Thursday, September 16, 2010
The OS Program Welcomes The Incoming Class Of 2010
by Logan Justice
Name: Lindsay MillerHometown: Lindsay hails from Harrisonburg, Virginia and is a huge VA Tech football fan.
Prior education and experience: Lindsay has 2 of her degrees from VA Tech, hence the football passion. She got her BA in Finance, and her Masters in Career and Technical Education. She also has an MBA from James Madison University.
Research interests: Lindsay’s research interests include leadership and organizational behavior; though she qualifies this statement saying “I know that is probably going to change ten times.” Many of her interests stem from working as an accountant for a year and a half prior to coming to UNC Charlotte where she had firsthand experience in the business world.
GA assignments 2009-2010: Her GA assignments for the upcoming year are with Dr. Shanock in the I/O psychology department and Dr. Loril Gossett in the communications department.
Other: Lindsay has one older and one younger sister, and moved to Charlotte with her boyfriend of 10 years (High school sweethearts!). She loves traveling and has even climbed the Great Wall of China.
Name: Zoa Ordoñez
Hometown: Zoa grew up in Tegucigalpa, Honduras where she lived up until going to college. She still visits home as much as she can.
Prior education and experience: Zoa went to the University of Central Arkansas where she got her BA in Psychology and was one of our Organizational Science Summer Institute (OSSI) Fellows in 2009
Research interests: She doesn’t know right now whether she plans to go into research or practice after graduate school, however, her main interests include volunteering, expatriate research, and immigrant work.
GA assignments 2009-2010: Zoa will work with two professors in the sociology department this upcoming year: Wei Zhou and Beth Rubin.
Other: Like Miller, Zoa loves to travel and would “love to spend a summer abroad if possible.” Also, she mentions that “I have to take weekend trips whenever I can. I feel suffocated if I am in one place for too long.” She also speaks fluent Spanish and some French and Italian. On a typical weekend night you will probably find her tearing up the dance floors (she is an expert Salsa dancer) or catching a foreign film.
Name: Paul Schmidt
Hometown: Paul is from Latham, New York.
Prior education and experience: Paul got his BA at SUNY Albany and worked for The Golub Corporation (Price Chopper) as an HR Compensation Analyst for a few years before coming to Charlotte.
Research interests: Most of Paul’s research interests center around leadership. He is interested in leadership and its impact on employee attitudes, performance, and satisfaction as well has how leader traits and behaviors affect organizational culture and development.
GA assignments 2009-2010: Paul will conduct research with OS Program Director, Dr. Steven Rogelberg and will also have an applied assistantship with the CIO on campus.
Other: Paul has one older sister and his whole family is from upstate NY. He actually worked in Dr. Shanock’s lab at SUNY Albany before coming to Charlotte. He is an avid bowler (he has already found a league in Charlotte) and scored a perfect game on multiple occasions. He loves winter sports in general, especially snowboarding– “though there aren’t any good places to ski around here.” He used to have a band in high school and plays the bass guitar and keeps up with the local music scene. Paul also has completed a marathon without training– “and I haven’t run since!”
Name: Jane Shumski
Hometown: Jane hails from Pittsburgh PA, and is a passionate Penn State football pan.
Prior education and experience: Jane got her BA in psychology from Penn State University and went on to work as an Employee Relations Specialist for a few years before deciding to head back to grad school.
Research interests: Jane definitely plans to pursue a career in Academia, stating “after my experience in the business world, I knew that just wasn’t the right fit for me.” Her main interests include emotion management, moral and ethical decision making, job stress, and employee well-being.
GA assignments 2009-2010: Jane will have a Research Assistantship with Dr. Janaki Gooty in the management department as well as an applied GA with the Institutional Review Board (IRB) on campus.
Other: Jane has one older and one younger brother and spent this summer working, taking trips to Chicago to catch some of her favorite bands, and heading to the beach with her mom. Her boyfriend of 5 years, Pat, moved down with her from Pittsburgh this past summer. She loves Indie music, and some of her favorite artists include LCD Soundsystem and Spoon, though she loves live music in general. Also, she admits being “obsessed with all Bravo TV shows: The Real Housewives, Top Chef, Project Runway, you name it!”
Name: Oscar (Jerome) Stewart
Hometown: Stewart grew up in Minneapolis (The Twin Cities more specifically), Minnesota and this is his first major move outside the state.
Prior education and experience: Jerome attended the University of Minnesota where he obtained dual bachelors degrees in Finance and African American History. Similar to some of the others, Jerome went to work right after graduation where he was an insurance underwriter for Traveler’s Insurance for a few years prior to grad school.
Research interests: Some of Jerome’s research interests include cultural and symbolic capital in the workplace as they relate to social mobility. He is also very interested in research on power and status in organizations and plans to “become Professor Jerome” after graduate school.
GA assignments 2009-2010: Jerome will spend part of his GA working with the Graduate School on campus, and also work closely with Dr. Anita Blanchard in the I/O psychology department.
Other: Jerome loves basketball and mentioned “just come with me to a Bobcats game, especially if they are playing the Timberwolves. I will be on the edge of my seat and not talk the whole time.” He loves working with kids equally as much and was a youth basketball coach for several years which he plans to pursue again once the “craziness of starting Grad School settles down.” You can always catch him in the gym playing basketball or lifting weights.
In the past few weeks the students have been busy with meetings, moving, and getting accustomed to taking class again. However, everyone is very eager to learn and work with professors and students. As Lindsay states, “there are just so many things to choose from. I want to learn about everything!”
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