Placements

I/O Psychology Student Placements

Recent Graduates

  • Jacqueline Marhefka, 2021
  • Levi Shiverdecker, December 2021
  • Anuradha Anantharaman, May 2021
  • Gordon Sayre, May 2020
  • Elizabeth Grimaldi, August, 2019
  • Michael Hosie, December 2018
  • Kent Alipour, August, 2018
  • Alex McKay, August, 2018
  • Bobby Melloy, August, 2018
  • Brad Jayne, May, 2018
  • Mike Hoffman, December, 2017
  • Kayla Follmer, August, 2017
  • Jeff Lovelace, May, 2017
  • Melissa Gutworth, May, 2017
  • Bob Reimer, December, 2016
  • Matt Crayne, May, 2016
  • Paige Deckert, August, 2016
  • Matt Howard, December, 2015
  • Dinora Fitzgerald, December, 2015
  • Morgan Krannitz, December, 2015
  • Shin-I Shih, August, 2015
  • Lawrence Houston, May, 2015
  • Daniel Kuyumcu, May, 2015
  • Sari Maneotis, August, 2014
  • Nicole Ginther, August, 2014
  • Rachel Tesler, December, 2013
  • Priya Bains, December, 2013
  • Adam Myer, August, 2013
  • Peter Reilly, August, 2013
  • Alissa Parr, August, 2013
  • Joshua Fairchild, August, 2013

Alumni Placement

Since 1976, 51% of our students go to industry, 43% to academics, and the remainder return to military posts with new skills. Graduates of Penn State University’s I/O program have entered into exciting and challenging careers. The following represents just a recent sample!

Academic/Professor

  • Psychology, Louisiana State University
  • Management, Emlyon Business School
  • Policy Studies, Queen’s University
  • Human Resource Studies, Cornell University
  • Management, Michigan State University
  • Management, Purdue University
  • Management, Stony Brook University
  • Management, University of Maryland
  • Management, Oregon State University
  • Management, University of Virginia
  • Management, Salisbury University
  • Management, Montclair State University
  • Management, State University of New York at Albany
  • Management, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Management, Texas A&M University
  • Organizational Behavior/Strategy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Social and I/O Psychology, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis
  • Organisational Behaviour, Kemmy Business School at University of Limerick
  • Associate Dean, College of Business, San Francisco State University
  • Psychology, Creighton University
  • Psychology, University of Western Australia
  • Human Resource Management, Rutgers University

Applied

  • Analyst, Culture Amp
  • Management Analyst, ICF
  • People Analytics Researcher, Google
  • Manager of Global Talent Management, PepsiCo
  • Senior Analyst, Johnson & Johnson
  • People Analytics, PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Organizational Scientist Specialist, McKinsey & Company
  • People Analyst, Google
  • HR Consultant, Microsoft
  • Consultant, Development Dimensions International
  • Human Capital Consultant, Federal Management Partners Inc.
  • Lawyer, McCarthy Tetrault LLP
  • Manager of Product Integration, PreVisor Inc.
  • Project Consultant, Select International
  • Talent Management Consultant, Lowe’s
  • Vice President, Personnel Decisions International
  • Senior Vice President, AON Consulting
  • Senior Consultant, Hay Group, Inc.
  • Group Director, Global Research, Center for Creative Leadership

Military

  • Chair, Department of Command Leadership and Management, US Army War College
  • Dean of Faculty, U. S. Air Force Academy
  • Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science and Leadership, U. S. Air Force Academy
  • Research Psychologist, U.S. Army Research Institute