Students

First Year Students

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Kristi Azali

Hometown: Katy, Texas

Undergraduate Education: Texas A&M University

Research Interests: diversity and inclusion, bias, employee well-being

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Cameron Best

Hometown: Boise, Idaho

Undergraduate Education: Boise State University

Research Interests: AI and machine learning, psychometrics, personality, performance, personnel selection

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Emmalee Diederichs

Hometown: Parker, Colorado

Undergraduate Education: Colorado State University

Research Interests: organizational culture, presenteeism, motivation, precarious work, hustle culture

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Spencer Long

Hometown: Cambridge, Ohio

Undergraduate Education: The Ohio State University

Research Interests: personnel selection and assessment, performance, motivation, psychometrics, equity, bias mitigation

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Sean Osborn

Hometown: Lebanon, Ohio

Undergraduate Education: The Ohio State University

Research Interests: work-life balance, productivity, burnout, organizational commitment, workers with intellectual disabilities

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Jake Solka

Hometown: Cary, Illinois

Undergraduate Education: Illinois State University

Graduate Education: Illinois State University

Research Interests: stress recovery, workaholism, organizational citizenship behavior, impression management, gamification, workplace bias and discrimination, mental health stigma

Second Year Students

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Searra Lippard

Hometown: Buena Vista, Virginia

Undergraduate Education: Regent University

Research Interests: employee well-being, interpersonal relationships and teamwork, organizational culture, prosocial behavior, employee fulfillment, individual differences

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Sarah Rohr

Hometown: Rochester, Indiana

Undergraduate Education: Manchester University

Research Interests: employee attitudes and well-being, bias and discrimination, organizational culture

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Hannah Thomson

Hometown: Roanoke, Indiana

Undergraduate Education: Manchester University

Research Interests: burnout, motivation, work-life conflict, impact of physical work environment on well-being, personnel selection and assessment in high-risk/high-stress occupations 

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Hongyu (Jung) Zheng

Hometown: Shanghai, China

Undergraduate Education: Pennsylvania State University, State College

Research Interests: employee motivation, personality inventories, human-robot teaming, leadership assessment and development

Third Year Students

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Lindsay Denecker

Hometown: Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin

Undergraduate Education: University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Research Interests: employee well-being, psychometrics, workplace bias and discrimination, leadership, teamwork, meaningful work, bridging the scientist-practitioner gap, artificial intelligence in the workplace

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Alisha Silkey

Hometown: Faribault, Minnesota

Undergraduate Education: University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Research Interests: diverse identities at work, judgment and decision-making, and artificial intelligence

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Melissa Sorensen

Hometown: Warsaw, Indiana

Undergraduate Education: Grace College

Graduate Education: Western Kentucky University

Research Interests: occupational health psychology, work-life balance, counterproductive work behavior, motivation

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Barbara Warner

Hometown: Swartz Creek, Michigan

Undergraduate Education: Central Michigan University

Research Interests: work-life balance, employee well-being, stress, workaholism, organizational citizenship behavior, counterproductive work behavior

Fourth Year Students

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Clark Amistad

Hometown: Toronto, Ontario

Undergraduate Education: University of Waterloo

Graduate Education: University of Calgary

Research Interests: personnel selection, applicant reactions, AI and machine learning, data and decision making

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William Lynch

Hometown: Columbia, South Carolina

Undergraduate Education: University of South Carolina

Research Interests: occupational health psychology, stress, work-life balance, organizational culture

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Aarti Polavarapu

Hometown: Delhi, India

Undergraduate Education: University of Delhi

Graduate Education: King's College London; Hofstra University

Research Interests: workplace social dynamics, occupational health psychology, organizational development, leadership, judgment and decision making

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Pasquale Tosto

Hometown: Harrison, New York

Undergraduate Education: Skidmore College

Graduate Education: Montclair State University

Research Interests: personality and individual differences, personnel selection, bridging the scientist-practitioner divide, psychometrics, judgment and decision-making

LucasWall

Lucas Wall

Hometown: Sammamish, Washington

Undergraduate Education: Western Washington University

Research Interests: psychometrics, recruitment, selection, personality, performance, motivation

Fifth Year Students

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Gaurangi Das

Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana

Undergraduate Education: Louisiana State University 

Research Interests: stress, mental toughness, motivation, and mindfulness

BaoHo

Bao Ho

Hometown: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Undergraduate Education: Case Western Reserve University

Research Interests: machine learning and AI, performance, recruitment and selection, psychometrics

SabrinaYu

Sabrina Yu

Hometown: New York City, New York

Undergraduate Education: Baruch College

Graduate Education: Baruch College

Research Interests: recruitment and selection, personality, diversity and inclusion, training and professional development, gamification

Sixth Year Students

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Carter Bonifas

Hometown: Pinckney, Michigan

Undergraduate Education: Central Michigan University

Research Interests: employee stress/well-being, judgment and decision making, OCB/CWB, and workplace interactions

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Maxwell Box

Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Undergraduate Education: Washington & Jefferson College

Research Interests: counterproductive work behavior, reactions to electronic surveillance, employee selection, workaholism, and personality

SethBrooks

Seth Brooks

Hometown: Hobart, Washington

Undergraduate Education: University of Washington

Research Interests: occupational health psychology, stress recovery, judgment and decision making, diversity and inclusion, counterproductive work behaviors

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Zachary Levey

Hometown: Folsom, New Jersey

Undergraduate Education: Rowan University

Research Interests: employee selection, psychometrics, labor relations, and individual differences

Isabelle Ponce-Pore

Isabelle Ponce-Pore

Hometown: Fort Collins, Colorado

Undergraduate Education: Colorado State University

Research Interests: AI and machine learning, the gig economy, employee wellbeing/stress, and neurodiversity

Seventh & Eighth Year Students


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Alonzo Johnson

Hometown: Tulsa, Oklahoma

Undergraduate Education: Oklahoma State University 

Research interests: diversity and inclusion, individual differences, psychometrics, recruitment, selection

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Andrew Lieman

Hometown: Ellicot City, Maryland

Undergraduate Education: Grinnell College

Research interests: Research-practitioner divide, personnel selection and assessment, and social support and mistreatment at work.

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Kate Den Houter

Hometown: Ann Arbor, Michigan

Undergraduate Education: Michigan State University

Research Interests: My primary research interests include diversity and inclusion, high-risk occupations, career development, and occupational health psychology.

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Susannah Huang

Hometown: Sunrise, Florida

Undergraduate Education: University of Florida

Research Interests: Work motivation, sleep, mindfulness, and stress

Updated: 08/20/2025 10:25AM