Faculty
Alicia Grandey (Director)
(Industrial-Organizational Psychology)
Has conducted 20 years of research on balancing employee health and productivity, emotions and burnout, work-family, and age/racial/gender bias at work.
David M. Almeida
(Human Development & Family Studies)
Primary focus on stress and coping during middle adulthood; the effects of biological and self-reported indicators of stress on health, workplace and family interactions, and interpersonal conflict and cortisol levels.
Orfeu M. Buxton
(Biobehavioral Health)
Studies causes of chronic sleep deficiency in the workplace, home, and society, and its health consequences along with heath disparities.
Blake Colaianne
(Assistant Research Professor, Human Development & Family Studies, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center)
Research Interests: Designing and evaluating mindfulness and compassion-based programs in education, particularly within the framework of sustainable compassion training and care ethics; art and science of human flourishing; increasing awareness, belonging, and sense of purpose; application of mindfulness in school and corporate settings
Carolyn Dang
(Assistant Professor, Management and Organization)
449 Business Building | czd184@psu.edu | 814-863-3544
Research Interests: Ethical issues within organizations with an emphasis on behavioral ethics and social issues in management
Sebrina Fosco
Sld40@psu.edu | 814-867-3016
Research Interests: Mindfulness-based professional development programs in education and juvenile justice; impact of workplace roles and practices on multifaceted nature of wellbeing; relationships between mindfulness, compassion, and equitable workplace practices
Lonnie Golden
(Economics)
Studies work hours, schedules and mismatches, workplace flexibility, overtime, overwork, non-standard employment, time use and workers’ well-being, and organizational and pubic policies such as the Fair Workweek.
Jennifer E. Graham-Engeland
(Biobehavioral Health)
Studies links between stress and health, including how mood and responses to stress contribute to physical and chronic health issues, such as pain and inflammation; how gender, age, and other individual differences relate to health and health disparities.
Jennifer Hamer
(African American Studies and
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies)
Studies causes of chronic sleep deficiency in the workplace, home, and society, and its health consequences along with heath disparities.
Andy C. High
(Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences)
Research Interests: interpersonal communication focused specifically on supportive communication and computer-mediated communication
Margaret Luciano
(Associate Professor, Management and Organization)
404 Business Building | Mzl6016@psu.edu | 814-863-2008
Research Interests: collective forms of organization in healthcare, team dynamics, multiteam systems, paradoxes in virtual teams (e.g., structure/flexibility, unified team/diverse individuals)
Jessica Menold
(Hartz Family Career Development Assistant Professor, SEDTAPP, Engineering Design and Mechanical Engineering)
213V Hammond Building | jdm5407@psu.edu
Research Interests: Engineering Design, prototyping, teamwork and creativity
https://www.sedtapp.psu.edu/department/directory-detail-g.aspx?q=jdm5407
Scarlett Miller
(Associate Professor, SEDTAPP, Engineering Design)
213P Hammond Building | shm13@psu.edu | 814-863-4143
Research Interests: Ergonomic product design, design cognition, idea generation, and human-computer interaction
https://www.sedtapp.psu.edu/department/directory-detail-g.aspx?q=SHM13
Susan Mohammed
(Industrial-Organizational Psychology)
Researches effective teamwork and performance, with specific emphases on team composition/diversity, team cognition/mental models, and the integration of time in team research.
Hee Man Park
(Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management)
Research Interests: Managerial leadership, abusive supervision, workplace commitment, social networks, and compensation.
506A Keller Building | hxp176@psu.edu
Meg Small
(Biobehavioral Health)
Has conducted prevention research for 20 years, creating interdisciplinary collaboration and entrepreneurial mindsets to improve the translation process and impact of prevention science, developing practices that use innovative methods and frameworks for evidence based programs.
Jessica Williams
(Associate Professor, Health Policy and Administration, HHD COVID Response committee )
601D Ford Building | jqw6242@psu.edu | 814-863-7402
Research Interests: the effects of organizational and public policy on health and the health equity