Alexandra I. Zelin, Ph.D.

I am an assistant professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. My primary teaching responsibilities at the graduate (MS) level include job and performance management and job/work analysis and personnel selection. At the undergraduate level I teach a variety of classes, including introduction to psychology, research methodology, social psychology, advanced social psychology, psychology of women, and cultural change ambassadors (sexual assault prevention through bystander intervention and cultural change).

I am also actively engaged in research, focusing primarily on diversity in the workplace (particularly gender and moving toward intersectionality) and the prevention and cultural change around sexual violence. My lab, the Sexism, Workplace, And Gender (SWAG) lab, includes both graduate and undergraduate students. These students work with me from project development through project completion. Feel free to connect with me if you have questions or interests in any of these areas.

My passion for I-O Psychology and gender studies also leads to my extensive professional service within those APA divisions. I chair the Women's Inclusion Network committee (April 2019-April 2021) through the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP, APA Division 14). I also serve on the Executive Committee for the Society for the Psychology of Women (APA Division 35) as a co-chair for the Janet Shibley Hyde Graduate Student Grant and the chair of the Violence Against Women committee. I also serve on the Committee on Academic Feminist Psychologists. Please see my C/V for additional information on my service activities.

The independent consulting projects I typically complete include topics such as: performance management, training, and culture change/sexual assault prevention.

Formal Education

Ph.D., The University of Akron, 2017. Industrial-Organizational Psychology

Dissertation: Considering employee sexism in the feedback-seeking process: The importance of supervisor characteristics

M.A., The University of Akron, 2013. Industrial-Organizational Psychology

Thesis: Goal orientation patterns and stability with relations to achievement emotions

B.S., The University of Mary Washington, 2011. Double major in Psychology (Honors) & Sociology

Thesis: Is everybody doing it? Sex in the college freshman female population

Teaching Experience

I teach, or have taught, a variety of classes at the graduate and undergraduate level at UTC:

• PSY5120 Employee Performance and Development
• PSY5270 Job/Work Analysis and Personnel Selection
• PSY4310/SOC4310 Advanced Social Psychology
• PSY4510/WSTU4510 Psychology of Women
• PSY4999/WSTU4550 Cultural Change Ambassadors
• PSY3310/SOC3310 Social Psychology
• PSY2020 Research Methodology: Laboratory and Field Techniques
• PSY1010 Introduction to Psychology

Additionally, I supervise graduate and undergraduate student theses. More information can be found on my SWAG lab page.

Research Interests

My interests include research topics within the following areas:

In the workplace:

• Performance Management
• Selection
• Sexism
• Sexual Harassment (identification, prevention)
• Abuse/Abused Workers
• Intersectionality

Out of the workplace:

• Sexism
• Sexual Harassment (identification, prevention)
• Sexual Assault Prevention (e.g., bystander behavior, critical consciousness; development of prevention programs)
• Violence Against Women
• Intersectionality

Publications

Please see my C/V for a complete and current list of publications and presentations.