Curriculum Vitae

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Faculty Director

Dr. Dorothy Carter, Ph.D.


Dr. Dorothy R. Carter (Ph.D., Georgia Tech, 2016) is an Associate Professor of Organizational Psychology at Michigan State University. Her research seeks to uncover the factors that enable teams and larger collectives to tackle complex challenges. Dr. Carter's research on leadership and teamwork has appeared in top outlets including Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, American Psychologist, The Leadership Quarterly, and Group and Organization Management. Her research program has been supported by funding from the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Army Research Institute (ARI), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She has received multiple research awards including the 2017 Alvah H. Chapman Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Academy of Management’s (AoM) Network of Leadership Scholars (NLS), the 2019 Rising Star in Leadership Research Award from the AoM’s NLS, the 2020 Charles B. Knapp Early Career Scholar in the Social Sciences Award from the University of Georgia, and the 2023 Early Career Award from the Interdisciplinary Network for Groups Research (INGRoup).

 
 
 

Current Graduate Students

 
 

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MSU PhD STudent

Joshua Pearman, M.S.


Joshua Pearman is a PhD student in the Organizational Psychology Program at Michigan State University. His research interests include personality, team dynamics, expertise, and computational modeling. His graduate education is supported by funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Army Research Institute. Joshua completed his B.S. in Psychology at the University of Oregon, and his M.S. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology at the University of Georgia.

 
 

 
 

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MSU PhD Student

Emily Gerkin, M.S.


Emily Gerkin is a PhD student in the Organizational Psychology Program at Michigan State University. Her research focuses on leadership, team, and multiteam system effectiveness. Her graduate education is supported by funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Army Research Institute. Emily earned her B.A. in Psychology at the University of St. Thomas, MN and her M.S. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology at the University of Georgia.

 
 

 
 

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MSU PhD Student

Laura Bauer, M.A.


Laura Bauer is a PhD student in the Organizational Psychology Program at Michigan State University. Her research focuses on teams and multiteam systems operating in extreme environments. Her graduate education is supported by funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Army Research Institute. Laura received her B.A. in Psychology at SUNY Geneseo, NY and her M.A. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Iona University, NY.

 

 

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MSU PHD Student

Caton Weinberger, B.S.


Caton Weinberger is a first-year graduate student in Organizational Psychology at Michigan State University. He graduated from the University of Utah with a B.S. in Psychology in 2022. There, he became interested in conducting research while volunteering in a lab in the developmental area. His work experience in composite manufacturing turned his attention to the workplace, leading him to pursue a career in I/O. His research interests include social networks, leadership, and teams. Outside of work, he enjoys reading, sculpting, and exploring the outdoors.

 

 

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UGA PhD Student

Jake Pendergraft, M.S.


Jake is a PhD student in the Industrial/Organizational Psychology program at The University of Georgia. Jake’s research focuses on the functioning of multiteam systems, particularly in high-risk settings like long-duration space exploration. He leverages qualitative and quantitative research methodologies in order to better understand the ways in which multiteam teams coordinate effectively in complex and challenging environments. Jake earned his B.A. in Psychology and his Master’s degree in I/O Psychology at the University of Georgia.

 

 

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UGA PhD Student

Hayley Trainer, M.S.


Hayley Trainer is PhD student in the I-O Psychology Program at the University of Georgia and an Applied Workplace Scientist at Boeing . Her research interests involve the application of social network analysis to understand complex team and multiteam system processes. She is particularly interested in the role of dynamic team changes on team- and individual-level outcomes and the role of gender in leadership networks. Hayley completed her B.A. in Psychology at Duke University and her M.S. in Social and Organizational Psychology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. While completing her PhD, Hayley is contributing to Boeing's Employee Listening & Organizational Research team through the development of mixed-method research projects generating evidence-based insights into the employee experience.

 

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LINC Lab Manager

Alek Roehl, B.S.


Alek Roehl is the lab manager of the LINC Lab at Michigan State University. He graduated from Michigan State University in 2023 with a B.S. in Psychology. His research interests focus on teams, multi-team systems, leadership, leadership emergence, and employee burnout. He is involved with the graduate students to facilitate the data collection for the research projects of the LINC Lab. He will be applying to I-O Ph.D. programs during the Fall of 2023 with plans to attend a program in the Fall of 2024.

 

LINC Lab Alumni

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Dr. Cynthia K. Maupin

Dr. Cynthia Maupin (Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2019) is an Assistant Professor of Management at the University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi. Dr. Maupin’s research advances understanding of leadership, leadership development, and teamwork processes across levels of analysis, often by leveraging advanced computational approaches such as network analysis, hidden Markov modeling, and computational modeling. She has collaborated with organizational partners including the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), the United Parcel Service (UPS), and the United Way. Her dissertation research and final year of graduate school was supported by the United States Army Research Institute’s (ARI) Doctoral Research Fellows program. Her work has been published in organizational journals including Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Human Relations, Group and Organization Management, and The Leadership Quarterly. She earned her B.S. from the University of Missouri-Columbia and her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Georgia. Her dissertation research was awarded the 2021 Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Outstanding Leadership Dissertation Award from the Academy of Management’s Network of Leadership Scholars, sponsored by the Florida International University Center for Leadership.

 

 
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Dr. Gouri Mohan

Dr. Gouri Mohan (Ph.D. IESE Business School, 2019) is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the IESEG School of Management in Paris, France. Dr. Mohan’s research centers on leadership and collaboration in organizations. Specifically, she studies the evolving antecedents of leadership emergence across time, collective leadership in diverse, global teams, and the role of leadership processes across organizational levels (e.g., within middle-management and the upper echelons of organizations. Dr. Mohan received her Master’s in Human Resource Management from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India, and her Ph.D. from the Managing People in Organizations Department at IESE Business School, University of Navarra in Spain. During her doctoral studies, she was a visiting scholar in the LINC Lab at the University of Georgia. Dr. Mohan also worked as a post-doctoral research associate at Ian O. Ihnatowycz Institute For Leadership, Ivey Business School, Western University, Ontario.

 

 

Dr. Justin M. Jones

Justin is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Florida. Justin is primarily interested in research related to computational social science and quantitative research methodology. Justin’s research utilizes methods like computational modeling and social network analysis to explain the emergence of complex collective processes, states and behaviors within teams and multiteam systems. Justin holds a B.A. in psychology with a concentration in I-O psychology from Quinnipiac University, an M.S. in I-O Psychology from Western Kentucky University, and a Ph.D. in I-O Psychology from the University of Georgia.