Chris Wright, Ph.D is a professor of Psychology and Chair of the Psychology Department at San Francisco State University, where he teaches courses on topics related to industrial/organizational psychology and applied statistics. His research interests include employee selection, interview techniques, job analysis, and performance measurement. He joined the full time faculty in 2003. From 1996-2003, Dr. Wright held numerous positions in HR consulting, primarily in the area of employee selection. In his first job post-graduate school, he was a Project Manager for CORE Corporation. At CORE, he was responsible for job analysis and test validation for a variety of clients, including the Police and Fire departments of San Francisco, CA and Miami, FL. From 1998 to 2000, he was the Testing Manager for the California Public Utilities Commission where he oversaw job analysis, recruitment, and selection for the 900-employee agency. From 2000-2003 he worked as an independent consultant in the areas of job analysis and test validation for a wide range of clients including Safeway Corporation, the California Commission on Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training, the California Department of General Services, the Louisiana Department of Law Enforcement, the State of Alaska, the Kern County Correctional Facility, the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, and the Tucson Fire Department. Chris received his Master of Arts and Ph.D. in industrial/organizational psychology in 1996 from the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida.

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Office Location: Ethnic Studies & Psychology Rm. 509

E-mail: cwright@sfsu.edu

Phone: (415) 338-7555

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