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People have always fascinated me: what they
think, why they do the things they do, and how they feel. My interest in Industrial/Organizational
Psychology originally began during my sophomore year at Dillard University in New
Orleans. As
Dillard did not have any I/O Psychologists on faculty, I was limited in my
knowledge of the area. Fortunately, I
had the privilege of working with an I/O Psychologist during the summer of my
junior year while participating in the McNair/SROP program at Michigan State University. That particular summer I was able to get a
true perspective of I/O Psychology, and have since been enamored with the
discipline. Since beginning graduate study, much of my research seeks to examine
manifestations of discrimination in the workplace. Specifically, my first year project
examined how situational context determines which dimension of ambivalent
sexism pregnant women receive. My
thesis also examines manifestations of discrimination and in
particular seeks to remediate the display of contemporary, interpersonal
discrimination. Other
areas of interest include personnel selection, mentoring, and social
networks.
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