Fall 2012 - Illinois Institute of Technology

A NEWSLETTER OF THE IIT COLLEGE OF PSYCHOLOGY
ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Volume 15, Issue No. 1 :: Fall 2012
Leadership Academy
Alumni Reunion
The Leadership Academy’s first alumni reunion took
place during Homecoming weekend. Twenty-one alumni
attended. Leadership Academy alumni and current
scholars gathered for a picture after enjoying time to meet
and network during lunch. Director of the Leadership
Academy George Langlois and Program Manager Megan
Wheeler [pictured left front].
The Leadership Academy began at IIT more than a
decade ago with a generous donation from Al and
Lila Self. The academy is a university-wide program
administered and led by Dr. George Langlois. It consists of
25 undergraduate scholars representing many academic
areas at IIT and programming for all IIT students.
IIT Homecoming 2012
Alumni, students, faculty, and friends of IIT reconnected
for Homecoming on September 21–22, 2012. Among the
growing number of events scheduled over the weekend
were academic lectures, a Greek life reunion, alumni
baseball game, walking tours, and the Golden Society
luncheon, which honored alumni who graduated from
IIT 50 or more years ago. Psychology alumnus Steve
Guastello delivered one of the lectures.

From the Chair
In May, the IIT
Board of Trustees
approved the reorganization
of the
College of Science
and Letters and
the College of
Psychology with
the purpose of
restructuring the undergraduate program
and enrolling additional students to
IIT. The new Lewis College of Human
Sciences will join psychology, social
sciences, and humanities. The College of
Science will house the rest of the sciences
previously within the College of Science
and Letters.
Psychology will become a department
within the College of Human
Sciences, and all three departments in
the new college now report to Dean M.
Ellen Mitchell. The university is quickly
preparing for admittance of students into
the new college in fall 2013.
IIT is ever changing and growing—
enrollment this year increased to 7,684
(including Stuart School of Business
and Chicago-Kent College of Law) and
continues to rise. The university has experienced
annual growth for several years,
and the goal for the College of Human
From the Interim Department Chair
As the recently
appointed interim
chair of psychology,
I welcome this
opportunity
to address the
students, alumni,
and friends of the
soon-to-become
Department of Psychology in Lewis
College of Human Sciences. First, I want
to thank the psychology staff, division
heads, and our dean for supporting me as
I step into my new role as interim chair.
My appointment coincides with several
exciting changes for psychology. Our new
home in Lewis College of Human Sciences
will provide enhanced opportunities
for collaboration with our colleagues in
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Sciences aligns with this trend, anticipating
the addition of 450 new undergraduate
students over the next five years.
The new college will build on Psychology’s
strength in graduate studies and
help to grow and enhance programs in the
digital humanities, sociology, and other
areas related to the human sciences. The
significance of these outcomes
promises to be exciting. New
projects such as the recently
announced Innovation Center
will ensure IIT’s relevance
in our community and will
provide additional opportunities
for today’s distinctive
IIT student.
The College of Psychology
welcomes James W. Kiley
to the Board of Overseers.
Upon hearing plans for the
restructuring of the new
college, Kiley enthusiastically
volunteered to help Dean Mitchell with
the transition and recruitment of students
to Lewis College of Human Sciences. Kiley
is a Life Trustee at IIT, having joined the
board in 1999. He currently serves on the
Board of Trustees’ Executive Committee.
Kiley is Managing Director of Wintrust
Wealth Services in Chicago.
social science and humanities. In addition,
the new college will be making a
focused effort to build our undergraduate
program. I am looking forward to working
with the faculty on these new initiatives.
I am pleased to announce the
addition of five new members of the
psychology faculty. The new faculty bring
expertise in several aspects of behavioral
health that will bolster both graduate
and undergraduate training. Two new
assistant professors in clinical psychology
will strengthen our coverage of health
psychology. Alissa Haedt-Matt specializes
in eating and body disorders, while
Eric Houston studies the impact of
psychological factors on health outcomes.
Kelly Kazukauskas joins the rehabilitation
counseling faculty as a clinical
Thank you for the opportunity
to serve the College of Psychology as
Chairman of the Board of Overseers and
IIT as a trustee. Let us remain focused on
the advances the restructuring of the new
colleges can inspire—academic excellence
for IIT students with an interdisciplinary
curriculum relevant to the world as it is
today while
encouraging
innovation for
tomorrow. We
look forward
to joining
thousands of
“new” alumni,
students,
and faculty
together in the
partnership
of Psychology,
Social Sciences, and
Humanities.
Best wishes for a wonderful fall and
holiday season.
—Joe Calabrese
assistant professor, where she will apply
her expertise in rehabilitation counselor
training. Arlen Moller is joining us as
an associate professor and will be focusing
his effort on our growing undergraduate
program. Moller’s research explores
human motivation and how to leverage
technology to promote healthy lifestyle
choices. Mahima Saxena is a visiting
assistant professor of industrial/organizational
psychology who studies emotions
in the workplace and their relationship to
job burnout and counterproductive work
behavior. Please join me in welcoming our
new colleagues to the Department
of Psychology.
—Scott Morris

From the Dean
The skyline
is incredible,
presenting in
bold relief the
city of Chicago
set against Lake
Michigan. The
leaves are swirling
down amidst the
rain and wind; the view of the campus
and city is spectacular. Change is in the
air and across the campus, reflected in
many areas, activities, and places, from my
office to the upper floors of IIT Tower at
35th and State streets.
This past spring our provost
announced his intention to build student
enrollment in the humanities, social
sciences, psychology, as well as in the
sciences at the undergraduate level. In
order to support this effort, it was decided
that a reorganization of the colleges would
allow the university to feature these areas
more prominently. Thus, we are working to
flesh out the plan and vision for two new
colleges composed of the former College of
Psychology and the College of Science and
Letters. We are all working to configure
the new Lewis College of Human Sciences,
which will house psychology, humanities,
and social sciences, while Dean Russell
Betts and his faculty are working in
parallel to develop the renamed IIT
College of Science.
Some have asked how we settled on
our name, and it is rather uncomplicated.
When IIT was formed in 1940 it
was from the merger of Armour and
Lewis institutes, and we committed
institutionally to always preserve the
Lewis name. The work of the faculty of
the new college is unified by a shared
commitment to the use of methods
appropriate to our disciplines and by
a focus on important human problems.
Thus, while not entirely transparent in
meaning, the new college name represents
a broad umbrella under which important
work focused on that which is uniquely
human will continue and grow. We will
be working on new degree programs,
increasing our undergraduate enrollment,
increasing our visibility and fund raising,
and yes, relocating.
There is so much talent among the
faculty and staff within the new college—
this is a very exciting opportunity. I do
not want to list all of the innovative and
exciting projects and work, as it would be
too long and my listing of it would not do
them justice. We will be inviting you all
to a formal launch of the new college next
fall and to numerous other events so that
you may experience first-hand all of the
changes and meet everyone.
In the new college we are excited
by synergistic opportunities for research
and educational programs that are
cross-disciplinary. We regard the human
sciences as core to giving meaning and
relevance to technological advances. Our
students, collectively, already are trained
to be top problem solvers ready to tackle
thorny human problems. We will be
strengthening our programs by bringing
our expertise together, applying the lens of
each of the different disciplines with our
commitment to understanding evidence in
order to develop a deep appreciation of the
complexity of our world and the necessity
for innovative solutions that factor in
myriad differences of people across the
globe. We also are partnering with Stuart
School of Business to develop very unique
educational programs that go beyond the
bounds of our disciplines. We are presently
and will continue to count on all of you
to spread the word to help us build our
undergraduate enrollment.
As you might imagine, one goal is
to continue to build our alumni network.
This requires all of you to stay in touch,
update us with your activities and lives,
engage your classmates who may not be
aware of how much we have grown, and
join us in building this new college. Above
all, visit us!
—M. Ellen Mitchell
YouTube Video Competition
To help announce the formation of the new IIT Lewis College of Human
Sciences we have launched a YouTube Video Competition for all current
IIT undergraduate students. The videos will be 2 minutes or less and will
be judged for creativity, relevance, and originality. First round winning
videos will be posted on YouTube in late November with a second round
of judging to take place in February. The contest is being sponsored by
BMO Harris and large cash prizes have been designated for the winners.
For more information please visit http://www.iit.edu/psych/events.
The winning student can win up to $5,000 dollars.
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Welcome our New Faculty
ALISSA HAEDT-MATT
Alissa Haedt-Matt joined the clinical faculty
as an assistant professor in fall 2012. Haedt-
Matt completed her clinical psychology
internship in the Eating and Weight
Disorders Track at the University of Chicago
Medical Center and received her Ph.D.
from the University of Iowa in July 2012.
Haedt-Matt has received numerous honors,
including a National Research Service
Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship
and an APA Dissertation Research Award.
She has 12 peer-reviewed publications and
three book chapters, and has presented
her research at national and international
conferences. Haedt-Matt also has been
active in several professional organizations,
including the Academy for Eating Disorders,
American Psychological Association,
Association for Contextual Behavioral
Science, and the Society for a Science of
Clinical Psychology.
Haedt-Matt’s broad research
interests are in the etiology, maintenance,
and treatment of eating disorders. Her
primary line of research investigates the
intersection of mood dysregulation and
eating pathology with an emphasis on
the application of ecological momentary
assessment to test theoretical models
of mood dysregulation in the etiology
and maintenance of eating disorders.
A second area of research interest is in
the classification of eating disorders,
particularly Purging Disorder. Current
research projects include 1) examining the
role of affective, cognitive, and somatic
factors in triggering and maintaining
purging behavior among women with
Purging Disorder and 2) investigating
concurrent and prospective associations
between emotional eating and affect and
implications for risk models of binge eating.
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ERIC HOUSTON
Eric Houston joined the clinical faculty
as an assistant professor in fall 2012.
Houston received his bachelor’s degree
from Carleton College and earned his
Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at
Chicago. He completed an APA-approved
clinical psychology internship at New
York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell
Medical Center. After his internship, he was
awarded a three-year NIH postdoctoral
research fellowship with the HIV Center
for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at
Columbia University and the New York
State Psychiatric Institute. Houston has
designed health studies and collaborated
with other investigators at major universities
and research centers in implementing
behavioral health interventions.
His research has been published in
leading peer-reviewed scientific journals,
and he has presented his work at
national conferences.
Much of Houston’s work is concerned
with examining the cognitive and emotional
factors that influence the self-regulation
of health behaviors, including seeking
timely medical care, reducing substance
use, practicing safer sex, and following
a treatment regimen as prescribed.
His primary line of research focuses on
developing interventions and assessment
procedures that effectively identify and
address idiosyncratic and latent cognitions
affecting individual motivation for health
behavior change. A second line of
research is aimed at strengthening our
knowledge of the psychological factors
underpinning the relationship between
trauma exposure and negative health
outcomes. Houston’s current research
projects include 1) examining the use of a
person-centered approach to more fully
assess patient treatment motivation and 2)
investigating the use of Internet and phonebased
technology in providing clinical
interventions and assessments.
KELLY KAZUKAUSKAS
Kelly Kazukauskas joined the faculty at IIT
in 2012. She is a clinical assistant professor
of rehabilitation counseling, teaching
courses in counseling theory and case
management, as well as the clinical courses
related to both practicum and internship
experiences. Kazukauskas also coordinates
the clinical training for the rehabilitation
counseling program, which includes the
placement, training, and clinical supervision
of students within this program.
Kazukauskas received her Ph.D.
in psychology with an emphasis on
rehabilitation education from IIT in 2006
and has been teaching ever since. She is
also a certified rehabilitation counselor
(CRC) and a certified vocational evaluator
(CVE). Prior to teaching she worked
extensively in the rehabilitation counseling
field, serving persons with traumatic brain
injury and persons with developmental
disabilities, and held several directorial
positions in vocational services and
program/case management.
Kazukauskas’s research and
professional interests focus primarily on
rehabilitation counselor competency and
training, clinical supervision in rehabilitation
counselor education and practice, and
rehabilitation counselor ethics and ethical
issues. Additionally, she has conducted
research on rehabilitation counselor
competence and comfort in relation to
disability and sexuality, and post-secondary
transitions for persons with disabilities.

ARLEN MOLLER
Arlen Moller received his Ph.D. in Social and
Personality Psychology from the University
of Rochester (2007) in Rochester, N.Y.
Following the completion of his graduate
training, he was an assistant professor
in the Department of Psychology at
Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, PA.,
from 2007–09. Moller was a full-time faculty
member in the Department of Preventive
Medicine at Northwestern University from
2009–2012, and continues to maintain a
secondary/adjunct faculty appointment
there. In August 2012, Moller joined IIT as
Alumni Updates
An article about George Speer, first director of IIT’s Institute
for Psychological Services, founded in 1945, was featured in The
American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) Specialist
online newsletter in July. The article includes Speer’s account
of the very first ABPP exams. It is noted that those exams were
actually held in IIT facilities. www.abpp.org
Robert John Zagar, M.S. ’75, Ph.D., MPH testified before
the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism Homeland
Security in the U.S. House of Representatives on July 24.
IO ALUMNI NEWS
Pete Leddy (Ph.D. ’91) is a Senior Vice President at Life
Technologies and on the Board of Directors at NuVasive.
Melanie Anderson Lundberg (M.S. PHRD ’99) became a
Manager in Talent Management at Allstate.
Renee Czeryba (M.S. PHRD ’00) is a Senior Change
Management consultant at Walgreens.
Andy Garman (Ph.D. ’00) is the CEO at The National Center
for Healthcare Leadership and a Professor of Health Systems
Management at Rush University Medical Center.
an associate professor in the College of
Psychology.
Moller’s research program concerns
understanding principles of human
motivation and applying those principles
toward helping people make healthy
choices. In particular, his research is
currently focused on developing more
effective interventions for increasing
physical activity and eating healthier,
and for weight management in general.
One common feature of Moller’s research
involves differentiating autonomous and
controlled forms of motivation based on
a self-determination theory framework.
He is especially interested in interventions
that support intrinsic motivation, which is
characterized by interest and enjoyment.
Moller’s research program is currently
exploring ways to leverage technology
(e.g., smartphone apps and accelerometry),
game design, social networks, choice, and
financial incentives in ways that support
autonomous motivation and lasting
behavior change. An underlying principle is
that, if we can help people to value or even
enjoy healthy behaviors, healthy changes
will tend to come more easily and be more
easily maintained. Another complimentary
feature of this research program involves
Moller’s orientation towards collaboration
and cross-disciplinary team science.
“Compelling empirical evidence suggests
that, when done well, team science is more
creative, more impactful, and more fun; and
I’ve found support for these principles in my
experience, as well,” says Moller.
More information and training tools for
cross-disciplinary researchers is available
at TeamScience.net, a website that
Moller co-developed with Drs. Spring,
Falk-Krzesinski, and the team at
NogginLabs, Inc.
Garth Davidson (M.S. PHRD ’01) is Head of Reward and
Services at Vodafon in Doha, Qatar.
Isis Martinez (M.S. PHRD ’02) is a Senior Consultant in
Human Capital, Organization, and Talent at Deloitte Consulting.
Helen Michniewicz (M.S. PHRD ’02) is the Founder and
Managing Director at Strategic Talent Advisors LLC.
Allan Fromen (Ph.D. ’04) is the Vice President of Consulting at
GFK Custom Research. He also received a Great Mind award
from the Advertising Research Foundation.
Jennifer Roberts (Ph.D. ’06) is the Director of Organizational
Development at AT&T.
Thomas Fritts (M.S. PHRD ’09) is Director of Corporate Health
and Wellness at XSport fitness.
Namrata Yadav (M.S. PHRD ’09) is a Vice President and
Leadership Development Consultant at Bank of America.
Jen Pawelko (M.S. PHRD ’10) is working as an Associate Policy
and Planning Analyst at University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
Cindy Miao (M.S. PHRD ’11) is a Staffing Specialist at
Schneider Electric (China).
Angela Sternburgh (Ph.D. ’11) is the Director of Business
Effectiveness at Sears Holdings Corporation.
Megan Wheeler (M.S. PHRD ’12) was promoted to Program
Manager of IIT’s Leadership Academy.
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PUBLICATIONS
Ayman, R. Mead, A. D., Bassari, A., &
*Huang, J. (2012). Implicit Leadership in Iran:
Differences between leader and boss and
gender. In S. Turnbull, P. Case, G. Edwards, D.
Schedlitzki, & P. Simpson (editors), Worldly
Leadership: Alternative Wisdoms for a
Complex World (pp. 135–157). Hampshire, UK:
Palgrave MacMillan.
+Ben Zeev, D., Young, M. A., Depp. C.A.
(2012). Real time predictors of suicidal
ideation: Mobile assessment of hospitalized
depressed patients. Psychiatry Research, 197,
55–59. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.11.025.
*Birnholz, J., Young, M. A. (2012).
Differential item functioning in the Center for
Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for
lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual women.
Assessment. doi: 10.1177/107319111244003.
Bradley-Geist, J. & Landis, R.
S. (2012). Homogeneity of personality in
occupations and organizations: A comparison
of alternative statistical tests. Journal of
Business and Psychology, 27, 149–150.
Corrigan, P. W. (2012). Research and the
elimination of the stigma of mental illness.
British Journal of Psychiatry, 201, 7–8.
Corrigan, P. W., & +Ben-Zeev, D. (2012).
Is stigma a stigmatizing word? A political
question for science. Stigma Research and
Action, 2, 62–66.
Corrigan, P. W., & +Rao, D. (2012). On
the self-stigma of mental illness: Stages,
disclosure, and strategies for change.
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 57, 464–469.
Dierdorff, E. C., & Ellington, J. K. (2012).
Members matter in team training: Multilevel
and longitudinal relationships between
goal orientation, self-regulation, and team
outcomes. Personnel Psychology, 65, 661–703.
*Hanson, B., Young, M. A. (2012). Why
depressive symptoms cause distress: The
client’s perspective. Journal of Clinical
Psychology, 68, 860–874. doi: 10.1002/jclp.21872.
Keegan, J. P., Chan, F., Ditchman, N., &
Chiu, C. Y. (2012). Predictive ability of Pender’s
health promotion model for physical activity
and exercise in people with spinal cord
injuries: A hierarchical regression analysis.
Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 56, 34–47.
Lavigne, J. V., Gouze, K. R., Hopkins, J.,
Bryant, F. B., & LeBailly, S. A. (2012). A
multi-domain model of risk factors for ODD
symptoms in a community sample of 4-yearolds.
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
40, 741–757.
Liu, Y., Canada, K., Shi, K., & Corrigan,
P. (2012). HIV-related stigma acting as
predictors of unemployment of people living
with HIV/AIDS. AIDS Care, 24, 129–135.
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Pingani, L., Ferrari, S., Forghieri, M., +Ben-
Zeev, D., Artoni, P., Mazzi, F., Palmieri, G.,
Rigatelli, M., Corrigan, P. W. (2012). Stigma
and discrimination toward mental illness:
Translation and validation of the Italian
version of the Attribution Questionnaire–27
(AQ-27-I). Psychiatry Research, 47, 993–999.
+Strickland, J., Hopkins, J., & Keenan,
K. (2012) Mother-teacher agreement on
preschoolers’ symptoms of ODD and CD: Does
context matter? Journal of Abnormal Child
Psychology, 40, 933–943.
Wallace, J. C., Paul, J. B., Landis, R. S., &
Vodanovich, S. J. (2012). Occupational safety.
In N. Schmitt (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of
Assessment and Selection. Oxford University
Press.
Werner, S., Corrigan, P. W., Ditchman, N.,
& *Sokol, K. (2012). Stigma and intellectual
disability: A review of measures and future
directions. Research in Developmental
Disabilities, 33, 748–765.
Williams, L., +Kazukauskas, K. A., &
Burker, E. J. (Jul–Sept 2012). Maximizing
quality of life in adults with Cystic Fibrosis:
The critical role of certified rehabilitation
counselors. Journal of Rehabilitation, 78(3),
20–26.
Williams, L., Burker, E. J., +Kazukauskas,
K., A. & Neuringer, I. (Summer 2012). Lung
transplant: Information and recommendations
for rehabilitation counselors. Journal of
Applied Rehabilitation Counseling, 43(2).
PRESENTATIONS
*Antler, C., Young, M. A. (June, 2012).
Perinatal photoperiod and latitude and season
at birth: Predictors of later adjustment to
chronobiological stress. Poster presented at
the annual meeting of the Society for Light
Treatment and Biological Rhythms (Geneva,
Switzerland).
Ayman, R. (2012, May). Does the findings on
gender and leadership effectiveness apply to
mentoring? Presentation at Association for
Psychological Science Convention, Chicago, IL.
Ayman, R. (2012, July). No Clergy? Bahá’í s
Faith and Shared Leadership. A Presentation
at Irfán Colloquia, Acuto, Italy.
Azevedo, R., Landis, R. S., Feyzi-Behnagh,
R., Duffy, M., Trevors, G., Harley, J., Bouchet,
F., Burlison, J., Taub, M., Pacampara, N.,
Yeasin, M., Rahman, A.K.M.M., Tanveer, M.
I., & Hossain, G. (2012). The effectiveness
of pedagogical agents’ prompting and
feedback in facilitating co-adapted learning
with MetaTutor. In S. A. Cerri, W. J.
Clancey, G. Papadourakis, & K. Panourgia
(Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th International
Conference of Intelligent Tutoring
Systems (pp. 212–221). Amsterdam, The
Netherlands: Springer.
*Burris, K., Ayman, R., & Korabik, K. (2012,
April). Leader-member exchange and leaders’
and subordinates’ conflict management
strategy profiles. Poster presented at the
27th Annual Conference of the Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology,
San Diego, CA.
*Burris, K., Ayman, R. & Korabik, K. (2012,
July). Leader’s and subordinate’s conflict
management strategy profiles: The role
of dyad gender composition and gendered
organization. Presented at International
Conference on Advances in Management.
Nassau, Bahamas.
*Carter, C. K. & Mead, A. D. (2012, April).
Automatically generating Big Five personality
items: Feasibility, reliability, and validity. In
A. D. Mead and S. T. Murphy (Chairs), Recent
innovations at the item level for better
assessment. Symposium conducted at the
27th Annual Conference of the Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology,
San Diego, CA.
*Collins, M. W., & Morris, S. B. (2012, April).
Accounting for variance heterogeneity in
meta-analysis. Paper presented at the 27th
annual conference of the Society for Industrial
and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA.
Dierdorff, E. C., Rubin, R. S., & Ellington, J.
K. (2012, April). Decelerating the diminishing
returns of citizenship on task performance.
In T. N. Bauer and J. R. Rineer (Chairs),
Expanding new frontiers of OCB research:
Context matters. Symposium conducted at
the 27th Annual Conference of the Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology,
San Diego, CA.
Ditchman, N., +Elg, B., & *Easton, A. (2012,
May). “Sense of Community” as a transition
outcome. Poster presented at the 2012
National Transition Conference,
Washington DC.
Ditchman, N., *Sokol, K., & *Easton,
A. (2012, April). Stigma and intellectual
disability: What can we learn from psychiatric
disability research? Presentation at the
National Council on Rehabilitation Education,
San Francisco, CA.
*Huang, J. & Mead, A. D. (2012, April).
Comparison of multiple-group methods
for detecting violations of measurement
invariance. Paper presented at the
27th Annual Conference of the Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology,
San Diego, CA.
Kath, L., Cunningham, C. J. L., & Mead, A.
D. (2012, April). Methods for the masses:
Demystifying multilevel (or hierarchical
linear) modeling. Master tutorial presented
at the annual meeting of the Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology in
San Diego, CA.

+Kazukauskas, K. A., Burker, E. J., &
Schmidt, J. (2012, October). Ethics and
multicultural competency in the supervisory
relationship. Paper presented at National
Council on Rehabilitation Education/
Council of State Administrators of Vocational
Rehabilitation/Rehabilitation Services
Administration Annual Conference,
Arlington, VA.
Korabik, K., Ayman, R., & VanRhijn, T.
(2012, June). Polychronicity and the Work-
Family Interface: Is Multi-tasking Beneficial?
Presented at Work and Family Researchers
Network Conference, New York, NY.
Keim, A., Landis, R. S., & Pierce, C. A. (2012,
April). Antecedents of job insecurity: A metaanalytic
review. Presented at the 27th Annual
Conference of the Society for Industrial and
Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA.
Landis, R. S. (2012). Integrating Meta-
Analysis and Structural Equation
Modeling. Invited presentation for the Center
for the Advancement of Research Methods
and Analysis (CARMA) Consortium Webcast
Program, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
http://carma.wayne.edu/Default.asp?
Landis, R. S. & Cortina, J. M. (2012, April).
Methodological rigor in organizational
research: The stigma of being soft. Presented
at the 27th Annual Conference of the Society
for Industrial and Organizational Psychology,
San Diego, CA.
Mead, A. D. (2012, April). Reliability and
validity of automated scoring of open-ended
items. Paper presented at the 27th Annual
Conference of the Society for Industrial and
Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA.
*Pollak, P. E., & Mead, A. D. (2012, April).
Personality scale creation using latent
semantic analysis as an item analysis
methodology. Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the National Council on
Measurement in Education in Vancouver, BC.
Student Highlights
■ Fay Hlubocky presented data from
her dissertation (a subset analysis) at
a national oncology conference in June,
which received media attention. http://
health.usnews.com/health-news/news/
articles/2012/06/06/financial-worries-add-tocancer-patients-burden
*Pugliese, S., Ayman, R., & Kunze, M.
(2012, June). The Mediating Effect of Leader-
Member Exchange on the Relationship
between Negative Affectivity and Work-Family
Conflict. Paper presented at a round table,
Work and Family Researchers Network
Conference, New York, NY.
*Watson, J. B. & Mead, A. D. (2012, April).
Bandwidth-fidelity dilemma: Personality
and driving safety. Poster presented at the
27th Annual Conference of the Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology,
San Diego, CA.
*Widlak, I. & Ayman, R. (2012,
April). Instructors’ Transformational
Leadership and Students’ Engagement,
Reactions and Learning. Poster presented at
the 27th annual conference of the Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology,
San Diego, CA.
AWARDS/HONORS
The American Psychological Association
(APA) has named IIT Nambury S. Raju
Endowed Psychology Chair Ron Landis as
a fellow. Fellow status is an honor bestowed
upon APA Members who have shown evidence
of unusual and outstanding contributions or
performance in the field of psychology. Fellow
status requires that a person’s work has had
a national impact on the field of psychology
beyond a local, state, or regional level. A high
level of competence or steady and continuing
contributions are not sufficient to warrant
fellow status; national impact must be
demonstrated.
A paper co-authored by Ron Landis was
named a co-winner of the Best Paper of
the Year for the journal Organizational
Research Methods. The paper, The Earth
Is Not Round (p = .00), written by Landis
and co-author Jose Cortina, addresses the
continued discussion and debate regarding
■ Lynda Gibson, Associate Professor
Joyce Hopkins’ student, was selected as a
Fellow for the 2012–13 academic year by the
Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in
Illinois (DFI) Program Board of the Illinois
Board of Higher Education. The estimated
Fellowship amount is $11,000.
the appropriate use of null hypothesis
significance testing (NHST) and effect size
testing (EST). Specifically, the paper examines
the myth that uncritical replacement of
NHST with EST will improve psychological
and organizational science. The use of NHST
and EST is described along with a summary
of the arguments offered in support and
against both. In addition to addressing
the veracity of these assertions, the paper
describes the concept of the translation
mechanism and compares the success of
NHST and EST as mechanisms. Finally, the
paper suggests changes that may facilitate
translation in future research.
Frank Lane was promoted to
Associate Professor.
Scott Morris was promoted to Professor.
GRANTS
The Center on Adherence and Self-
Determination (CASD: Patrick Corrigan,
P.I.) was awarded an administrative
supplement to add two health economists
to its team: Marjorie Baldwin from Arizona
State University and Zuleyha Cidav from
the University of Pennsylvania. The health
economists will add cost-benefit analyses to
the CASD’s portfolio of health research.
Jennifer Miller is a consultant on the grant
“A network approach to the prediction of
autism spectrum disorders,” sponsored by the
National Institute of Mental Health.
Arlen Moller is a consultant on the grant
“Opt-IN: Optimizing Intensive Lifestyle
Interventions for Weight Loss,” sponsored by
the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
BOLD denotes IIT faculty
* denotes IIT student
+ denotes IIT Alumni
■ Kimberly Burris, M.S. student,
received the Charles “Arch” Pounian Award.
She is active in research and has presented
at international conferences on the topics
of leadership, conflict management, and
diversity. While working to complete her
Ph.D., Burris is teaching statistics and
research methods to graduate students
at Elmhurst College. She is also helping
to launch a technology startup, providing
personalized positive psychology-based
coaching to employees at all levels.
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John Anderson
Provost and Senior Vice President
Alan Cramb
College Dean
M. Ellen Mitchell
Division Heads
Roya Ayman
Professor and Head—Industrial/Organizational
Frank Lane
Associate Professor and Head—Rehabilitation
Michael Young
Professor and Head—Clinical
Faculty
Patrick Corrigan
Nicole Ditchman
J. Kemp Ellington
Glen Geist*
Alissa Haedt-Matt
Joyce Hopkins
Eric Houston
Margaret Huyck*
Kelly Kazukauskas
Chow Lam*
*=emeritus
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Ronald Landis
Jonathan Larson
Eun-Jeong Lee
Alan Mead
Jennifer Miller
Arlen Moller
Scott Morris
Mahima Saxena
Robert Schleser
Steve Stanard
Allen Wolach*
Michael Young
IIT College of Psychology
Alumni Events
Mark your calendars for these 2013 events:
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PAID
Chicago, IL
Permit #936
Friday, March 8, 2013
John C. Scott (Ph.D. PSYC ’85) will be the second speaker in the Nambury S.
Raju Lecture Series at Hermann Hall, IIT Main Campus, Chicago
Friday, April 12, 2013
IIT Industrial Organizational Psychology Alumni Reception, SIOP Conference,
Houston, TX
IIT Homecoming 2013
September 27–28, 2013