Resume

• 2004

  Ph.D.

  Human Resource Management/Organizational Behavior

• 2003

  I/O Psychology

• 2002

  Dr. Brian D. Lyons is an Associate Professor of Management in the Love School of Business at Elon University. He joined the faculty in Fall 2014 after three years within the Raj Soin College of Business at Wright State University and four years within the Craig School of Business at Fresno State. Brian's research interests involve recruitment

  selection

  counterproductive work and off-duty behavior

  and leadership effectiveness. His research has been published in journals such as the Journal of Applied Psychology

  Human Resource Management

  Human Performance

  Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

  Journal of Business and Psychology

  and the Journal of Managerial Psychology. His work has been featured in media outlets such as ESPN

  NPR (Southern California)

  \"The Current\" Radio (CBC

  Canada)

  FiveThirtyEight

  Wall Street Journal

  The Washington Post

  CBS Sports

  Yahoo! Sports

  AOLnews.com

  the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

  The Tennessean

  Deadspin

  and the New York Daily News. He is the recipient of the 2016 Dean's Award for Excellence in Scholarship

  the 2017 Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching

  and the 2019 Dean's Award for Excellence in Service. Prior to entering academia

  he conducted HR-related research for the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the American Institutes for Research in Washington

  DC. He earned his Ph.D. in Organizational Studies from the University at Albany

  State University of New York.

  Brian

  Lyons

  American Institutes for Research

  Federal Bureau of Prisons

  California State University

  Fresno

  Elon University

  Wright State University

  Within the Workforce Analysis division of AIR

  I was a member of several cross-functional teams that engaged in and subsequently completed large-scale personnel or psychometric-related projects for clientele. My general responsibilities included facilitating focus groups

  designing databases for data collection

  conducting statistical analyses

  developing organizational surveys

  maintaining participant records

  data cleansing and quality control

  developing interview and focus group protocols

  monitoring RFP listservs for human capital projects

  and completing literature reviews on technical and organizational subject matter. In terms of specific contract work

  I was involved with projects related to the following clients: The College Board

  National Center for Education Statistics

  Association of American Medical Colleges

  National Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee

  National Imagery and Mapping Agency (now National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency)

  Department of Defense

  and the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center.

  Research Associate

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

  American Institutes for Research

  California State University

  Fresno

  Associate Professor of Management

  Wright State University

  Elon University

  Elon

  Associate Professor of Management

  Within the Bureau’s HR Program Development and Evaluation office

  I assisted or personally conducted HR-related research for the Assistant Director of HRM. Specifically

  some tasks included assisting in the development and statistical analysis of organizational-related surveys and preparing and leading focus groups at various locations nationwide. In addition

  I assisted or personally generated executive staff reports and year-end reports such as the fiscal year and end-of-year personnel projections

  evaluation of the agency’s formal mentoring program

  and the evaluation of all major job series within the agency

  which provided key indicators for subsequent personnel forecasting.

  Personnel Research Psychologist

  Co-op

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

  Federal Bureau of Prisons

• 2000

  M.S.

  I/O Psychology

• 1996

  B.A.

  Psychology

• Survey Design

  Higher Education

  Research

  Quantitative Analytics

  Statistics

  Interviews

  Statistical Modeling

  Qualitative Research

  SPSS

  Training

  Survey Research

  Data Collection

  Human Resources

  Recruiting

  Management

  Leadership

  University Teaching

  Job Analysis

  Data Analysis

  Research Design

  Lyons