Veronica Vargas Part-time Clinical Assistant Professor Industrial-Organizational Master's Program Veronica is Director of Organizational Effectiveness at Cox Communications, specializing in engagement, survey design, feedback and listening methodologies, organizational performance measurement and analytics, culture change, learning evaluation, ROI analysis, process improvement, and research. She joined Cox in November of 2023. Prior to her position at Cox, she worked at UPS for 19 years, joining UPS in 2005 as a Corporate Organizational Development Manager, in which she worked as an internal consultant focusing on developing programs in the areas of career development, performance management, change management, assessments, and survey design and feedback. She then accepted the role of Region Talent Manager for UPS Supply Chain Solutions, where she supported 5 UPS businesses (i.e., Freight, Global Freight Forwarding, Healthcare, Logistics and Distribution, and Coyote) with their talent management needs such as: succession planning, performance management, developmental programming, executive coaching and education, and culture change. Veronica then accepted a position as a Corporate Talent Manager, where she worked on building an enterprise-wide selection program for UPS Small Package, supported work in career architecture and introduced the concept of a Talent Marketplace to guide UPS into a future focused strategy for HR programming. Her last position prior to joining Cox Communications was Workforce Strategy Sr Manager, in which she focused on organizational design, effectiveness, process improvement, and workforce strategy. Dr. Vargas earned a B.A. in Psychology and Spanish from the University of Georgia, an M.S. in Psychology from Auburn University and a Ph.D. in Industrial Organizational Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology. She is certified in Organizational Design from the Center of Organizational Effectiveness from the University of Southern California, has earned a Six Sigma Green Belt from Villanova University, and completed course work for the Six Sigma Black Belt from Georgia Tech University. She is a member of the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology (SIOP).
Congratulations to our 2022 CURO undergraduate presenters! Huge congratulations to the 28 UGA Psychology undergraduate students presenting their research projects at the annual Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO) Symposium this year! The annual CURO Symposium highlights excellence in undergraduate research at the University of Georgia by offering an opportunity for students to communicate their own research to our broader community. Learn more about this symposium and other UGA CURO opportunities here. Read more about Congratulations to our 2022 CURO undergraduate presenters!
Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week at UGA! It’s graduate and professional student appreciation week at UGA! (Check out the activities on the graduate school website). Graduate students - thank you for all of your efforts in teaching, mentoring and research! Read more about Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week at UGA!
Hiring: Lecturer, Quantitative Methods in Psychology The Department of Psychology at the University of Georgia is seeking to fill a Lecturer position beginning Fall 2022. This position is a nine-month position that is renewable and promotable within the Lecturer track at UGA. To apply, please go to https://www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/248833 For more details and application information, please see the full job advertisement here. Read more about Hiring: Lecturer, Quantitative Methods in Psychology
Developmental Dynamics Lab, Dr. Drew Abney The lab focuses on how behaviors and social interactions impact developmental trajectories throughout infancy and into toddlerhood. Studies conducted in the lab use various techniques: from conducting controlled laboratory experiments to free-flowing toy play sessions to collecting daylong multimodal (e.g., vocalizations, body movements, etc.) behavioral data. We are motivated to apply existing techniques from applied computational social science and dynamical systems theory and also develop new computational and analytic methods to understand the dynamics of development during infancy and early childhood. Lab site: Visit the Developmental Dynamics lab site Read more about Developmental Dynamics Lab, Dr. Drew Abney
UGA Psychology Department Undergraduate Convocation Thursday, May 12 2022, 9:30 - 11:30am The Classic Center Ceremony We hope you will be able to attend and celebrate this milestone in the lives of our Psychology majors! Each graduate will be provided with 8 guest tickets, unless the Classic Center imposes COVID restrictions or there or more students participating than the department is currently expecting. GRADUATES: Register at this link for convocation and your number of guests! (Updated 4/20/22) More detailed information will be provided as the event date approaches. Read more about UGA Psychology Department Undergraduate Convocation
Graduate Student Violeta Rodriguez featured as one of the up-and-coming voices in methodology and research practices in psychological science! Huge shout out to 5th year clinical psychology doctoral student Violeta Rodriguez who was featured as one of the up-and-coming voices in methodology and research practices in psychological science! Violeta recently shared findings from her systematic review of the literature on measurement invariance/equivalence of parenting scales by race and ethnicity and discussed recommendations for inclusive parenting research. Amazing work, Violeta! Read more about Graduate Student Violeta Rodriguez featured as one of the up-and-coming voices in methodology and research practices in psychological science!
Affective Science Affective science is the study of affective processes (e.g., emotion, stress, motivation) in the lives of individuals, groups, organizations, and cultures. Faculty in this area use a variety of methods (e.g., fMRI, EEG/ERPs, peripheral psychophysiology, ecological momentary assessment) to study affective processes in normative and clinical populations, as well as workplaces. Read more about Affective Science
