Hometown: Huntsville, AL

Education: Psychology B.A., Rhodes College, 2005

Advisor: Peter Chen, Ph.D.

Research Interests:

• Personality and stress
• Safety climate
• Program evaluation

Funding:

• Research Assistant for OHP grant projects
• Mountains and Plains Education and Research Center (MAPERC) Occupational Health Psychology trainee

Recent Publications/Presentations:

• Gardner, P.C., Adams, S.L., Ermann, E.D., Sawhney, G., Shtivelband, A., Chen, P.Y., Gittleman, J., Haile, E., & Cigularov, K.P. (2009, November).  Occupational health and safety on a large construction site: A qualitative approach. Paper accepted for the 8th International Conference on Occupational Stress & Health, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• Sampson, J.M., Gardner, P.C., Maertens, J.A., & Chen, P.Y. (2009, November). Violence in healthcare: The importance of specific demand and control. Paper accepted for the 8th International Conference on Occupational Stress & Health, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• Cigularov, K. P., Gittleman, J., Chen, P. Y., Haile, E., Gardner, P.C., & Gillen, M. (2009, November). Measurement invariance of a safety climate measure across Caucasian and Hispanic construction workers. In V. J. Magley (Chair), Methodology in occupational health research, Part 2: Stepping forward into new methods. Symposium paper to be presented at the 8th International Conference on Occupational Stress & Health, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Applied Experience:

• Data analysis and creation of a safety climate technical report for Perini Building Company and MGM-Mirage in collaboration with the Center for Construction Research and Training (August 2008-January 2009)
• Data analysis and creation of technical report for Tracom (October 2008-January 2009)

Hobbies:

• Playing soccer
• Skiing