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

foswald@rice.edu

 

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