Meet the Team

  • Steven Zhou, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Psychological Science
    Lab Director

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  • George Chan ('29)

    Major: Economics & Public Policy
    Currently working on a qualitative study of pre-college influences on the formation of vocational calling

  • Julie Chung ('28)

    Major: Psychology & Literature
    Currently working on an experimental study on the public awareness of predatory journals, and a cross-temporal meta-analysis of job performance

  • Melanie Haro-Cortes ('28)

    Major: Human-Centered Design & Public Policy
    Currently working on an experimental study on the public awareness of predatory journals

  • Nelson Hernandez (Pomona '28)

    Major: Mathematics & Computer Science
    Currently working on using natural language processing to assess team performance using Survivor TV show transcripts

  • Azra Karaman ('29)

    Major: Economics & Data Science
    Currently working on applying social network analysis and bibliometric methods to study coauthorship patterns in the social sciences

  • Owen Keyt ('28)

    Major: Data Science & Philosophy
    Currently working on building an AI-integrated escape room to study leader emergence and team dynamics

  • Carmela Labarda ('28)

    Major: Integrated Sciences & Psychology
    Currently working on building an AI-integrated escape room to study leader emergence and team dynamics

  • Ruel Lee (Pomona '28)

    Major: Politics & Linguistics
    Currently working on a qualitative analysis of early career development trajectories

  • Jordan Nguyen ('28)

    Major: Psychology & Data Science
    Currently working on a theory paper of multiple vocational callings and assisting with lab management & training tasks

  • Joomi Park (CGU PhD Student)

    PhD Student in Positive Organizational Psychology
    Currently working on a cross-temporal meta-analysis of job performance and assisting with lab management

  • Elis Shen (Pomona '28)

    Major: Psychology & Politics
    Currently working on development of a forced choice measure of vocational interests

  • Lily Surjadinata (Harvey Mudd '28)

    Major: Computer Science & Mathematics
    Currently working on using natural language processing to assess team performance using Survivor TV show transcripts

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Additional Collaborators

I’m fortunate to work with a number of collaborators — both faculty and students — at other universities. Some of my collaborators are listed below:

  • Dr. Louis Tay, Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Purdue University

  • Dr. Nathan Hiller, Professor of Global Leadership and Management, Florida International University

  • Dr. Bryan Acton, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior and Leadership, Binghamton University

  • Dr. Daphne Hou, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of South Florida

  • Dr. Dorothy Carter, Associate Professor of Management, Michigan State University

  • Dr. Leslie DeChurch, Professor of Communication Studies, Northwestern University

  • Dr. Lauren Munoz, Research Scientist at George Washington University’s Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity

And, of course, the faculty and students at George Mason University’s industrial-organizational psychology program: https://io.gmu.edu/people/all_faculty