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CURRICULUM VITA
Andrew M. Naber
Address RAND Corporation, Mailstop M3E
1776 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Office Phone: (310) 393-0411 x6810
Email: ANaber@RAND.org
EDUCATION
PhD
Texas A&M University, TX; Industrial-Organizational Psychology. Dissertation: Increased
retest scores on cognitive tests: Learning or memory effects?
M.A.
Middle Tennessee State University, TN; Industrial-Organizational Psychology. Thesis:
Follower Moral Reasoning Influences on Perceptions of Transformational Leadership
Behavior
B.A.
Gettysburg College, PA, on Presidential Scholarship, majored in Psychology and Religion
and minored in Chinese Studies.
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
October, 2014
- Present
RAND Corporation, ASSOCIATE BEHAVIORAL SCIENTIST.
Responsibilities included project consultation for the United States Army Arroyo
Center and United States Army Project Air Force.
June, 2013
- August, 2013
RAND Corporation, SUMMER RESEARCH ASSOCIATE.
Responsibilities included project consultation for the United States Army Arroyo
Center, including “Identifying and Predicting Special Forces Qualification:
Training, Termination, and Remediation” and “Validating the Engagement Skills
Trainer for Army Infantry Training”.
May, 2008
- August, 2008
Games Workshop North America HQ, TRAINING &
DEVELOPMENT INTERN. Responsibilities included job analysis/needs
assessment for training reorganization and management needs feedback,
developing measurement instruments for Training and Customer Service
Evaluation, and assisting in assessment center and interview procedures.
November, 2007
- August, 2009
Alignment Group, Consulting Firm. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.
Responsibilities included developing and/or supervising online
training programs using Captivate and Flash, including scenario-based
interactions and training evaluation assessments.
ASSISTANTSHIPS
August, 2009 –
August, 2014
Texas A&M University, RESEARCH ASSISTANT, Dr. Winfred Arthur, Jr. Lab. Responsibilities include independently researching, designing, and
implementing testing and training experiments, as well as concept development
and programming for Dynamic Distributed Decision Making (DDD).
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August, 2008
- May, 2009
Training Department, Tennessee Board of Regents. GRADUATE
ASSISTANT. Responsibilities include marketing, development, and evaluation
of online student career resources, Virtual Career Counseling, and Virtual Job
Fair. Web content management for workforce and educational development
online resources.
November, 2007
- August, 2008
Organizational Effectiveness Dept., TN Center for Child Welfare .
GRADUATE ASSISTANT. Responsibilities including analyzing and developing
instruments for training programs and performance data.
TEACHING
Fall, 2010 –
Fall, 2012
Texas A&M University, INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD, Introduction to
Psychology (Summer, 2011; Fall, 2011), and Personnel Psychology
(Spring, 2012). TEACHING ASSISTANT, Experimental Methods Lab
September, 2007 –
December, 2007
Middle Tennessee State University. TEACHING ASSISTANT.
Responsibilities include grading and facilitating discussions for
Organizational Change and Development
GRADUATE EDUCATION
CONSULTING P ROJECTS
Texas A&M University, I/O Psychology Department.
Needs Assessment and Analysis of Current and Future Learning Management System at
the City of College Station.
Middle Tennessee State University, I/O Psychology Department.
Project Leader: Job Analysis and Performance Appraisal development for Masters of
Social Work at Tennessee Center for Child Welfare.
Training Development for Orientation, Volunteering, and Loaned Executives for United
Way of Rutherford County.
GRANTS
Arthur, W., Jr., Muñoz, G. J., & Naber, A. N. An investigation of skill decay and reacquisition
of individual- and team-based skill in a synthetic training environment. APA Division 19
(Inaugural) Research Grant. August 2013-August 2014. [$5,000]
Naber, A. M. & Arthur, W., Jr. (2013). Increased scores on retest: Memory or learning effects?
College of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University, TX. Vision 2020 Dissertation
Enhancement Award. January, 2013. [$5,000]
PUBLICATIONS
Naber, A. M., McDonald, J. N., Arthur, W., Jr., & Asenuga, O. A. (2015). Team members'
interaction anxiety and team training effectiveness: A catastrophic relationship? Human
Factors.
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SUBMITTED MANUSCRIPTS
Naber, A. M., Muñoz, G. J., McDonald, J. N., White, C. D., Asenuga, O. A., Glaze, R. M.,
Jarrett, S. M., Schurig, I., Arthur, W., Jr., & Bennett, W. Jr. (2015, in press). The
effectiveness of individual differences for predicting individual and team performance.
Journal of Applied Psychology.
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
Naber, A. M., Payne, S., & Webber, S. S. The relative influence of trustor and trustee
individual differences on peer assessments of trust.
Naber, A. M., & Moffett, R. G. III. Follower moral reasoning influences perceptions of
transformational leadership.
Naber, A. M., Muñoz, G. J., McDonald, J. N., Arthur, W., Jr., Schurig, I., Glaze, R. M., &
Jarrett, S. M. Team performance effects on perceptions of self- and team-efficacy.
Jarrett, S., Arthur, W., Jr., Glaze, R. M., Schurig, I., Muñoz, G. J., Naber, A. M., & McDonald,
J. N. The comparative effectiveness of after-action reviews in co-located and distributed
training environments.
Asenuga, O. A., Arthur, W., Jr., Naber, A. M., & McCormick, M J. The development and initial
validation of a measure of small group leadership self-efficacy.
TECHNICAL REPORTS
Arthur, W., Jr., Naber, A. M., Munoz, G. J., McDonald, J. N., Atoba, O. A., Cho, I., Keiser, N.
L., White, C. D., Glaze, R. M., Jarrett, S. M., & Schurig, I., An investigation of skill decay
and reacquisition of individual- and team-based skills in a synthetic training environment.
Society for Military Psychology Division 19 Inaugural Research Grant, American
Psychological Association.
Arthur, W., Jr., Jarrett, S. M., Glaze, R. M., Schurig, I., Munoz, G. J., McDonald, J. N., Naber,
A. M., & Villado, A. J. (2011). An investigation of factors that moderate the effectiveness
of after-action reviews: Objective and subjective after-action reviews in co-located and
distributed training environments. Contract No. FA8650-05-D-6502, L-3 Communications
Corporation, Link Training and Simulations Systems, Mesa, AZ; and Department of
Defense, USAF Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Warfighter Training Research
Division, Mesa, AZ.
Arthur, W., Jr., Naber, A. M., Jarrett, S. M., Glaze, R. M., Schurig, I., McDonald, J. N., &
Munoz, G. J. (2011). Game-based assessment for team training and empirical research:
The development of a DDD-based research tool. Contract No. FA8650-05-D-6502, L-3
Communications Corporation, Link Training and Simulations Systems, Mesa, AZ; and
Department of Defense, USAF Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Warfighter
Training Research Division, Mesa, AZ.
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Naber, A. M., & Arthur, W., Jr., (2015). Increased retest scores on cognitive tests: Learning or
memory effects? Paper presented at the Cutting Edge Research from Emerging
Psychological Scientists: Late-Breaking Poster Session at the 123rd American
Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Naber, A. M., Payne, S. C., & Webber, S. S. (2015). The Relative Influence of Trustor and
Trustee Individual Differences on Peer Assessments of Trust. Paper presented at the 75th
Annual Academy of Management Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Naber, A. M., Payne, S. C., & Webber, S. S. (2014). Cognitive and personality predictors of
peer trust. Paper presented at the 29th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial
and Organizational Psychology, Honolulu, HI.
White, C. D., Muñoz, G. J., Naber, A. M., McDonald, J. N., Asenuga, O., Cho, I., Keiser, N.,
Jarrett, S., Glaze, R. M., Schurig, I., & Arthur, W., Jr. (2014). Individual and team skill
acquisition over time. Paper presented at the 29th Annual Conference of the Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Honolulu, HI.
Asenuga, O. A., Naber, A. M., Arthur, W., Jr., & McCormick, M. J. (2013). Small group
leadership self-efficacy measure: Development and preliminary validation. Paper
presented at the 28th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational
Psychology, Houston, TX.
Jarrett, S., Glaze, R. M., Schurig, I., Arthur, W., Jr., Muñoz, G. J., Naber, A. M., McDonald, J.
N., & Bennett, W., Jr. (2013). Comparative effectiveness of AARs in co-located and
distributed training environments. Paper presented at the 28th Annual Conference of the
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Houston, TX.
McDonald, J., Naber, A. M., & Arthur, W., Jr. (2013). Devil's advocate or jerk? Team member
agreeableness and emotional stability. Paper presented at the 28th Annual Conference of
the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Houston, TX.
Naber, A. M., Muñoz, G. J., McDonald, J., & Arthur, W., Jr. (2013). Team performance effects
on self- and team-efficacy. Paper presented at the 28th Annual Conference of the Society
for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Houston, TX.
Naber, A. M., White, C. D., Muñoz, G. J., McDonald, J., Asenuga, O. A., Glaze, R. M., Jarrett,
S., Schurig, I., Arthur, W., Jr., & Bennett, W., Jr. (2013). Individual and synergistic
performance: The role of individual difference variables. Paper presented at the 28th
Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology,
Houston, TX.
Naber, A. M., Carpenter, N., Edwards, B., Franco-Watkins, A., & Arthur, W., Jr. (2012, April).
New ways to conceptualize testing effects on cognitive ability tests. Poster presented at
the 27th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology,
San Diego, CA.
Naber, A. M., & Moffett, R. G., III. (2012, April). Moral reasoning ability and the perception of
transformational leadership. Poster presented at the 27th Annual Conference of the
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA.
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Naber, A. M., Jarrett, S., Edwards, B. D., & Arthur, W., Jr. (2011, April). Examination of item
characteristics as a function of 3 versus 5 multiple-choice options. Poster presented at the
26th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology,
Chicago, IL.
Naber, A. M., & Hein, M. (2009). Examining the factor structure of the Identity Status Inventory
and proposal for a shorter scale. Poster presented at the South Eastern Psychology
Association Conference 2009, New Orleans, Louisiana.
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Member, Society for Human Resources Management, PHR Certification
Student Member, American Psychological Association
Student Member, Academy of Management
Student Member, Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Member, Institute for Humane Studies
Member, RAND Alumni Program
TECHNICAL SKILLS
 Graduate Certificate in Education & Social Sciences Advanced Research Methods
 Extensive analysis experience using Microsoft Excel and Access, SAS, and SPSS, including
syntax and macros, and Moderate experience using Mplus, AMOS, IRTPro, and HLM.
 Extensive survey programming experience using Inquisit, SurveyMonkey, and Sona.
 Capable in Adobe Products, including Captivate, Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Flash.
 Experience using XML, particularly in regards to programming Aptima, Inc.’s Dynamic
Distributed Decision-Making.
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