Lauren Kenney

IOTAs
Lauren Kenney
Xavier University
Transitions, New Affiliations,
Appointments
Lynda Zugec has been designated as the
new “Practice Makes Perfect” columnist
for the Canadian Society for Industrial
and Organizational Psychology (CSIOP).
The Canadian Society for Industrial and
Organizational Psychology (CSIOP) is an
organization whose mission is to further
the welfare of people by: (a) helping
organizations effectively manage their
human resources, (b) scientifically investigating human behaviour and cognition
at work, and (c) helping individuals realize
their work goals, including helping them
to maximize job satisfaction and minimize
work stress. CSIOP prints a quarterly newsletter and is an active participant at the
annual conference of the Canadian Psychological Association. At the conference,
CSIOP hosts workshops featuring leaders
in the field of I-O Psychology and human
resource management, and has a rich slate
of symposia, paper and poster sessions,
and round-table discussions.
Lynda received her MA in I-O Psychology from the University of Guelph and is
currently the managing director of The
Workforce Consultants in Ontario, Canada.
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Radford University is excited to announce
that two new faculty members, Ben Biermeier-Hanson (Wayne State University)
and Nicole Petersen (Bowling Green State
University), have joined Jay Caughron and
Nora Reilly in its I-O master’s program.
Honors and Awards
Judith Blanton was awarded a Presidential
Citation at the annual American Psychological Association (APA) meeting in Toronto.
Blanton was honored for her “superlative
career in Consulting Psychology,” including
contributions she has made to the APA
Model Practice Act and her efforts to raise
awareness of the needs of I-O and consulting psychologists with the the Association
of State and Provincial Psychology Boards.
She currently heads Blanton Consulting
in Pasadena, CA. She has served as a past
chair of the State Affairs Committee for
SIOP and was a contributing columnist for
TIP for several years.
Good luck and congratulations!
Keep your colleagues at SIOP up to date.
Send items for IOTAS to Morrie Mullins at
[email protected].
October 2015, Volume 53, Number 2