To help all students succeed in their academic pursuits, we need to meet/support them where they are at in their educational journey. It is recommended that this needed support include the following: Clear Expectations in the Syllabi and Canvas Course. Students need clear instructions, defined expectations, and a fairly distributed workload to encourage overall success.…Read More
Fast Company Innovation Festival…
…and Why so Many People are Unhappy at Work A few weeks ago, I received an invitation to be on a Fast Company podcast, “The New Way We Work.” Sure, happy to do that! Well, it turned out that our episode – “Beyond burnout: Why so many employees are unhappy at work,” was a live…Read More
Better work, better world
Inclusion, belonging, and wellbeing as the focus of Industrial-Organizational Psychology This year, I was participating in Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology (SIOP) conference presenting as SIOP’s 2022 Ensuring Inclusive Environments and Cultures Champion. No pressure, huh? The field of I/O traditionally catered to those privileged – when I was in graduate school, circa 2000, this was…Read More
Implicit bias in research and allyship: Scientists are not immune
As organizational science increasingly explores diversity topics, some growing pains and misunderstandings are inevitable. Working and conducting research with any group in which one does not have a membership requires considerable preparation, specific skillsets (e.g., ensuring translation accuracy in cross-cultural research; ensuring participatory research), as well as cultural knowledge and humility in checking for own…Read More
A Sanity Check and Confidence Boost
Attending the Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology, Austin, TX, for the first time was a unique experience. Unlike conferences with thousands of attendees, the COGDOP gathering was small enough to have many one-on-one and small group interactions. As Chairs (Directors, at VU) of graduate programs, we share similar experiences that people in other roles…Read More