Tara Behrend

Advisor at ThinkWhy

Tara Behrend PhD is Associate Professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology at The George Washington University, in Washington DC. Her research group, the Workplaces and Virtual Environments (WAVE) lab, focuses on understanding and resolving barriers to computer-mediated work effectiveness, especially in the areas of training, recruitment, and selection. Her research in this arena has been published widely in technology and psychology outlets. She is also interested in career decision-making, specifically relating to STEM fields; her work in this area has been funded by a research grant from the National Science Foundation.

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