About the Program

Rebecca Grossman

Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Central Florida, 2014
BA, Florida International University, 2006
Room 114 Hauser Hall
516-463-5026
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Research Interests:
Team Dynamics (e.g., team cohesion and related processes and emergent states), training and development interventions, complex settings (e.g., multicultural, virtual/distributed, multi-team systems)

Teaches:
Industrial Psychology (undergraduate)
Research Methods (undergraduate)

Cong Liu

Associate Professor
PhD, MA, University of South Florida, 2003, 1999
Room 105-B Hauser Hall
516-463-6298
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Research Interest:
Occupation Health Psychology: Improving quality of work life, protecting workers’ health, safety, and well-being, job stress, and conflict at work.
Cross cultural: Workplace mistreatment in U.S. and Chinese workforces, examining abusive supervisors, stressors related to job dedication and the role of job resources and organizational constraints.

Teaches:
Measurement of Work Performance, Occupational Health Psychology, and Multivariate Statistics in Psychological Research I

Kevin Nolan

Associate Professor
Program Director of the Industrial Organizational Master's Program
PhD, Bowling Green State University, 2012
Room 105-D Hauser Hall
516-463-6350
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Research Interest:
Decision -making: Job seekers’ evaluation of employment opportunities and employers’ resistance to standardized decision-making practices

Teaches:
Foundations of Organizational Psychology II, Organizational Development, and Graduate Statistics II

Evelyn Rogers

Adjunct Professor
PhD, Hofstra University, 1982
President at E. Rogers Associates, Inc.
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Research Interest:
Leadership: Succession planning and talent management; executive coaching; pay for talent; organization design and structure; change management

Teaches:
Organizational Psychological Seminar: Leadership

Nicholas Salter

Assistant Professor
PhD, Bowling Green State University, 2009
Room 105B Houser Hall
516-463-6349
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Research Interest:
Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace: Job experiences (including workplace discrimination but also positive aspects of work life) of minority employees, broadly including race, gender, sexual orientation, and disability, among other groups, as well as the intersections of multiple minority statuses on one’s job.

Teaches:
Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace; Measurement of Performance at Work

Comila Shahani-Denning

Associate Professor
PhD, Rice University, 1988
Room 105-C Hauser Hall
516-463-6343
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Research Interest:
Employee Selection: Selection interview, applicant reactions to the selection process, biases in the processing of online applicant information, and attractiveness biases in selection
Cross-Cultural Issues: Perception of selection procedures and use of applicant information in selection decisions

Teaches:
Foundations of Industrial Psychology I, and Personnel Selection