IO Psychology Guest Speakers Series
Students in our Industrial and Organizational Psychology program are exposed to a variety of professionals who work in various areas related to IO psychology across multiple domains. We host international and national guest speakers from other universities, industry, federal and state agencies, independent consulting businesses and large consulting firms. Topics range from state-of-the-art applied research to professional issues and contemporary practices in the workplace, thus creating another bridge between students’ academic experiences and the field.
Upcoming Guests
SPRING 2024
- Feb. 8: Will Haller, U.S. Department of Energy Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer
- Feb. 15: Molly Flax, HackerOne
- Feb. 22: Stefanie Chicks, General Dynamics Information Technology
- Feb. 29: Fresia Jackson, CultureAmp
- March 14: Devin Allen, U.S. Navy Culture and Force Resilience Office
- March 28: Tyler Salley, Meta
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April 4: Steve Scalet, professor, The University of Baltimore
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April 11: Josh Kassner, professor, The University of Baltimore
Past Guests
FALL 2022
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Oct. 10 at 4:30 p.m., room BC 221
Dr. David Lackland Sam (originally from Ghana and long-time professor in Norway), Dr. Johnny Fontaine (from Belgium) and Dr. Li-Jun Ji (originally from China, but a long-time professor in Canada) to speak with our students about their cross-cultural research programs, each in different domains of psychology.
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Oct. 11
Katie Wrenn , M.S. '14, Lead Associate & Max White , M.S. '17, Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton -
Oct. 25
Noel Jones , M.S. '18, Personnel Research Psychologist, OPM & Shannon Quaranta , M.S. '17, Human Capital Professional, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System -
Nov. 1
Regan Miller , M.S., '07,Team Lead, OPM -
Nov. 8
Jefferey Godbout , M.S. '10, Manager, ICF - Nov. 15
Tom Olenchock , M.S. '11, Talent Development & Competency Program Mgr., Silicon Valley Bank
- Nov. 22
Katie DePetris, M.S. 19', Talent Culture & Change Manager, Deloitte
- Nov. 29
Greg Kowalewski , M.S. '14, Manager & Jen Morelli, Principal, Advisory, Grant Thornton
SPRING 2022
- May 4
Andrea Garry, M.S., ’21, Deloitte
- May 3
Josh Kassner, Ph.D., Professor, Division of Legal, Ethical and Historical Studies, The University of Baltimore
- April 19
Steven Scalet, Ph.D., Professor, Division of Legal, Ethical and Historical Studies, The University of Baltimore
- April 20
Derrick Scheetz, M.S., ’19, Society for Human Resource Management
- March 30
Regan Miller, M.S., '07, Operation Personnel Management
Matt Ruble, M.S., ’07, Wells Fargo
- March 28
Erin Eatough, Ph.D., I-O psychology scientist and practitioner
manager and lead researcher of Behavioral Science, BetterUp
VIDEO: Watch the recording of this event.
- Mar. 15
Anna Erickson, Ph.D., President, Iron Post Leadership
- Mar. 2
William Haller, M.S. '17, Management & Program Analyst, U.S. Department of Energy
- Feb. 28
Irvin Schonfeld, Ph.D., M.P.H., Professor Emeritus of Psychology, The City College of the City University of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center (Educational Psychology and Psychology)
- Feb. 14
Nathan Bowling, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, Wright State University
- Feb. 7
Paul Spector, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida
WINTERIM 2022
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Jan. 18
Sachin Jain, M.D., President and CEO of Scan Group & Health Plan
- Jan. 18
Benjamin Ramirez Heller, Head of Culture, Change & Diversity at SEAT,SA, Barcelona, Spain
FALL 2021
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Dec. 1
Greg Kowalewski, M.S. '14, Manager & Jen Morelli, Principal, Advisory, Grant Thornton
- Nov. 29
Claudio V. Torres, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Brasilia; Topic: Police Force Inside and Out: Crime, Fear of Crime, and Intention to Leave the Organization
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Nov. 17
Tom Olenchock, M.S. '11, Talent Development & Competency Program Mgr., Silicon Valley Bank
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Nov. 10
Nony Oko, M.S. '16, Senior Associate, PWC
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Nov. 3
Regan Miller, M.S.,Team Lead, OPM
- Nov. TBD
Claudio Torres, Ph.D., University of Brasilia
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Oct. 27
Noel Jones, M.S. '18, Personnel Research Psychologist, OPM & Shannon Quaranta, M.S. '17, Human Capital Professional, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Oct. 13
Katie Wrenn, M.S. '14, Lead Associate & Max White, M.S. '17, Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton
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Oct. 4
Tyler Salley, M.S. '19, Lead, Global Talent Development, Under Armour, Inc.
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Sept. 29
David Hamill, M.S. '96, Director, Strategic Workforce Planning and Talent Acquisition, FAA
SPRING 2021
- April 27
Katie DePetris, M.S. '19, Deloitte, Lead L&D Specialist, Tableau Workshop
- April 22
Garett Howardson, Ph.D., Department of Defense; Shonna Walters, BetterUp, Regional Vice President of Behavioral Science; Jessica McKenzie, Accenture
- April 8
Hanna Pillion, M.S. '12, CBP, Personnel Research Psychologist, Matt Ancona, M.S. '15, The Center for Organizational Excellence, Inc., Senior Consultant- Portfolio Manager, Regan Miller, M.S., '07, OPM, Team Lead
- April 7
Adam Mahoney, manager & Ann Hastings, senior director, Salesforce
- April 1
Dalyn Allen, M.S. '14, DCI, HR Analyst
- Mar. 31
Josh Kassner, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Legal, Ethical and Historical Studies, The University Baltimore
- Mar. 25
Mark Tregar, M.S., 03', IBM, Senior Management Consultant
- Mar. 24
Aubrey Blanche, Global Head of Equitable Design & Impact, Josh Berman, Internal Culture First Lead & Fresia Jackson, M.S. '16, Lead People Scientist, CultureAmp
- Mar. 11
Rachel Barney, Ph.D., ICF, Director
- Mar. 10
Jennifer Cullen, Ph.D., '17, Global Engagement & Culture, Visa, Director
- Mar. 4
David Yang, ICF, Vice President, Digital Formation
- Mar. 3
Steven Scalet, Ph.D., Professor, Division of Legal, Ethical and Historical Studies, The University of Baltimore
- Feb. 25
William Haller, EIA, Survey Statistician
- Feb. 18
Jessica Deares Jenkins, Ph.D., ICF, Director
- Feb. 17
Anna Erickson, Ph.D., Iron Post Leadership Consulting, President
- Feb. 11
David Hamill, M.S. '96, FAA, Director of HR, Ashley Hoffman, DHS, Deputy Director, Tyler Salley, M.S. '19, Exelon, Sr. Management Development Specialist
WINTERIM 2021
- January 19
Sachin Jain, Sr. Director Talent Management, Global Talent Management Centre of Excellence (COE), PepsiCo, “Organizational diagnostics-employee engagement: How to measure and improve”