Applying decades of assessment development and validation experience to the creation of credentialing exams.

My primary duties are creating and validating organizational assessments, conducting, and publishing research, and developing Wendel’s management consultation services.

Director duties included recruiting potential graduate students, reviewing graduate applications, selecting graduate applicants, maintaining and developing internship sites, and developing graduate curriculum. Professor duties included teaching graduate courses in organizational psychology, advanced research methods, advanced statistics and training and development; serving on and chairing thesis committees; conducting research projects with graduate students, and advising undergraduate and graduate students. Committee services included chairing admissions committee, serving on university faculty committee, college assessment and evaluation committee, and department rewards and project chair committees. Class sizes ranged from 8 to 28 students.

I have consulted for a diverse set of organizations, ranging from a non-profit local women’s shelter consisting of 10 employees to a federal agency that employed (at the time) more than 240,000 employees. I have also consulted on a variety of organizational projects, such as assessing and training work groups on increasing workplace civility, developing and validating employee assessments, creating customized employee engagement surveys, implementing leadership development programs, and providing statistical consultation. My latest work involves the development of a valid measure of civility and demonstrating the impact civility has on both employees and employers in the workplace.From my experiences, I have learned that many organizations have similar problems, but the solutions to those problems are different. That is why I strongly believe in developing customized solutions for organizations based on their unique culture.I received my master’s and doctoral degrees specializing in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Louisiana State University. In addition to my consulting, I am the Director of the Industrial-Organizational Psychology Master of Arts graduate program at Xavier University, which was recently ranked first in the country based on student perceptions. I have over 45 national conference presentations and 18 published articles in several journals, including "Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice", "The Psychologist-Manager Journal", the "Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology", "The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist", and "Applied H.R.M. Research".

Responsible for developing and validating organizational assessments to provide supportive services and online tools for coaches, consultants, and HR professionals who support their clients in achieving professional success, organizational wellness, and personal fulfillment.

Duties included teaching undergraduate courses in industrial-organizational psychology, social psychology, consumer psychology, sport psychology and introductory psychology; teaching graduate courses in personnel selection, performance appraisal and organizational psychology; serving on and chairing thesis committees; conducting research projects with graduate and undergraduate students; and advising undergraduate and graduate students. Class sizes ranged from 12 to 65 students.