007-08), Multicultural Committee (2007-08), Technology
Committee (2001-03), Colloquium Committee (2001-03), Multicultural Initiative
Committee (2002-03), Evaluation Sciences Job Search Committee (2002-03)
I/O Area: Graduate Admissions
Chair (2007-08), Website Committee (2001-1008)
Purdue University
University: Curriculum
Committee (1999-2000), Grievance Committee (1999-2000)
Department: Admissions &
Awards Committee (1999-2000), Teaching Excellence Committee (1999-2000), Psi
Chi Advisor (1999-2000), Undergraduate Psychology Newsletter Editor
(1999-2000), I/O Admissions Chair (1998-2000), Admissions & Awards
Committee (1998-99), Human Subjects Committee (1998-99)
Invited University Talks
Angelo State University, Department of Psychology,
spring 2009
Rice University, Department of Psychology, spring 2008
Central Michigan University, Department of Psychology,
spring 2008
Navy Personnel Research, Studies, & Technology,
spring 2007
Georgia Tech University, Department of Psychology,
fall 2006
Wayne State University, Department of Psychology, fall
2006
University of Canterbury (Christchurch, New Zealand),
Department of Psychology, Sabbatical Visit, Sep-Oct 2006
Central Michigan University, I/O Psychology, spring
2005
Wayne State University, I/O Psychology, spring 2002
University of Applied Sciences, Lüneburg Germany,
summer 2002
Bowling Green State University, summer 2001
Media Releases
Navy Research
Protections Update, Feb/Mar 2007,
“SYRUS, Understanding individual differences in multitasking performance”
The State
News (Michigan State University
student paper), 7/31/2006, “Professors find ways to predict student success,”
by Kathleen Polesnak
MSU Today, 7/14/06, “College success predictors go beyond test
scores, GPAs,” by Jeff Koch
New York
Times, 1/18/04, “The SAT III?” by
Cecilia Simon
Boston Globe, 8/8/2003, "Broader, Varied SAT Advocated"
by Ellen Barry