Current Students
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Seterra Burleson
Seterra is a sixth-year student in the lab. She has contributed to several grant-funded projects concerning factors associated with career identity development and retention in STEM fields, particularly for women and other underrepresented populations. She is actively involved in conducting research, authoring peer-reviewed journal articles, and presenting findings at conferences. Her primary research interests include career development, the work-life interface, workplace gender and cultural issues, and leader support.
In her free time, Seterra can be found camping, mountain biking, attending outdoor concerts, and going to local plays. Before attending ODU, she spent 27 months in Peru for the Peace Corps!
Kristen Eggler
Kristen is a second-year student in the lab. She comes from a small liberal arts background with research experience in cognitive and social psychology. Her primary research interests include diversity and inclusion, career development, and workplace culture.
When not in the lab, you can find Kristen in a kitchen, baking desserts to share. She also loves yoga and traveling the country to see friends. Before attending ODU, Kristen worked in several bakeries, including a gourmet cupcake shop!
Christina Ju
Christina is a first-year student in the lab. She graduated from Virginia Tech where she had worked in an IO lab with several graduate students. Her primary research interests include diversity and inclusion and assessment development for anti-discrimination and anti-racism measures.
Some of Christina's hobbies include singing, thrift shopping, cooking, and arranging music. A fun fact about her, she has worked in two different ice cream shops for the past six years!
Student Projects
Recent Publications
*Burleson, S. D., Major, D. A., Hu, X. & Shryock, K. (in press). Linking undergraduate professional identity development in engineering to major embeddedness and persistence. Journal of Vocational Behavior.
*Burleson, S. D, *Eggler, K. D., & Major, D. A. (in press). A diversity and inclusion perspective on organizational socialization in the new age of remote work. In R. J. Hynes, C. T. Aquino & J. Hauer (Eds.), Multidisciplinary approach to diversity and inclusion in the covid-19 era workplace.
*Burleson, S. D., Major, D. A., & *Eggler, K. D. (2022). Leveraging the new work from home normal to promote women's success in male-dominated fields. In P. Kumar, A. Agrawal, & P. Budhwar (Eds.), Work from home: Multi-level perspectives on the new normal (pp. 113-130). Emerald Publishing Limited.
*Burleson, S. D., & Major, D. A. (2019). #I-Os matter - Extending I-O research and theory even further into the design and implementation of sexual Assault and harassment training: A STEM-based example. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: New Perspectives on Science and Practice, 12, 501-503.
*Burleson, S. D., *Tyler, W. A., Major, D. A., & *Reynoldson, K. R. (2018). Women in STEM workplaces and computer-mediated communication: Obstacle or advantage? International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking, 10(3), 1-22.
Recent Presentations
Major, D. A., *Burleson, S. D., Hu, X., & Shryock, K. (2020, June). Participation in co-curricular activities and the development of engineering identity. Poster accepted for the 127th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Canada.
*Burleson, S. D., *Tyler, W., & Major, D. A. (2020, April). A model of supervisor-employee gender dissimilarity and work-family conflict. Poster presented at the 35th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Austin, TX.
*Myers, D. P., Major, D. A., & *Burleson, S. D. (2020, April). A servant leadership model test: Follower trust and prosocial identity as mediators. In J. Johnson (chair) The RISE of the Servant Leader, symposium presented at the 35th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Austin, TX.
Major, D. A., *Burleson, S. D., Hu, X., & Shryock, K. (2019, June). Engineering identity as a predictor of undergraduate students' persistence in engineering. Poster presented at the 126th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Tampa, FL.
*Burleson, S. D., Major, D. A., & Hu, X. (2019, May). Congruence and discrepancy between newcomers' anticipated and experienced work interference with family predicting early socialization outcomes. Paper presented at the 19th Annual Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Turin, Italy.
*Burleson, S. D., *Tyler, W. A., Major, D. A. (2019, April). Women in STEM workplaces and computer-mediated communication: Obstacle or advantage? In M. Saxena (chair) Women in STEM: Insights and Best Practices, symposium presented at the 34th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, National Harbor, MD.
Major, D. A., *Reynoldson, K. R., Hu, X., *Burleson, S. D., Shryock, K. (2018, June). Preliminary validity evidence for a brief measure of engineering identity. Poster presented at the 125th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT.