Research Projects

If you would like to get involved in any of the following projects, Alecia Santuzzi, Ph.D. at asantuzzi@niu.edu.

Stigma in the Workplace

  • How people with disabilities manage their identities at work.
  • Positive vs. negative consequences of concealing a stigmatized identity at work.
  • Effects of diversity on workplace communication and well-being.

Metaperception in Evaluative Work and Social Situations

  • Anxiety during job interviews.
  • Accuracy in guessing how impressions on others (meta-accuracy).

Virtual Teams and Organizations

  • Workplace telepressure and other experiences of evaluative concern in technology-mediated interactions.
  • The role of trust in technology-mediated interactions.

Psychometrics and Data Analysis

  • Dyad and group data analysis.
  • Scale development for specialized populations.
  • Conditions that enhance/reduce pressure to distort or withhold responses to sensitive questions.

Contact Us

Interpersonal Evaluation and Measurement Laboratory
Alecia Santuzzi, Ph.D.
Faculty Supervisor
asantuzzi@niu.edu

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