I/O Psychology Student Placements
Recent Graduates
- Louis Boemerman, May 2023
- Katie England, May 2023
- Kristen Swigart, May 2023
- Vanessa Burke, May 2022
- Jason Williamson, May 2022
- Kayla Walters, December 2021
- Jacqueline Marhefka, December 2021
- Levi Shiverdecker, December 2021
- Anuradha Anantharaman, May 2021
- Brett Neely, August 2020
- Julian Allen, May 2020
- 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
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, North Carolina State University
- Psychology, Louisiana State University
- Management, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- 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
- Director of Global Talent Development, MiTek
- 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
- Human Capital Consultant, ICF
- 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