October 2004

Volume No. 16

Industrial / Organizational Psychology

Ph.D.Jeff Becker, Ph.D. (2003). Factorscontributing to differences in multi sourceperformance rating: The role of self-monitoring, rating source and dimension.Advisor: Ayman

Jennifer L. Thompson, Ph.D. (2004). Whatfactors influence judicial rulings about thedifference between adverse impact andreverse discrimination? Advisor: Morris

M.S. in Personnel & HumanResource Development

Adam Ackerson Heather LefflerJaime Kuo Lori Nita

Sofiya Velgach

Congratulations 2004 Graduates!

Publications & Presentations

Antani, A*., & Ayman, R. (April- 2004). The Relationship of Ethnicitywith Social Support and Work-Family Conflict. Paper presented atSIOP annual meetings, Chicago

Ayman, R. (in press) Leadership and cutlure. InternationalEncyclopedia of Applied Psychology, NewYork: Elsevier Publisher

Ayman, R., & Frame, M. (2004). Gender stereotypes and leadership.In J. MacGregor Burns, G. R. Goethals, & G. J. Sorenson, (Eds.),Leadership Encyclopedia, Thousand Oaks: Sage pub.

Ayman, R., & Hartman, E.* (2004) Contingency approaches toleadership. In J. MacGregor Burns, G. R. Goethals, & G. J.Sorenson, (Eds.), Leadership Encyclopedia, Thousand Oaks: Sagepub.

Ayman, R., Adams, S.*, Hartman, E.*, & Fisher, B. (2003).Leadership development in higher education is submitted forpublication in S. Murphy & R. Riggio (Eds.). The future of leadershipdevelopment (pp. 201-222). Mahwah, New Jersey: LawrenceErlbaum Associates.

Ayman-Nolley, S., Ayman, R., Leffler, H*., & Ackerson, A*. (May,2004) Gender Roles and Children’s Schema of Leaders, asReflected in Their Drawing. Paper presented at Jean Piaget Society,Toronto, Canada

M.S.Andrew Day (2004). Employee Perceptionsof Af fec t ive Rela t ionsh ips wi thOrganizations: Perceptions of Support fromthe Organization and Coworkers onAffective Organizational Commitment.Advisor: Ayman

Jennifer Weiss (2003). The impact ofsubordinate gender on supervisor choice ofconflict management style on a situationaljudgment test. Advisor: Morris.

Daniel Wilman (2004). Measurementequivalence and gender differences on a360-degree performance feedbackinstrument. Advisor: Raju

Ayman, R., Ayman-Nolley S., & Leffler, H.* (August, 2004)Children’s gender and their implicit theory of a leader. Presentedin Symposium chaired by Birgit Schyns at International Congress ofPsychology, Beijing, China.

Ayman, R., Korabik, K., & Lero, D. (2004). Advancing knowledge onwork-family interface through a cross-cultural approach: A multi-country project. Paper presented in Symposium chaired by ZeynepAycan at SIOP annual meetings, Chicago

Ayman, R. Velgach, S.* (August -2004). Work-Family ConflictInternational Comparison US Pilot. Presented in Symposiumchaired by Karen Korabik at the International Congress of Cross-cultural Psychology, X’ian, China.

Ayman, R., Rinchiuso, M.*, & Korabik, K. (August, 2004).Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction in Relation toLMX and Dyad Gender Composition. Presented in Symposiumchaired by Roya Ayman at International Congress of Psychology,Beijing, China.

Ayman, R. (2004). Situational and contingency approaches toleadership. In J. Antonakis, A. T.Cianciolo, & R. J. Sternberg,(Eds.). The nature of leadership. Thousand Oaks: Sage.

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Congratulations to our recent graduates, and best wishes to them on future endeavors!

It gives us great pleasure to report the achievements of our faculty and students. Those listedhere contributed to the field in the past academic year. * Denotes IIT student.

October 2003 marked theopening of the McCormickTribune Campus Center,designed by Dutch architectRem Koolhaas.

The design includes aconcrete and stainless steeltube (measuring in excess of500 feet) that encloses astretch of the Green Line.

Clemans, W.V., Lunneborg, C.E., & Raju, N.S. (in press). ProfessorPaul Horst’s legacy: A differential prediction model for effectiveguidance in course selection. Educational Measurement: Issues &Practice.

DeLay, N., LoVerde, M., & Ayman, R. (April- 2004). Impact ofTelecommuting on Work-Family Conflict. Paper presented at SIOPannual meeting, Chicago

Fromen, A.*, & Mosher, E. (2004). The Effects of Reminders onParticipation Rates: A Case Study. Presented at the annual Society forIndustrial/Organizational Psychology Convention, Chicago, IL.

Goharian, N., Grossman, D., Frieder, O., & Raju, N.S. (2004).Migrating information retrieval from the graduate to the undergraduatecurriculum. Journal of Information Systems Education, 15, 55-64

Handelsman, M. M., Briggs, W. L., Sullivan, N., & Towler, A. J. (inpress). A measure of college student course engagement. Journal ofEducational Research

.Hepworth, W., & Towler, A. J (2004). The effects of individualdifferences and charismatic leadership on workplace aggression.Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 9, 176-185.

Jones, J., Maraist, C., & Newhouse, N.* (2004). Prediction of TalentManagement Indices Using the 16PF Primary Personality Factors.Poster presented at the 16th Annual Conference of the AmericanPsychological Society, Chicago, Illinois, May 28, 2004.

Korabik, K., Lero, D., & Ayman, R. (2004). A micro-macro levelapproach to cross-cultural work family research. International Journalof Cross-cultural Management.

Kwaske, I.H.* (2004).  Individual assessments for personnel selection:An update on a rarely researched but avidly practiced practice. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 56(3), 186-194.

Lezotte, D.V. & Pollak, P.E.* (2004, April). An empirical evaluation ofminimum group size for reporting employee survey results. Paperpresented at the nineteenth annual conference of The Society forIndustrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, Illinois.

Miner, J.B., & Raju, N.S. (2004). When science diverts itself of itsconservative stance: The case of risk propensity differences betweenentrepreneurs and managers. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89, 3-13

Morris, S. (2004, April).  Effect size estimation from two independentgroups with heterogeneous variances.  Paper presented at the 19thannual conference of the Society for Industrial and OrganizationalPsychology, Chicago, IL.

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Raju, N.S. (2004). Review of Thissen and Wainer’s (Editors) TestScoring. Organizational Research Methods, 7, 122-124.

Raju, N.S., & Fearing*, B.C. (2004). An evaluation of maximumlikelihood estimation in validity generalization. Paper presented at theannual meeting of the Society for Industrial and OrganizationalPsychology, Chicago, IL.

Raju, N.S., & Oshima, T.C. (in press). Two prophecy formulas forassessing the reliability of IRT based ability estimates. Educationaland Psychological Measurement.

Raju, N.S., & Oshima, T.C. (2004, April) An alternate formulation forassessing the reliability of an expanded or reduced test. Paperpresented at the annual meeting of the National Council onMeasurement in Education, San Diego, CA.

Raju, N.S., & Oshima, T.C. (2004, August). Two prophecy formulasfor assessing the reliability of IRT based ability estimates. Paperpresented at the annual meeting of the International Congress ofPsychology, Beijing, China.

Ronen, E.* (2004). Multi-rater feedback effectiveness: Cross-culturaland additional research domains. Poster presented at the 25thannual Industrial/Organizational Psychology & OrganizationalBehavior conference, Tulsa, OK.

Ronen, E.* & Van Overberghe, C.T.* (2004, March). E-learning:Exploring cross-cultural variables. Poster presented at the 25thannual Industrial/Organizational Psychology & OrganizationalBehavior Graduate Student Conference, Tulsa, OK.

Sarkar-Barney, S., & Ronen, E.*(2004). The influence of culture onjob involvement: A multi-country study. Poster presented at the 25thannual conference of the American Psychological Association,Honolulu, HI.

Scott, J.C., Raju, N.S., & Edwards, J.E. (2004). The challenge ofevaluating diverse human resources programs. Paper presented atthe annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and OrganizationalPsychology, Chicago, IL.

Skinner, J. F*., & Morris, S. B. (2004). Proposal for a Monte CarloExamination of Applying Meta-Analytic Methods to the Assessmentof Adverse Impact. Paper presented at the 25th annualIndustrial/Organizational Psychology and Organizational BehaviorGraduate Student Conference, Tulsa, OK.

Thomas, A.L., & Raju, N.S. (in press). An evaluation of James et al.’s(1992) VG estimation procedure when artifacts and true validity arecorrelated. International Journal of Selection and Assessment.

Towler, A. J., & Schneider, D. J. (In Press). Distinctions amongstigmatized groups. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

Towler, A. J. (2003). Effects of charismatic influence training onattitudes, behavior, and performance. Personnel Psychology, 56,363-381.

Towler, A. J., & Dipboye, R. L. (2003). Development of a LearningStyles Orientation Measure. Organizational Research Methods, 6,216-235.

Valbuena, N.A., & Raju, N.S. (2004, April). Assessment ofmeasurement equivalence based on confirmatory factor analysis anditem response theory. Paper presented at the annual meeting of theSociety for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL

Van Overberghe, C.T.*, Leffler, H.*, Matyasik, M.*, Sowinski, D.*,Sharma, M.*, & Frame, M.* (2004, March). The effects of ethnicity onperceived stress with supervisor and organizational commitment..Poster presented at the 25th annual Industrial/OrganizationalPsychology & Organizational Behavior Graduate StudentConference, Tulsa, OK.

Morris, S., & DeShon, R. (2003).  Estimating common metric effect sizes from a variety of research designs. Academy of Management Research Methods Forum.

Neapolitan, R., & Morris, S. (2004).  Probabilistic modeling with Bayesian networks (pp. 371-390).  In D. Kaplan(Ed.).  The Sage Handbook of Quantitative Methodology for the Social Sciences.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Newhouse, N.*, Lewis, B., & Jones, J. (2004). Strategic Talent Management: Assessment as a Foundation. Posterpresented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Personality Assessment, Miami, Florida, March 11, 2004.

Porter, S.* and Ayman, R. (August, 2004). Impact of Work Flexibility on the Relationship between Work FamilyConflict and Intention to Quit. Paper presented at the Academy of Management annual meetings. New Orleans,Louisiana.

Price, L.R., Raju, N.S., & Wilkins, C. (2004, August). Conditional standard errors of measurement for compositescores. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Pritzker, M., Ayman, R., & Hartman, E.* (June- 2004). A study of the relationship between CEO’s optimism,leadership efficacy, and self monitoring, transformational and empowering leader behaviors, and the company’s ROIand measures of leadership effectiveness. Paper presented at UNL Gallup Leadership Institute Summit, Omaha,Nebraska

Raju, N.S. (in press). Review of the Health Occupations Basic Entrance Test. In B. S. Plakeand J.C. Impara (Eds.),The Sixteenth Mental Measurement Yearbook (pp. xx). Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements of theUniversity of Nebraska.

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Amy Antani, ABD is a LeadershipDevelopment Consultant at AdvocateChrist Medical Center in Oak Lawn, IL.

Nahren Ishaya is an organizationaldevelopment intern at Advocate ChristHospital in Oak Lawn, IL.

Sebastian Laube is Senior ProjectManager, HR-Research, University ofLueneburg, Germany.

Ilianna Kwaske works at Stephen A.Laser Associates and is an adjunctinstructor at Elmhurst College andCSOPP.

Dana Moore is a LeadershipDevelopment Specialist with AmeriquestMortgage Company.

Student Professional Activities

John A. Behr, Ph.D., is a Principal,Leadership Capital Partners, Inc.

Michael Burke, Ph.D., Freeman Chair atTulane University, is currently onsabbatical at the University of Sheffield(UK).

Garth Davidson, MS is an HR DataAnalyst at Solo Cup Company.

Patrick Devine, Ph.D., a Professor ofPsychology at Kennesaw State Universityin Atlanta, Georgia, was appointed theRTM Fellow for Leadership in the RTMInstitute for Leadership, Ethics andCharacter. In this role he develops ethicalleadership programs for students, faculty,and corporations.

Alumni Professional Activities

In August of 2004, IITunveiled the new Strengthand Fitness Center. Locatedwithin the Keating SportsCenter, the center has state-of-the art weight and fitnesstraining equipment for use bystudents and staff.

The fitness center will alsobe equipped with anentertainment system whichincludes three flat-screentelevisions, a sound systemand a wireless connectionallowing occupants the abilityto hear the televisionsthrough their own personhead sets.

Erin Mutter is an intern in theAssessment Measurement Solutionsdepartment at Pearson Reid LondonHouse.

Noelle Newhouse, ABD. Training andResearch Consultant with the Institute forPersonality and Ability Testing in Chicago

Stacey Porter, an HR Generalist atConvoli Inc. (San Mateo, CA) has beencontracted by Winnov to create a trainingdemo on streaming and video capturecards, to be used on the 2004 MicrosoftProducer CD.

Daniel Wilman, MS is a measurementconsultant with Hewitt Associates.

Kenneth Elliott, Ph.D., is working forKenning Research Inc., focusing onadvanced analytical services to developpredictive and descriptive models of 'peopledata'.

Isis Garcia, M.S. worked on the project ‘TheRight Award for Workplace Excellence inChicagoland ‘ that was published in October2003 in all Chicagoland newspapers.

Timothy S. Kroecker, Ph.D. has become apartner at Cambria Consulting.

Jason Michniewicz , M.S. is a LeadershipDevelopment Professional at Allstate.

Casey Mulqueen, Ph.D., is Director ofResearch at TRACOM Group.

IIT students gain both a solid academic background and a practical, hands-on experience.The latter comes from working in applied settings, often with our own alumni.

IIT’s Alumni branch out to various positions all across the world. They provide support andinformation to our program. The following is a list of alumni updates submitted within thelast academic year.

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Dr. Roya Ayman presented with herstudents at four National conferences:SIOP, Academy of Management,Gallup Leadership summit and theinternational conferences in Beijing,China.

In addition to having three chapterspublished last year, Ayman was invitedto Istanbul, Turkey, as a member of aninternational research team working onwork family conflict.

Roya is on the editorial board ofApplied Psychology: An InternationalReview and International Journal ofManagement.

Faculty Activities

Over the past year Dr. Lezotte continuedthe implementation of the Institute ofP s y c h o l o g y ’ s C e r t i f i c a t e i nCompensation Management. The firstcertificate is expected to be granted inthe spring of 2005.

Dr. Lezotte also served as a reviewer forthe upcoming issue of the HumanResource Management Journal,dedicated to SIOP articles and authors.

In June of this year, Dr. Lezottecompleted a three-year term as theChairman of the Board of HeartlandHousing Inc. – a not-for-profitorganization that develops housing andjob training for the poor anddisadvantaged.

Scott Morris is involved in a number ofresearch projects investigating genderbias in selection decisions, the validity ofindividualized assessments, andmethods for improving the accuracy ofmeta-analysis.

He is on the editorial board ofOrganizational Behavior and H u m a nDecision Processes.

Dr. Dan Lezotte

Dr. Scott Morris

At both the SIOP and the Academy ofManagement conferences, Dr. Aymanwas selected as the reviewer for twodivisions: Gender and Diversity inOrganizations and OrganizationalBehavior.

Dr. Ayman also was a reviewer for SexRoles, Group & Organizat ionalManagement: An International Journal,Journal of Personality and SocialP s y c h o l o g y , and Human ResouceManagement Journal.

This past summer, Roya was involved indesigning a cross-cultural trainingprogram for Hewitt and Associates. Shehas also been working with IIT’sLeadership Academy as an advisor andassessor.

He continues to be a member of the HHBoard of Directors and the Board ofDirectors of Heartland Alliance, HH’sparent organization.

Dr. Lezotte was also involved, along withDr. Raju, in designing a nationalcertification exam for the prining/graphicsreproduction industry that will be used inhigh schools across the nation.

Finally, he continues his research andconsulting in the area of organizationalclimate and its impact on organizationaleffectiveness.

Dr. Morris also serves as an ad hocreviewer for the British Journal ofMathematical and Statistical Psychology,Psychological Methods, and the SIOPconference.

In addition to his role as a member of theI/O faculty, Scott is also the AssistantDirector of the Institute of Psychology.

Dr. Roya Ayman

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Dr. Raju’s research has focused onmeta-analysis, validity generalization,utility of organizational interventions,differential item functioning (item bias),and measurement equivalence of 360-degree feedback assessments.

He is currently serving on the editorialboards of nine different publications,including Journal of Applied Psychology,Journal of Educational Measurement,Personnel Psychology, OrganizationalResearch Methods, and PsychologicalBulletin.

Raju has reviewed proposals for theSIOP, AERA/NCME, and APAconventions. He serves as a member ofthe Technical Advisory Committee of theDepartment of Testing and Assessmentfor both the state of Georgia andMontana.

Dr. Nambury Raju

Dr. Annette Towler has blazed quite atrail prior to joining IIT as an AssociateProfessor. Dr. Towler previously spentthree years as an Assistant Professor atthe University of Colorado-Denver.

She is involved in a number of researchprojects including development ofcharismatic leaders, and a series ofstudies examining the effectiveness ofcomputer-based training.

This research is sponsored by the ArmyResearch Institute from 2004-2006 and isa joint collaboration with Kurt Kraiger,of the University of Tulsa.

Dr. Annette Towler

Dr. Raju also serves as a member of theExamination Committee of theAssociation of State and ProvincialPsychology Boards (ASPPB) and is amember of the University Committee onPromotion and Tenure.

Raju recently worked with Bruce Fisherand Ben Fearing, both of the Center forResearch and Service, on the surveyand task analysis data for the NationalRestaurant Association EducationalFoundation.

Finally, he has also reviewedmanuscripts for Multivariate BehavioralResearch, Psychological Method,Applied Measurement in Education, andBritish Journal of Mathematical andStatistical Psychology.

She has reviewed articles for Journal ofApplied Psychology, Journal ofOccupational Health Psychology andAcademy of management Journal.

During 2004, Annette presented papersat SIOP, AOM, and Society of Personalityand Social Psychology Conference. Shecurrently has papers in press at Journalof Applied Social Psychology, Journal ofEducational research and published inJournal of Occupational HealthPsychology in 2004. In addition, Annetteis listed among Who's Who of AmericanTeachers, 2004.

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They say that you can’t get a job until you gainexperience. In the same breath, they’ll tell you howyou can’t gain experience until you have a job.Such is the circular logic that many graduatestudents encounter when they begin their job hunt.

IIT’s Center for Research and Service defies thisstereotypical experience. At IIT, students have theopportunity to gain real work experience, applywhat they learn in the classroom, and work alongsome of the most influential minds in the field.

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IIT Center for Research and Service

Center for Research and Service Staff. From Left: BruceFisher, Ben Fearing, Koren Aragaki, and Nambury Raju

Director Bruce Fisher has headed the Center since 1998. Fisher himself earned his Ph.D. in I/O Psychology fromIIT, and after many years private consulting, returned to the institution that he felt was the dominant influence in hiscareer. Along with the expertise of Nambury Raju (an IIT Distinguished Professor, the Senior Scientific Advisor, andthe mind that Bruce credits for launching the Center), Fisher and the Center staff provide consulting services to awide variety of clients, including large multinational corporations, small privately held businesses, and non-profitorganizations. Clients often receive consultation in the form of test validation, training, selection, development, anda vast array of other topics. By listening carefully to what the client needs, the Center keeps its finger on the pulseof market demands.

The Center’s existence provides insurmountable support to the psychology department. As a non-for-profitorganization, the Center’s revenue is allocated to IIT students. Financial gain from the Center is translated intostudent scholarships, faculty research and travel support, and investments into new technology. It truly is a uniqueexchange. Students who initially receive financial support (made possible by the Center) are integral to its continualsuccess. Faculty members, whose research is often enabled by the Center, provide consulting and contentknowledge to keep the Center at the edge of innovation. Together, they all contribute to an unmatched learningexperience.

The applied experience that students have access to is immeasurable. IIT students Ben Fearing and Koren Aragakiwork alongside Fisher on a multitude of projects. Additionally, Fisher often taps the resources of other I/O graduatestudents for various psychometric analyses and survey projects. Fisher has a seemingly unlimited pool of talented,motivated individuals who are eager to gain experience. And, while he enjoys seeing students apply their contentknowledge to real-world needs, he further cherishes the opportunity to coach and mentor these students along theway.

In the past year, the Center has expanded to form strategic alliances with other private consulting firms. A largeportion of the Center’s revenue comes as subcontractors of these other firms. Over the years, Fisher and Raju havetransformed the Center into a highly-innovative resource for organizations. But the Center’s growth and increasedrevenue are fueled by Fisher’s primary interest, giving back to the organization that made such an impact on his life.You might call it Fisher’s own circular logic.

IIT Center for Research and Service3300 S. Federal Street

Chicago, IL 60616-3793312/567-3000

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IOOB Student Conference

SIOP Conference & IIT Reception

Each November, Dr. Roya Ayman opens herhome for a gathering of the IIT I/O community.The event provides an informal environmentthat enables students, faculty, and alumni tolearn more about each other – bothprofessionally and personally.

This annual event has become an invaluablesocial outlet. First year students get theopportunity to question their more seasonedclassmates. Students and faculty relate theirresearch experiences, and alumni networksprovide potential leads to future jobopportunities.

This event allows you to really appreciate the IITacademic experience. People come from allwalks of life with one very important thing incommon – their shared experience at IIT.

Are you a first-year student looking to getinformed about your future years at IIT? Anadvanced student interested in meeting thisyear’s new class? Alumni looking to see how theprogram or campus has changed? An employerlooking to find that one IIT student to fill yourinternship position? Did I mention the food? It’sgot something for everyone!

This year’s event is slated for November 13! Wewill see you there!

IOOB is a graduate student conference heldannually by students for students. The 2004conference was held at The University ofTulsa, OK, with the theme “Moving the Box.”

Speakers such as Drs. Angelo De Nisi, NancyTippins, Eduardo Salas, and Robert Hoganraised issues about stepping outside thetraditional I/O paradigm to bring in new ideasand push the field in new directions.

There were posters and presentations fromstudents as well as interactive workshops fromfaculty and professionals. It was a greatopportunity to meet our fellow students fromother schools.

There were many fun activities planned for usupon arrival, including outings and games. Itwas a great environment to get comments frompeers on our hard work. IOOB is a great placeto get feedback on projects, papers, ideas, andworks in progress. The atmosphere was notstressful, and awards were given for outstandingpapers.

Next year, IOOB will be at The Florida Instituteof Technology in February 2005. Check out thewebsite, IOOB.org, in the coming months formore details and submission deadlines. Let’smake sure that enough students attend torepresent IIT in IOOB Jeopardy this comingyear!

The 19th Annual conference of the Society ofIndustrial-Organizational Psychology washosted right here in Chicago this past April.

A strong turnout of IIT students, faculty, andalumni joined in to learn about newadvancements in the field, mingle with someof the most influential minds in the country,and present some of their own research andfindings. Many congratulations go out to allthose who successfully presented theirresearch at SIOP this year.

As is the tradition, Dr. Roya Ayman hosted theannual IIT SIOP reception. Because it waslocated so close to the heart of the campus, weenjoyed a terrific turnout. It also gave us thewonderful opportunity to celebrate MichaelBurke’s SIOP presidency and Roya Ayman’spromotion to Full Professor.

We were also informed that a fund-raisingcampaign is on the way to fund an endowedchair for Dr. Raju.

Next year’s conference is located in LosAngeles. Mark your calendars for April 15-17 aswe all head west to represent IIT.

IIT I/O Open House

State Street Village,designed by HelmutJahn, opened in the Fallof 2003.

The new studentresidence halls, for bothgraduate & under-graduate students, issituated at the corner of33rd and State, justsouth of the newMcCormick Tr ibuneCampus Center.

The residence hallsfeature exterior glasswalls, designed to mufflenoise from the adjacentGreen Line trains, andhouse near ly 400students.

Eyal Ronen, 2nd-year, and Courtney Van Overberghe, 3rd year, contributed to this article.

Nahren Ishaya and Rachel Meredith, both 2nd year, contributed to this article.

Jason Raad, 2nd year, contributed to this article.

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Izabela Bakunowski graduatedfrom the Illinois Institute ofTechnology.

John Brubaker graduated from theUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee(Milwaukee, WI).

Michael Crane graduated from theUniversity of Colorado (Boulder,CO).

Brandon Fleener graduated fromthe Illinois Institute of Technologywith a Masters in Personnel &Human Resource Management

Anna Joyce graduated fromDavidson College (Davidson, NC).

Incoming Students

A Tuesday in August began with a circle of professors,teaching assistants, and wide-eyed incoming studentstalking about what brought them together that afternoon.

And so the orientation experience began. Along the way,incoming students were introduced to the program’sacademic setting and familiarized with the layout of thecampus. We met with each member of the faculty, andregistered for classes under the watchful eyes of theteaching assistants – who had been through thisexperience a year prior.

The Incoming Student Orientation Experience

Nahren Ishaya Rachel Meredith Rebecca Roller Eyal Ronen Aaron Witkowski

ishanah@iit.edu mererac@iit.edu rollreb@iit.edu roneeya@iit.edu witkaar@iit.edu Orientation Coordinators Comps Contact Statistics T/A Newsletter Editor

Teaching Assistants

Jessica Kitchner graduated fromAdelphi University (Garden City, NY)with a Masters in General Psychology.

Malini Kodur graduated from StellaMaris College.

Karen Kozminski graduated fromThe Ohio State University (Columbus,OH).

Jamie Kuo graduated from the IllinoisInstitute of Technology with a Mastersin Personnel & Human ResourceManagement

Heather Leffler graduated from theIllinois Institute of Technology with aMasters in Personnel & HumanResource Management.

By the end of the day, we felt as if already a seasonedmember of the program. The orientation concludes withan annual reception, where countless students in theprogram, along with the faculty and alumni join in to meetthe new students and rekindle their own orientationexperiences. It makes you aware that the IIT experience,first and foremost, is about people.

A few days later, classes began. But we were ready.Thanks to the orientation, we had already been providedthe resources to be successful.

Maureen Merrigan graduated fromthe University of Tampa (Tampa, FL).

Maritza Ruano graduated fromDePaul University (Chicago, IL).

Melinda Scheuer graduated from theUniversity of Toledo (Toledo, OH).

Ariel Siskin graduated from GeorgeWashington University (WashingtonDC).

Sofiya Velgach graduated from theIllinois Institute of Technology with aMasters in Personnel & HumanResource Management.

Michael Crane, 1st-year, contributed to this article.

I would like to thank all alumni andadvanced students who have assistedour current students in gettinginternships or doing projects with them togain applied experience. The strengthand success of our program has alwaysdepends the wonderful support from ourAlumni.

At this point, I would also like to thankthose who either hosted or presented atour internship meetings at IIT. Oursincere thanks goes to Bob Thomas fromSysmex, Dr. David Pegorsch from UnitedAirlines, and Daniel Russell from Aonconsulting.

At SIOP in Chicago last year, we had agreat bash. We are extremely grateful toEllen Mitchell, the director of the instituteof Psychology, for her continuous careand support of this very special event.

As program director, I am most pleasedto inform you that IIT was ranked as 6thamong I/O Ph.D. programs in NorthAmerica (see TIP, July 2004).Congratulations to all !

We have modified our CompensationManagement Certificate program and wehope to attract more participants. Foureight-week courses are offered everyyear from Fall through Spring. Studentsin the program can take these aselectives and alumni can take them tofurther specialize. By completing thesecourses, you will earn a certificate incompensation management.

By now, you may know that we havegood and bad news to report regardingour faculty. The bad news is that Dr.Shreya Sakar-Barney has left IIT. Shewas a great colleague, and moreimportantly a great motivator for studentinvolvement in research. We will missher.

From The Director’s Desk. . . . .Illinois Institute of

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Information &Application:

Roya Ayman, Ph.D.Program Director

3101 S. Dearborn St.Suite 252Chicago, IL60616-3793

PHONE:312/567-3516

E-MAIL:ayman@iit.edu

We’re on the Web!See us at:

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The Good news is that Dr. AnnetteTowler joined the Institute of Psychologythis fall as an Associate Professor. Priorto joining IIT, Dr Towler was an AssistantProfessor of Psychology at the Universityof Colorado at Denver for three years.

Dr. Towler conducts research in trainingand development, leadership andstigmatization at work. Her currentresearch involves the design of effectivecomputer-based training and the long-term development of charismatic leaders.She has published in the Journal ofAppl ied Psychology, PersonnelPsychology and O r g a n i z a t i o n a lResearch Methods.

Dr. Towler has taught classes instatistics, social psychology, training anddevelopment and organizationalpsychology. She is in the Who’s Who ofAmerican teachers (2004). Dr Towleralso worked in the private sector for 12years, ostensibly as a management andbusiness trainer. Additionally, Annettebrings with her a large, three-year grant.

As you can see, the program is doingwell. Don’t forget to stay in touch! Dropme a line via email or snail mail and sendme your business card. Your success isthe source of our pride and the sign ofour achievement.

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Roya

IIT I/O Open HouseHosted by Dr. AymanNovember 13, 2004

IOOB Student ConferenceFebruary 2005Florida Institute of Technology

20th Annual SIOP ConferenceApril 15-17, 2005 Los Angeles, CA

Other Dates to Remember