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Schedule at a Glance

Day No. 1 – Wednesday, February 24
All times below are Central (CST).

Session 1
WORKFORCE CONSTRUCTS: ASSESSMENT, DYNAMICS AND IDIOGRAPHICS

8:30 a.m. Welcome
Fred Oswald (Workshop Chair)
Professor and Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences
Department of Psychological Sciences, Rice University
8:45 a.m. Introduction and overview
Gregory A. Ruark, Chief, Foundational Science Research Unit
U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
9 a.m. Presentation 1
“USING TAXONOMIES TO CURATE PSYCHOLOGY’S RESEARCH FINDINGS”
Frank A. Bosco, Director, metaBUS.org, Associate Professor, School of Business
Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Virginia Commonwealth University
9:20 a.m. Presentation 2
“PERSONALITY DYNAMICS IN THE WORK CONTEXT”
Rodica Damian, Assistant Professor of Social Psychology
Department of Psychology, University of Houston
9:40 a.m. Presentation 3
“IDIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN BOUTIQUE AND BIG DATA”
Joshua Jackson, Rosenzweig Associate Professor in Personality Science
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis
10 a.m. Audience: Moderated Q&A
10:45 a.m. Transition comments
Fred Oswald

 

Session 2
WORKFORCE APPLICATIONS: SELECTION, TRAINING, HEALTH

11 a.m. Presentation 4
PREDICTION, EXPLANATION AND CAUSALITY IN PERSONNEL SELECTION RESEARCH”
Patrick C. Kyllonen, Distinguished Presidential Appointee
Educational Testing Service
11:20 a.m. Presentation 5
“BIG DATA AND WORKFORCE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT”
Margaret Beier, Professor
Department of Psychological Sciences, Rice University
11:40 a.m. Presentation 6
“MEASURING MOOD, STRESS AND PERFORMANCE WITH MOBILE SENSORS AND MACHINE LEARNING”
Akane Sano, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Electrical Computer Engineering, Rice University
12-12:45 p.m. Audience: Moderated Q&A

 


 

Day No. 2 – Thursday, February 25
All times below are Central (CST).

Session 3
WORKFORCE DATA: MINING AND EXPLORATION

8:45 a.m. Welcome
Fred Oswald (Workshop Chair)
Professor and Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences
Department of Psychological Sciences, Rice University
9 a.m. Presentation 7
“EXPLORING LANGUAGE-BASED APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD OF WORK”
Dan J. Putka, Principal Scientist
Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO)
9:20 a.m. Presentation 8
“SKILL NETWORKS AND MEASURES OF COMPLEX HUMAN CAPITAL”
Kate Anderson, Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Informatics and Networked Systems, University of Pittsburgh
9:40 a.m. Presentation 9
“ON THE ISOLATION OF LAGGED WITHIN-PERSON EFFECTS WITH LONGITUDINAL PANEL DATA”
Kevin J. Grimm, Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University
10 a.m. Audience: Moderated Q&A
10:45 a.m. Transition comments
Fred Oswald

 

Session 4
WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT

11 a.m. Presentation 10
“GAME-BASED ASSESSMENT: CONTRASTING PURPOSIVE AND TRACE DATA FOR PSYCHOMETRIC ASSESSMENT”
Richard N. Landers, Associate Professor of Psychology and the John P. Campbell Distinguished Professorship of Industrial and Organizational Psychology Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota
11:20 a.m. Presentation 11
“ADVANCES IN THE SCIENCE OF MEASUREMENT AND COGNITION”
Robert J. Mislevy, Frederic M. Lord Chair in Measurement and Statistics
Educational Testing Service
11:40 a.m. Presentation 12
“GROUND TRUTHS IN ALGORITHM-BASED MEASUREMENT FOR SELECTION”
Sang Eun Woo, Associate Professor, Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University
12-12:45 p.m. Audience: Moderated Q&A

 


 

Day No. 3 – Friday, February 26
All times below are Central (CST).

Session 5
WORKFORCE SCIENCE: FOUNDATIONS AND PROMISES

8:45 a.m. Overview
Garett N. Howardson
Research Psychologist, Basic Research Program
U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
9 a.m. Presentation 13
“WHITHER THEORY IN A BIG DATA WORLD?”
James A. Grand, Assistant Professor, Social, Decision and Organizational Sciences Program
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland
9:20 a.m. Presentation 14
“TESTING STANDARDS AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO EMPLOYMENT TESTING”
Nancy T. Tippins, Principal
The Nancy T. Tippins Group, LLC
9:40 a.m. Audience: Moderated Q&A
10:25 a.m. Closing remarks
Fred Oswald