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Enhance national reputation as center of scholarly excellence in I/O psychology by conducting high-quality basic and applied research via intense faculty & student collaborative efforts
Improve our rank within I/O psychology doctoral programs
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Current rank = 11
Proximal goal → break into top 10!
Distal goal → top 5!!
Develop & train students for placement in competitive academic & applied positions
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Very strong faculty and program – both research and applied
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54 publications in 2007-2009
132 conference presentations in 2007-2009
Working with multiple faculty is encouraged
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Initially assigned administrative advisor based on best possible match
Research and academic advisor based on mutual selection between student and faculty
Norm and climate of cooperation, not competition
Feedback provided regularly; no negative surprises
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Guaranteed funding for 4 years, including health insurance (99% awarded 5th yr of funding upon request)
Very low cost of living
Great weather
Low student/faculty ratio
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5 core faculty, 3 affiliated faculty
20 on-site students
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Some things to consider include:
• Prestige or external reputation
• Productivity
• Fit with research and career interests
• Student opportunity to publish and present research
• Student satisfaction and climate
• Coursework
• Applied experience
• Placements
• Financial support
• Quality of life
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(Bulger, Horvath, & Zickar, 2006)
• Questions to ask of all ranking systems
• What matters to you (ultimate criterion)?
• Which programs are considered in the rankings?
• What methodology is being used?
• Types of rankings
• Prestige or external reputation
( U.S. News & World Report )
• Student satisfaction
( Kraiger & Abalos, 2004 )
• Research productivity
• Journal articles
(2010 data; Gibby et al., 2002 ; Oliver et al.,
2005 )
• Representation at SIOP conference
( Payne et al., 2001 )
• Student presentations at IOOB
(Surrette, 1989, 2002 )
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(1986-2008)
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Michigan State University
University of Minnesota
University of Iowa
University of Florida
University of Illinois at Urbana–
Champaign
Texas A&M University
University of Maryland
Cornell University
Purdue University
Pennsylvania State University
15.
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11.
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Ohio State University
New York University
Bowling Green State University
Queen’s University, Kingston,
Ontario
University of Houston
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of South Florida
Colorado State University
University of Western Ontario
Florida International University
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Productivity Ratings in the Top Ten I/O Psychology-Oriented Journals, 1999-2003
(Oliver et al., 2005)
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Michigan State University
University of South Florida
Pennsylvania State University
Bowling Green State University
University of Minnesota
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
George Mason University
University of Georgia
University of Maryland
University of Akron
Texas A&M University
University of Tennessee – Knoxville
Wayne State University
Baruch College, City University of New York
University of Western Ontario
Georgia Institute of Technology
Central Michigan University
Teachers College, Columbia University
Portland State University
Alliant International University – Los Angeles
36.
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40.
31.
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26.
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Florida International University
University of Central Florida
Purdue University
University of Missouri–St. Louis
University of Michigan
Clemson University
New York University
University of Oklahoma
University of Waterloo
Rice University
Virginia Tech University
Louisiana State University
University at Albany, SUNY
University of Calgary
Illinois Institute of Technology
North Carolina State University
Colorado State University
University of Tulsa
Ohio University
University of California, Berkeley
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Productivity Ratings in the Top Five I/O Psychology-Oriented Journals, 1996-2000
(Gibby et al., 2002)
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20.
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Michigan State University
University of Illinois at Urbana–
Champaign
Bowling Green State University
Florida International University
University of Akron
University of Minnesota
University of Michigan
University of Maryland
Pennsylvania State University
George Mason University
Texas A&M University
Purdue University
New York University
Tulane University
University of South Florida
Colorado State University
University of Connecticut
University at Albany–SUNY
Columbia University
University of Georgia
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University of Calgary
DePaul University
Central Michigan University
Rice University
Illinois Inst of Technology
Georgia Inst of Tech
Wright State University
University of Houston
Louisiana State University
Ohio University
Kansas State University
University of Missouri–St. Louis
Portland State University
University of Waterloo
Rutgers University
Wayne State University
Claremont Graduate University
Clemson University
Virginia Tech
George Washington University
University of Central Florida
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Core I/O Faculty
Winfred Arthur, Jr.
Mindy Bergman
Chris Berry
Stephanie Payne
Charlie Samuelson
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Affiliated
Ludy Benjamin, Jr.
Kathi Miner-Rubino
Aaron Taylor
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Joint
Mike Lindell
Ramona Paetzold
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Management Department
Michael Abelson
Murray Barrick
Len Bierman
Wendy Boswell
Dan Chiaburu
Ricky Griffin
Mike Hitt
Gareth Jones
Christopher Porter
Elizabeth Umphress
Abbie Shipp
Mike Wesson
Richard Woodman
Ryan Zimmerman
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Society for Industrial and Organizational
Psychology
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Academy of Management
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Work, Stress, and Health
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41% of 2007-2009 faculty publications with graduate students
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20 on-site
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3 off-site in permanent jobs and internships
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96 hours for the PhD
64 hours if you have a master’s degree
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2 Core psychology classes (social required)
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2 Core I/O classes
4 Quant classes
4 I/O seminars
2 Non-psychology classes (e.g., management, sociology, communication, statistics)
Electives, thesis, dissertation, and research hrs
Time to complete PhD: 5-5½ years
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Emphasis on research — both academic and applied
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Academic opportunities
 field and lab research
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 excellent facilities broad research coverage opportunities to teach
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Applied opportunities
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 on-site projects practicum and internships
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Placement Students
Kenexa Allison Cook, Justin Benzer, Alok
Bhupatkar, Joe Hendricks
Personnel Decisions Inc.
Texas Transportation Institute
Tori Youngcourt, Dave McMonigle
Toby Kyte
Jeanneret & Associates (Valtera) Jen Rasmussen, Joe Hendricks,
Kathy Archuletta
Home Depot Joel Philo
ACT
FedEx Kinkos
Personnel Board
HumRRO
Suzanne Bell
Kristen Watrous, Natasha Hudspeth
Maria Sanchez-Ku
Don Paul, Kathy Archuletta
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Placement
Rice University
Kansas State University
St. Mary’s University (San Antonio)
Eastern Kentucky University
University of Chile
Northern Arizona University
DePaul University
Oklahoma State University (2009)
Interamerican Univ of Puerto Rico
University of Wisconsin, River Falls
Students
Anton Villado
Tori Youngcourt Culbertson
Kristen Watrous-Rodriguez
Jaime Henning
Pedro Leiva
Ann Huffman
Suzanne Bell
Bryan Edwards
Jose David
Travis Tubre
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Placement Students
ACT Toby Kyte
American Institutes for Research Alok Bhupatkar
JC Penney’s
Coca-Cola
AstraZeneca
Joel Philo
Kathleen Sheehan
Jose David
Best Evidence, Inc.
Google
US Army-TRAC-WSMR
Xerox
State Farm Insurance
James Wright
Todd Carlisle
Dennis Gettman
Bruce Miyashiro
Don Paul
Personnel Decisions International Paul Bly
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Quick biography
• Associate Professor
• At Texas A&M since 2000
• Ph.D., George Mason University
Research interests
• Individual differences
• Performance management and criterion development
• Work-family balance
• Safety climate
Graduate courses
• 611: Personnel Psychology
• 682: Individual Differences
• 682: Performance Appraisal

Quick biography
• Professor
• At Texas A&M since 1987
• Ph.D., University of Akron
Research interests
• Testing and selection
• Training and complex skill acquisition
• Teams (performance and training)
• Driving and safety
Graduate courses
• 611: Personnel Psychology
• 682: Advanced Personnel Selection and Placement
• 682: Training and Development in Organizations

Quick biography
• Professor
• At Texas A&M since 1980
• Ph.D., Texas Christian University in Experimental Psychology
Research interests
• History of American psychology
• History of applied psychology, including I/O psychology
• History of popular psychology
Graduate courses
• 619: History of Psychology

Quick biography
• Associate Professor
• At Texas A&M since 2001
• Ph.D. and AM University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research interests
• Occupational health: safety; prejudice and harassment; stigma
• Organizational commitment
• Measurement
Graduate courses
• 610: Organizational Psychology
• 680: Micro-Organizational Behavior
• 680: Commitment

Quick biography
• Assistant Professor
• At Texas A&M since 2009
• Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Research interests
• Validity/Fairness of Psychological Tests (e.g., cognitive ability, personality)
• Counterproductive Work Behavior
• Meta-analysis Methods
Graduate courses
• 689: Methods of Meta-analysis

Quick biography
• Assistant Professor of Psychology and Women’s and Gender Studies
• At Texas A&M since 2008
• Ph.D., University of Michigan
Research interests
• Interpersonal abuse, mistreatment, and incivility in applied settings
• Gender, race, sexual orientation, and other categories of difference in organizations
• Occupational health
• Cross-cultural investigations of workplace mistreatment
• How societal issues and events (e.g., national politics, natural disasters) affect employee relations
Graduate courses
• 680: Organizational Seminar: Occupational Health Psychology

Quick biography
• Associate Professor
• At Texas A&M since 1986
• Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Research interests
• Computer-mediated communication in work teams
• Group discussion effects in social dilemmas
• Attributions for performance in virtual teams
• Perception (and misperception) of social norms in organizations
• Collaborative interventions in multi-party disputes over environmental resources (e.g., water, fisheries, public lands) and hazardous waste
Graduate courses
• 610: Organizational Psychology
• 680: Advances in Team Processes and Performance
• 680: Advances in Behavioral Decision Making

Quick biography
• Assistant Professor
• At Texas A&M since 2008
• Ph.D., Arizona State University
Research interests
• Fit of structural equation models
• Mediation analysis
• Effects of coarsely categorizing continuous variables
Graduate courses
• 607: Analysis of variance
• 671: Regression