Faculty

Picture of current I/O Psychology Faculty. From left to right: Danielle King, Mikki Hebl, Margaret Beier, Eduardo Salas, Fred Oswald, and Eden King

Margaret Beier
beier@rice.edu
Associate Professor
PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology (2003)
Margaret’s research is broadly focused on intellectual development through the lifespan. Specific topics include investigation of cognitive ability, age, gender, and personality and motivational traits as related to job and training performance both in organizations and educational settings.
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Mikki Hebl
hebl@rice.edu
Professor
PhD, Dartmouth College (1997)
Mikki’s research addresses workplace discrimination and the barriers stigmatized individuals face in social interactions, the hiring process, business settings, and the medical community. In addition to identifying the ways in which discrimination tends to be subtly manifested, she also examines both individual and organizational-level strategies of remediation.
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Eden King
eden.b.king@rice.edu
Associate Professor
PhD, Rice University (2006)
Eden’s research applies organizational and social psychological theories to improve  management of diverse workplaces. She studies topics such as social stigma, barriers to work-life balance, consequences of discrimination and strategies for reducing discrimination.

Danielle King
danielle.d.king@rice.edu
Assistant Professor
PhD, Michigan State University (2018)
Danielle’s research centers on the topics of workplace resilience, idenity intersectionality and authenticity, and employee voice. Specifically, her work involves a) offering conceptual clarity and improved measurement to the resilience domain via integration with motivation frameworks, b) uncovering how daily workplace resilience can be fostered, c) highlighting the unique perceptions and experiences of individuals when considering multiple social categories in tandem, and d) finding ways to help employees experience authenticity and voice at work.
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Fred Oswald
fred.oswald@rice.edu
Professor
PhD, University of Minnesota (1999)
Fred’s research is concerned with selection and job performance models in organizational, educational and military contexts, as predicted by individual differences (e.g., personality, ability) and group differences (e.g., workgroup characteristics, gender, race/ethnicity and culture). He also works on a number of statistical and methodological research projects.
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Eduardo Salas
Eduardo.Salas@rice.edu
Professor and Allyn R. & Gladys M. Cline Chair
PhD, Old Dominion University (1984)
Eduardo’s research interests are in uncovering what facilitates teamwork and team effectiveness in organizations; how and why does team training work; how to optimize simulation-based training; how to design, implement and evaluate training & development systems and in generating evidence-based guidance for those in practice.
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