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Industrial/Organizational Psychology Master's Program Faculty

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Affiliated Faculty

Rebecca Grossman

Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Central Florida, 2014
B.A., Florida International University, 2006
114 Hauser Hall
(516) 463-5026
Email

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
Ph.D., M.A., University of South Florida, 2003, 1999
105-B Hauser Hall
(516) 463-6298
Email | WWW

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: Work place mistreatment in U.S. and Chinese workforce, 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
Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 2012
105-D Hauser Hall
(516) 463-6350
Email

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

Yisheng Peng

Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 2017
118 Hauser Hall
(516) 463-5625
Email

Research Interest:
Aging and Older Worker Issues, Workplace Mistreatment, Stress Coping, Emotion Regulation, Knowledge Sharing

Teaches:
Undergraduate Stat, Research Method, Work Motivation

Comila Shahani-Denning

Associate Professor
Program Director of the Industrial Organizational Master's Program
Ph.D., Rice University, 1988
105-C Hauser Hall
(516) 463-6343
Email | WWW

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

Stephanie Bushey

Adjunct Professor
Ph.D., Hofstra University, 2007
M.S. Hunter College, 2004
229B East Library Wing
(516) 463-6853
Email

Research Interest:
Market Research and Higher Education Research

Teaches:
Market Research

John Leto

Adjunct Associate Professor
Ph.D., Hofstra University, 1994
EVP, Chief Administrative Officer at The Bancorp

Teaches:
Ethics

Daniel Meltzer

Special Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Hofstra University, 2016

Research Interest:
Occupational Health Psychology

Teaches:
Measurement of Work Performance
Work Motivation

Sarah Novak

Associate Professor
Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 2004

Research Interest:
Healthy Habits

Teaches:
Social Psychology

Jennifer Saleta

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Ed.D., Saint John's University
Vice President at Northwell Health

Teaches:
Human Resource Management



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