PhD Students


Burak Ozkum

contact information: sez1684@utulsa.edu

hometown: Ankara, Turkey

program: Ph.D. I/O Psychology

lab affiliation: 2018 – Spring 2022

Burak now teaches at Illinois State University with his primary research interests of aberrant personality at work, personnel selection, and decision making.

Burak is an amateur runner, participating in local competitions, and interested in cooking and video games.


Josh Royes

contact information: josh-royes@utulsa.edu

hometown: West Bend, WI

program: Ph.D. I/O Psychology

lab affiliation: Fall 2016 – Spring 2021

Josh Royes is employed as a statistician at Wisconsin Rtl Center.


Bret Arnold

contact information: bret-arnold@utulsa.edu

hometown: Fayetteville, AR

program: Ph.D. I/O Psychology

lab affiliation: 2017 – Spring 2021

Bret Arnold is a post-doc at the Army Research Institute.


Hayley Walton

contact information: haw9606@utulsa.edu

hometown: Bartlesville, OK

program: MA in I/O Psychology

lab affiliation: Fall 2020 – Spring 2021

Hayley Walton is employed as an Assessment Research Consultant at CodeSignal.


Sylvia Luu Mol

contact information: sylvia-luu@utulsa.edu

hometown: Amherst, OH

program: Ph.D. I/O Psychology

lab affiliation: Fall 2014 – Spring 2019

Sylvia (Luu) Mol is the Head of the Skills Evaluation Lab and Assessment Research Lead at CodeSignal.


Sydnie Cunningham

contact information: sydnie-cunningham@utulsa.edu

hometown: Baltimore, MD

program: Ph.D. I/O Psychology

lab affiliation: Fall 2013 – Spring 2018

Sydnie Cunningham works in the Employee Listening and Workforce Analytics department at Johnson & Johnson.


Thomas Ayres

contact information: thomas-ayres@utulsa.edu

hometown: Pryor, OK

program: Ph.D. I/O Psychology

lab affiliation: Fall 2017 – Spring 2019

Thomase Ayres is the MAIO Program Direct and Assistant Professor at Park University.


Rose Fonseca

contact information: rose-fonseca@utulsa.edu

hometown: Alice, TX

program: Ph.D. I/O Psychology

lab affiliation: Fall 2013 – Spring 2016

Rose Fonseca works in the Talent Management department at DICK’s Sporting Goods.


Daniel Simonet

lab affiliation: Fall 2008 – Spring 2014

degree: Ph.D. I/O Psychology

Daniel Simonet is a Sr. Research Scientist of Global Hiring Science at Amazon.


Cameron Brown

contact information: cameron-brown@utulsa.edu

lab affiliation: Fall 2012 – Spring 2014

degree: Ph.D. I/O Psychology

Cameron Brown is now a People Analytics Manager at Cox Enterprises.


Kimberly Wilson

lab affiliation: Fall 2008 – Spring 2013

degree: Ph.D. I/O Psychology

Kimberly Wilson is a Director of Human Resources at Missouri Heart Center.


Kathryn Packell

contact information: kathryn-packell@utulsa.edu

lab affiliation: Fall 2008 – Spring 2013

degree: Ph.D. I/O Psychology

Kathryn Packell is a Consultant at Reliant


Masters Students


Nicole Dickie

contact information: nmd1261@utulsa.edu

hometown: Wichita, KS

program: MA I/O Psychology

lab affiliation: Fall 2018- Spring 2019

Nicole Dickie is an Organizational Development Consultant at ONE Gas.


Leah Skinner

contact information: leah-skinner@utulsa.edu

program: M.A. I/O Psychology

lab affiliation: Spring 2012 – Spring 2016


Haley Dahl

contact information: haley-dahl@utulsa.edu

degree: M.A. I/O Psychology

lab affiliation: Spring 2011, Fall 2013 – Spring 2015

Haley Dahl is a Senior Product Analyst at the Service Management Group.


Kalli Hannam Jordon

contact information: kalli-hannam@utulsa.edu

lab affiliation: Fall 2012 – Spring 2014

degree: M.A. I/O Psychology

Kalli (Hannam) Jordan is a Senior Manager of CX Consulting and Journey Intelligence at Concentrix


Shane Curtis

contact information: shane-curtis@utulsa.edu

lab affiliation: Fall 2012 – Spring 2014

degree: M.A. I/O Psychology

Shane Curtis is a Senior Data Scientist of People Analytics and Big Data on Thermo Fisher Scientific


Elicia Hrabal-Charlesworth

contact information: elicia-hrabal@utulsa.edu

lab affiliation: Fall 2010 – Spring 2012

degree: M.A. I/O Psychology

Elicia Hrabal-Charlesworth is a director of analytics at Liberty University.


Ashley (Davis) Stewart

contact information: aldavis@utulsa.edu

lab affiliation: Fall 2009 – Spring 2011

degree: M.A. I/O Psychology

Ashley (Davis) Stewart is a sales analyst at Reckitt.


Candace Nelson

contact information: candace-nelson@utulsa.edu

lab affiliation: Fall 2009 – Spring 2011

degree: M.A. I/O Psychology

Candace Nelson is an HR Manager at Amazon.


Sarah (Huskey) Wass

contact information: sarah-huskey@utulsa.edu

lab affiliation: Fall 2009 – Spring 2011

degree: M.A. I/O Psychology

Sarah (Huskey) Wass is an HR director at Latshaw Drilling.


Cherie Pellebon

contact information: cheriepellebon@gmail.com

lab affiliaton: Fall 2008 – Spring 2010

degree: M.A. I/O Psychology

Cherie Pellebon is a Global HR Experience Manager at Iron Mountain.