University of Maryland, Department of Psychology
REWINA BEDEMARIAM
Advisor: Jennifer Wessel
Year in Program: 3rd year
Rewina is a third graduate student working with Dr. Jennifer Wessel. Her research area revolves around diversity and bias in organizations, the use of big data in I/O Psychology and discriminatory algorithms in recruitment and selection processes. She is also interested in Multicultural teams and leadership.
EMILY FORGO
Advisor: Paul Hanges
Year in Program: 3rd year
Emily is a third year Ph.D. student working with Dr. Paul Hanges. Her research interests broadly revolve around leadership, followership, and measurement issues. She is currently examining the impact of motivational mechanisms on followership behaviors within organizations, as well as the use of pupillometry in the development of more accurate rating scales. In her personal life, she is a fan of baking, biking, and photography.
VIRGINIA CHOI
Advisor: Michele Gelfand
Year in Program: 4th year
Virginia works with Dr. Michele Gelfand on the influence of social norms and culture on organizational processes. Her current research examines the multilevel influences and consequences of social norms on teams and organizations, primarily with respect to stigma, innovation, and counterproductive work behaviors. More generally, she is interested in the function and establishment of norms and the factors that influence norm change through social networks and leadership cues.
JORDAN EPISTOLA
Advisor: Paul Hanges
Year in Program: 5th year
Jordan is a Ph.D. student working with Dr. Paul Hanges. He graduated from the University of Washington, Seattle in 2017 where he studied Psychology, Sociology and Law. Jordan’s research interests are centered on leadership, measurement and personnel selection issues in I/O Psychology. Specific topics include: toxic leadership, scale development/validation and measurement equivalence.Jordan’s work has been featured at the Society of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Academy of Management and Association for Psychological Science. Aside from academic research, Jordan is currently working with the US Army Research Institute to examine leadership, whistleblowing and unethical behavior in the U.S. Military.In his personal life, Jordan enjoys spending time with his friends and two dogs named Milo and Nugget. Jordan is a big fan of the Seattle Seahawks.
ADAM FACTOR
Advisor: Arie Kruglanski
Year in Program: 5th year
Adam is a fifth year graduate student working with Dr. Arie Kruglanski. Currently, he is pursuing research questions related to motivation, radicalization, and extremism. His previous research has involved emotional labor, burnout, and organizational change in the Department of Veterans Affairs.
MOLLY ELLENBERG
Advisor: Arie Kruglanski
Year in Program: 2nd year
Molly is a 2nd year graduate student working with Dr. Arie Kruglanski. Her research focuses on terrorism, motivational underpinnings of extreme behavior, and the need for significance.
ALEXANDER BUTLER
Advisor: Paul Hanges
Year in Program: 2nd year
Alex is a Ph.D. student working with Dr. Paul Hanges. His research interests are centered on leadership, followership, and social networks. Specific topics include: adaptive leadership, social network theory, regulatory focus, and ethical behavior. In his personal life, Alex enjoys spending time with his family and exploring the outdoors.
PRECIOUS McQUADE
Advisor: Jennifer Wessel
Year in Program: 1st year
Precious McQuade is a first-year graduate student working under Dr. Jen Wessel. Her research interests revolve around diversity, equity, and inclusion in organizations. She is focused on socioeconomic status and its impact on individual behavior, organizational policies, leadership, and teams. .
ZIZHONG (DAVID) XIAO
Advisor: Edward Lemay
Year in Program: 2nd year
Zizhong (David) Xiao is a 2nd-year graduate student working with Dr. Ed Lemay at the Interpersonal Relationship Lab. He is primarily interested in the link between positive psychology constructs (e.g., happiness, hope, life satisfaction, well-being) and interpersonal relationships. Additionally, he is interested in cross-cultural differences in happiness and relationship satisfaction. During his spare time, David likes to work out, make youtube videos, and attend concerts of his favorite artists.
JAEEUN LEE
Advisor: Jennifer Wessel
Year in Program: 5th year
Jaeeun is a fifth year graduate student studying diversity and inclusion in organizations. She is particularly interested in investigating experiences of women of color. She is particularly interested in investigating the experiences of women of color. Her research interests include prejudice, discrimination, intersectionality, feminism, and more.
XINYUE PAN
Advisor: Michele Gelfand
Year in Program: 5th year
Xinyue is a fifth-year graduate student working with Dr. Michele Gelfand. She uses computational models and empirical research to understand the evolution of culture and the emergence of social behaviors. Her research topics include norm change, cooperation and coordination, intergroup relationships, and gossip.
JOSH STRAUSS
Advisor: James Grand
Year in Program: 4th year
Josh's interests pertain to motivation, knowledge, affect, and resultant decision making at the team-level. This includes how these constructs emerge from individual-level processes, and the constraints imposed by communication and group structure.
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Updated: September 2019