Resume

• 2012

  AOM

  English

  French

  Chinese

  2015 DEOMI team of the year

  Our research group was awarded the team of the year in recognition of accomplishments ranging from transition and development of a Office of Naval Research STEM internship program

  implementation and testing of a milSuite community of practice

  revival of the visiting summer research program

  continued military wide DEOCS (Climate survey) support

  and completion of reports on the topics of bullying and hazing

  toxic leadership

  the hypothesized sexism continuum of harm

  and other topics.

  Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institutue

• 2011

  Austin Visuals 3D Animation Studio

  Greater Houston Partnership

  University of Houston

  Willbros Group

  Inc.

  Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute/JHT Contractor

  MSM Protien Technologies

  University of Central Florida

  City of Houston

  Whole Foods Market

  Apollo Hospitals

  University of Houston

  Teaching: Taught courses in Industrial and Organizational psychology

  Cross-Cultural Psychology

  and Research Methods in both in-person and online formats.

  Teaching Fellow

  Houston

  Texas Area

  Organizational Development/Interviewing: Hobby Center for Public Policy Consultant to the Greater Houston Partnership. Worked with Harris County Sheriff’s Department and Houston PD to increase the cooperation between law enforcement agencies in Houston area. Conducted a series of structured interviews

  research

  and analysis to provide insight on the sharing of law enforcement resources in order to ensure a safer environment and a more efficient police force.

  External Consultant

  Greater Houston Partnership

  Patrick Afb

  Florida

  Providing both applied and academic expertise in the areas of employee development

  research design

  advanced statistical data analysis (IRT

  MLM)

  training effectiveness improvement and measurement

  organizational development

  selection

  emerging training technologies

  research collaboration development

  and data collection standards and processes. With a special emphasis in equal opportunity topics

  such as sexual harassment prevention

  race

  religion

  gender

  and LGBT-based discrimination and inclusion

  I've acted as primary investigator (PI)

  Co-PI

  researcher

  and mentor on over two dozen academic and applied projects. \n\nCreator of the DEOMI Research Fellows Program (www.deomi.org/research/research-opp.cfm)\n\n\n

  Senior Research Analyst /Government Contract Employee

  Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute/JHT Contractor

  Conducting market research in the antibody market for a leading edge biotechnology company as well as other support services for the CEO and CBO.

  MSM Protien Technologies

  University of Central Florida

  Orlando

  Florida

  Instructor of Job Analysis and Performace Appraisal (MA/PhD course)

  Adjunct Faculty

  Houston

  Texas

  TA for the university of Houston's Psychology department

  Graduate Teaching Assistant

  University of Houston

  Job Analysis/Test Validation\nImproved fit

  originality

  and overall effectiveness of new hires to suit the adaptive work environment of an emerging animation company by creating and validating a tailored selection tool instrument. \n

  Austin Visuals 3D Animation Studio

  Willbros Group

  Inc.

  Houston

  Texas Area

  Training Needs Analysis: Led onsite interviews and conducted research to isolate training needs vital to improve the organizational effectiveness of new hires in technical oil and gas drilling positions. Mapped knowledge

  skills

  and abilities

  working with instructional designers to meet organizational goals through tailored training program recommendations.

  Contract Work

  The Learning & Development Center (2012 - 2016)\nOrganizational Change: Initiated investigation on the effectiveness of a recently implemented mayor-ordered performance appraisal system intended to spark cultural change. Initiated the implementation of data collection phase to gather information from over 10

  000 employees. Acted as the Primary Investigator for a team of 9. \n\nPublic Works Department (2010 - 2013) \nEmployee Relations: Informed workforce strategy to aide in supervisor-subordinate relationships by developing and administered a survey on workplace engagement

  attitudes

  and behaviors of city workers and their supervisors.\n\n360 Employee Evaluation: Developed 360 evaluation tool

  analyzed employee

  supervisor

  and self-reported responses. Provided in-person supervisor feedback for leadership development by comparing performance ratings over a four year period from multiple sources to offer evidence-based performance improvement recommendations. \n

  City of Houston

  Outside Consultant

  Extensively researched medical travel

  medical tourism

  and their effects and potential benefits for Apollo Hospitals. Traveled to Apollo's facilities in Chennai

  and Delhi in order to evaluate their international patient potential

  as well as to brainstorm ways to improve patient satisfaction

  marketing

  cost

  and to anticipate changes which will need to be made prior to an increase in international marketing. Presented a business proposal for expanding into the American market through various outlets.

  Apollo Hospitals

  Whole Foods Market

  Austin

  Texas

  Project Manager

  Team Member Insights

  SIOP

• 2010

  PhD

  I/O Psychology

  University of Houston

  Master's Degree

  Industrial and Organizational Psychology

  University of Houston

  Personnel Psychology

  Training and Development

  Multilevel Modeling

  Structural Equations Modeling

  Item Response Theory

• 2004

  BA

  Majored in Psychology with Minor in Business Administration and Religious Studies.

  Psychology

  Business

  Religion

  Psi Chi

  SAM

  Psychology Club

  Tennis Club

  Management Club

  Eckerd College

• Public Speaking

  Psychology

  Data Collection

  Quantitative Research

  Leadership Development

  Staff Development

  Teaching

  R

  Social Statistics

  SPSS

  SAS

  Leadership

  Online Research

  Technical Writing

  Online Survey Design

  Research Design

  Academic Writing

  Job Analysis

  Data Analysis

  Psychometrics

  Overqualification and Contextual Performance

  Stephanie Murphy

  Overqualification and Contextual Performance

  Blakeney

  R.

  Galarza

  L.

  Szkudlarek

  B.

  McKnight

  W.

  & Farmer

  B.

  (2013). Beyond the U-Curve: A Longitudinal Study of Self-Initiated Expatriate Cross-Cultural Adjustment. Symposium conducted at annual meeting of the Southern Management Assoicaiton

  Stephanie Murphy

  Overqualification and Contextual Performance

  Effects of Group Cohesion and Emotional Stability on Emotional Exhaustion

  Effects of Group Cohesion and Emotional Stability on Emotional Exhaustion

  Designed program

  created official docments including contract between fellows and DEOMI

  reached out to potential collaborators

  assistend in website development

  and currently working to design and implement selection processes and tools for future fellows.

  DEOMI Fellows Research Program

  I'm proud to have lead the development of the DEOMI Fellows Program. This program seeks to establish partnerships with research leaders in the areas of human relations

  equal opportunity

  training

  and statistics

  in order to work toward the publication of peer reviewed journal articles. We currently have five DEOMI Fellows working in collaboration with DEOMI's researchers for two year appointments.

  Farmer

  Benjamin

  Farmer