I am a second year doctoral student in the Industrial/Organizational Psychology program at George Mason University.  I am a local, born and raised in Woodbridge, Virginia and proud Mason alumna. I graduated in 2008 with a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Islamic Studies. Through the Psychology Honors Program at Mason, I was fortunate to work with Dr. Eden King who exposed me to the world of I/O. For my undergraduate honors thesis, we looked at discrimination toward Muslim women in job applications.

As a result, my advisor is Dr. Eden King and my primary research interests include diversity and cross-cultural issues in the workplace. I am involved in research projects with topics related to age diversity, religious minorities, women and ethnic leaders. To learn more about projects in our lab, please visit the Workplace Diversity Research group.

In addition, I am working with Dr. Seth Kaplan and several other students in developing an intervention to help employees improve their workplace emotions.

After undergrad, I spent a year conducting research in the United Arab Emirates on the Fulbright Fellowship and had the opportunity to travel to Egypt and Oman as well so now I have the travel bug. I enjoy being with my family, traveling, reading, and learning how to cook ethnic Pakistani food.

Please feel free to contact me at aahmad14gmu.edu with any questions regarding GMU, the program, the application process or my research interests!