Graduate Students
Current graduate students pursuing their Ph.D. include:
Rebecca Lindgren, M.A., is in her 3rd year of the doctoral program in Experimental Psychology at Washington State University. Her research interests include workplace safety and judgment and decision-making. Recent projects include investigating the efficacy of a positive organizational safety climate as a means to prevent workplace illness and the psychosocial effects of human-robot interactions, such as technology-induced occupational obsolescence. Rebecca earned her M.A. from the University of Minnesota Duluth where she researched the effects of social media profile portraits on hiring decisions and is a board-certified Medical Laboratory Scientist who has led several process improvement and change management initiatives in the workplace.
Graduates of my research lab have gone on to become successful academicians, scientists and practitioners. Below lists their first position upon graduation.
| Student | Year of Graduation | Position |
| Nicole Nelson | 2001, Ph.D. | Researcher, Federal Aviation Administration |
| Jeremiah Brown | 2007, M.S. | Recruitment Consultant, Legacy Health Systems |
| Maja Graso | 2011, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Zayed University (Dubai); currently at University of Groningen |
| Wendi Benson | 2013, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Nevada State College; currently at Marshall University |
| Lixin Jiang | 2013, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh; currently at University of Auckland |
| Jesse Byrd | 2016, M.S. | Occupational Health Research Psychologist, Safety & Health Assessment & Research for Prevention (SHARP), WA State Department of Labor and Industries |
| Nicholas J. Gailey | 2016, M.S. | In Memoriam 1983-2018 |
| Jason Potwora | 2017, Ph.D. | People Analytics, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories |
| Sean Rice | 2020, Ph.D. | Post-Doc, OHSU; currently Senior Biostatistician, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, OHSU |
| Chris Austin | 2020, Ph.D. | Research Analyst, Nielsen |
| Lindsey Lavaysse | 2020, Ph.D. | Organizational Psychologist, Department of Defense |
| Erica Bettac | 2021, Ph.D. | Industrial/Organizational Consultant, Dabble Lab |
| Melissa Jenkins | 2022, Ph.D. | Scholarly Assistant Professor, Washington State University |
| Andrea Bazzoli | 2023, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, CUNY Baruch |
| Hyun Jung Lee | 2023, Ph.D. | Instructor, Washington State University |