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Kyle Benbow proposed his thesis titled “Black employee mistreatment, social pain minimization, and employee silence” in Fall 2022.
Lilah Donnelly proposed her thesis titled “Do as I say, not as I do: The effects of organizational response type on employee commitment during the COVID-19 pandemic” in Fall 2022.
Kendall McGoey defended her Master’s thesis titled “Burnout as a mediator in the workaholism-turnover intention relationship” in Spring 2022.
Lauren Postier defended her Master’s thesis titled “A factor analytic examination of burnout” in Summer 2022.
Ana Kriletic successfully completed her General Doctoral Exam and advanced to doctoral candidacy.
Brielle Johnson successfully completed her General Doctoral Exam and advanced to doctoral candidacy.
Thomas Wilmore successfully completed his General Doctoral Exam and advanced to doctoral candidacy.
Alissa Zawacki proposed her dissertation titled “Achieving interview equilibrium: Striking balance between technology and human-centered approaches in asynchronous video interviews” in Fall 2022

Ana Kriletic started a Talent Development Internship in the HR Department of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, as well as the P&G IO Business Challenge.
Alissa Zawacki started a new position as a Consultant at APTMetrics.
Jonathan Kunstman jointed the Editorial Board of Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology.
Gargi Sawhney joined the Editorial Board of Journal of Vocational Behavior.
Jinyan Fan recently stepped down from the position of Associate Editor at Journal of Vocational Behavior and joined the editorial board of Journal of Applied Psychology.
Jesse Michel is serving as an Associate Editor at Applied Psychology: An International Review, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, and Occupational Health Science.

Alissa Zawacki, Kendall McGoey, and Lauren Postier received competitive Small Grants from the Department of Psychological Sciences.

DuBois Barnes presented “Representation Matters. The Trickle-Down Effect of Underrepresented Minority Faculty” at SIOP 2022 Annual Conference in Seattle, WA.
Peter Cook, Jingyi Li, Kendall McGoey, and Lauren Postier presented “Meta-Analytic Findings on Telework and Individual and Organizational Outcomes” at SIOP 2022 Annual Conference in Seattle, WA.
Austin Cunningham and Gargi Sawhney presented “Variability in Workaholism and the Moderating Effects of Stressors on Spillover” at SIOP 2022 Annual Conference in Seattle, WA.
Ana Kriletic, Daniel Svyantek, and Whomas Wilmore presented “Effects of Gender and Destructive Leader Behaviors on Leader’s Evaluation” at SIOP 2022 Annual Conference in Seattle, WA.
Alissa Zawaski, Jinyan Fan, Jiayi Liu, and Teng Zhao presented “Reducing Cheating in Unproctored Testing Environments Using a Middle-Warning Message” at SIOP 2022 Annual Conference in Seattle, WA.
Teng Zhao and Hairong Li presented “How Dispositional Gratitude Shapes Employee Well-Being and Organizational Outcomes” at SIOP 2022 Annual Conference in Seattle, WA.
Teng Zhao, Jiayi Liu, Alissa Zawacki, Jesse Michel, and Hairong Li presented “A meta-analysis of the effects of newcomer proactive behaviors on socialization outcomes” at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Seattle, WA.

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