IMg Lab Members, Present and Past
Jen Wessel, Ph.D.
IMg Lab Director
Dr. Jennifer L. Wessel (Ph.D., Michigan State University) is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland in College Park. Her research uses both laboratory and field designs to examine obstacles facing individuals at work who are in the minority or otherwise marginalized, with the overarching goal of providing high-quality research that can help organizations meet the needs of individuals from diverse backgrounds, as well as provide individuals from diverse backgrounds with tools to thrive personally and professionally at work. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Academy of Management Review, Psychology of Women Quarterly, Sex Roles, Journal of Social Issues, and others. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, Society for Human Resource Management, the Social Science Research Council, the Hewlett Foundation, and the Democracy Fund.
Doctoral Advisees
Diana Warner
Diana Warner is a first-year graduate student who is interested in researching how prejudice shapes individuals' experiences at work. She wants to explore how discrimination impacts individual well-being, how social relationships protect psychological resources, and how organizations can create policies to protect their employees.
Precious McQuade
Precious McQuade is a fourth-year graduate student whose research interests revolve around diversity, equity, and inclusion in organizations. She is focused on socioeconomic status and its impact on individual behavior, organizational policies, leadership, and teams.
Advisee Alumni
Sara E. Barth, Ph.D.
Personnel Psychologist for the Small Business Administration
Jaeeun Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Augsburg University
Alexandra Kuvaeva, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, SUNY-Downstate
Rewina Bedemariam, Ph.D.
People Analytics, Netflix
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Alyssa Aggarwal, Ella Chen, Mars Connell, Ena Song, Aretha Were
Undergraduate RA Alumni
Kobe Adolph, Zenab Abubakari (SAMHSA), Haleemat Adenuga, Caroline Adkins (UMD MSW), Olivia Antezana, Jazmin Argueta-Rivera (Rice University Psychology Ph.D. Program), Alyssa Asad, Anna Sofia Ascherio-Victoria, Lulu Arteaga Baeza, Lubna Barakat (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Program), Sky Bloomer (Villanova), Korie Broadwater-Allen, Romulus Castelo (University of Minnesota Psychology PhD Program), Grace Chen, Prem Doshi, Emily Forgo (UMD Psychology PhD Program), Joel Friebaum (Johns Hopkins), Evelyn Greenberg, Maddie Gresh (NC State MLA), Gwen Griffiths, Morgan Grizzle (The Bail Projectl), Matthew Hailemariam (Texas Instruments), Taniyia Harvey (George Washington University Psychology PhD program), Nia-Imani Heslop (Juul Labs, Inc.), Zoe Hill, Aliyyah Johnson (Philadelphia Institute for Individual, Relational & Sex Therapy), Kayla Kellner, Kim Krueger (M9 Solutions), India Harsley, Tenni Idler (Forward Together Counseling), Emily Kim (Virginia Tech PhD program), Erin Koppel (Georgetown University research coordinator), Yihua Lee, Sam Lipsky (Eastman Chemical Company), Chloe Neuman (Children's National), Samuel Ngum, Chisom Onweugbu, Trisha Raghuram, Naomi Shroge, Keana Richards (Google), Abby Ridgeway, Emmet Ryan, Reyan Sheikh (USDA), Nirmeen Shumpert (CESLC), Michael Spooner (FIU PhD Program), Michael Stavros (Core Counseling Services), Alison Venooker (Field Sales and Marketing Representative - Leadership Development Program at Techtronic Industries), Rose Villatoro (Hilton Corporation)
