Andrea L. Hermsdorfer
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ANDREA L. HERMSDORFER
(352)339-1716
andrealher@gmail.com (email)
EDUCATION
M.S.
University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
Expected May 2016
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Thesis: Measuring Emotional Intelligence and Social Networks (In progress)
Thesis Chair: Dr. Dana Joseph
B.A.
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Psychology
Minor in Sociology
May 2014
A.A
Santa Fe College, Gainesville, Florida
Psychology
May 2012
RESEARCH INTERESTS
∙ Emotions in the workplace (emotional intelligence, and leadership)
∙ Employee engagement & personality in its relation to job performance (OCBs & CWBs), support,
and general differences in the workplace
∙ Research Methods (Longitudinal, social networks, meta-analysis, and in applied settings)
PUBLICATIONS
Dziuban, C., Moskal, P., Thompson, J., Kramer, L., DeCantis, G., & Hermsdorfer, A. (2015).
Student satisfaction with online learning: Is it a psychological contract? Online Learning
Consortium, 19(2), 122-136.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Oct. 2014 – present
University of Central Florida
Thesis on Emotional Intelligence and Social Network Analysis
Advisor: Dana Joseph, Ph.D.
● Using Social network analysis to assess emotional intelligence in the
workplace. Evaluating if those who have higher emotional intelligence
are more centralized in their networks in regards to different types of
relationships at work.
Oct. 2014 – present
University of Central Florida
Wait Staff Study
Advisor: Dana Joseph, Ph.D.
● Monitoring the completion of mobile surveys, served as communication
point for participants, and responsible for seeing participants receive
compensation
● Using Experience Sampling Methodology to explore how employee’s
attitudes and behaviors develop over the course of days, weeks, and
months within restaurants wait staff through a mobile surveying study.
Andrea L. Hermsdorfer
May 2014 – present
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University of Central Florida – Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness
Graduate Research Assistant
Director: Dr. Charles Dziuban
● Assisting with programming data collection software, coding responses,
analyzing data, literature reviews, and graphic analysis
● Create surveys, code responses & carry out statistical data analysis
● Editing a wide range of work, and creating many aspects of research
papers, and presentations.
● Reframing meta-analysis methodology, exploring new approaches to
latent trait analysis, validation of the redeveloped student perception of
instruction protocol at UCF
● Plan for upcoming conferences and travel (submit necessary proposals,
and research travel plans)
● Working extensively with Qualtrics, Microsoft Office, and SPSS.
Nov. 2014- Jan. 2015 University of Central Florida
Meta-Analytic Comparison of Monomethod versus Heteromethod
Advisor: Dana Joseph, Ph.D
• Coded reasons for exclusion, created references for articles and
dissertations
Jan. 2013- Dec. 2013 Florida State University
FSU Marriage Project
Advisor: James McNulty, Ph.D.
● Assisted with programming data collection software, maintained
participant databases for a longitudinal study that involved a community
sample, served as the primary communication point for participants,
scheduled online participant sessions, and paid participants.
● The study revealed that partners’ levels of depressive symptoms
determined whether they respond to confrontational behaviors (e.g.,
criticism) with increased or decreased motivation to resolve their
relationship problems
Jan 2013 – Dec 2013 Florida State University
FSU Relationship Processes Study
Advisor: James McNulty, Ph.D.
● Scheduled online participant sessions, paid participants, randomly
selecting which condition participants would be a part of, ran couples
separately through four task, used a complicated deception, paradigm,
and debriefed subjects
● Worked extensively with Qualtrics, and the SONA system. The data
collection just ended (in Fall 2014) and the results are forthcoming.
● The goal of the study was to examine the effect of perceptions on how
forgiving a partner is, and the partner’s tendencies to try to change his
or her offending behaviors for individuals’ likelihood of committing
future transgressions.
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2015
2011-2012
Graduate Teaching Assistant Department of Psychology, University of Central
Florida
Level: Undergraduate
Course: General Psychology – PSY2012 (400 students)
• Worked under a professor, proctored exams, graded exams, and graded
assignments.
Course: Psychology of Art – PSY4025 (79 students)
• Worked with a professor, graded online assignments, and respond students
regarding course questions.
Teaching Assistant. Department of Psychology. Florida State University
Level: Undergraduate
Course: Physiological Psychology Lab. (2-6 students)
● Worked under a graduate teaching assistant, taught five views, and the
twelve coronals views of a sheep brain, with a range of different structures
per view, to a group of 2-6 undergraduate students
PRACTICAL I/O EXPERIENCE
May 2015
Hosted by Minnesota State University at Mankato through University of Central Florida
Consulting Challenge
• Consulted a case study problem from a corporation on a small ad hoc team.
Researched the issue in detail and rendered a possible solution within 48
hours of being presented the problem. Presented a proposal to a panel of 13
(company executive and I/O professional). Ranked second out of eight
teams.
ACADEMIC HONORS
Spring 2012
Dean’s List
Santa Fe College
Fall 2012
Presidents List
Florida State University
Aug. 2012 – present Psi Chi: National Honor Society in Psychology
Mar. 2014 – present Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Aug. 2012 – present Psi Chi: National Honor Society in Psychology
CERTIFICATIONS
Collaborative Institutional of Training Initiative CITI
“Social & Behavioral Responsible Conduct of Research”
“Conflict of Interest”
“Human Research”
National Institute of Health (NIH)
“Protecting Rights of Participants”
Andrea L. Hermsdorfer
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS (STUDENT MEMBER)
Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology Inc. (SIOP)
American Psychological Association (APA)
International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) – Orlando Chapter
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