Madeline Elizabeth Wonders

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Stress, well-being, work-life balance, teams

Madeline Wonders is a fourth-year PhD student in the Industrial-Organizational Psychology program at George Mason University, advised by Dr. Seth Kaplan in the Department of Psychology. She graduated with honors in 2022 from the University of Kentucky, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, and she earned her M. A. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from George Mason University in 2024.

In her research pursuits, Madeline is interested in the areas of occupational health psychology (e.g., stress, well-being, work-nonwork balance), team dynamics, and inclusive workplace practices. In addition to her academic pursuits, Madeline served as the President of the I-O Psychology Student Association from 2023-2024, and is currently a senior consultant for GMU'S Volunteer Program Assessment team.

Selected Publications

Wonders, M. E., Hoover, A. N., Rupp, D. E., Kaplan, S., Strah, N., & Ratwani, K. (2025). The application of within-person methods to promote inclusive job analysis. Organizational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/20413866251333067

Courses Taught

PSYC100: Introduction to Psychology
PSYC231: Social Psychology
PSYC300: Statistics in Psychology (Lab)
PSYC301: Research Methods in Psychology (Lab)
PSYC466: Psychology of Intimate Relationships
PSYC467: Psychology of Working in Groups and Teams

Education

B. A. Psychology, University of Kentucky

M. A. Industrial-Organizational Psychology, George Mason University

Recent Presentations

Hoover, A. N.*, Wonders, M. E.* (2025). A machine learning approach to investigating mental health help-seeking among technology employees [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Denver, CO, United States. *Both authors contributed equally to this work.

Zakzewski, J. E., Wonders, M. E., Kaplan, S. A., Mendis, T., Clark, J. (2025). An empirical test of helicopter helping in teams [Symposium]. Symposium presented at the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

Hoover, A. (Co-Chair), Wonders, M. E. (Co-Chair), Aitken, J. A., Putka, D. J., Ratwani, K., Tucker, J. S., & Scott, J. C. (2024). Innovations in the Research and Practice of Job Analysis [Panel]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.

Zakzewski, J.E., Wonders, M. E., & Kaplan, S. (2024, April). Unhelpful helping behavior in emergency healthcare teams. In Hughes, I. M. (Co-Chair) & Keith, M. G. (Co-Chair), Helping revisited: Research on alternative workplace social support perspectives [Symposium]. Symposium presented at the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

Aitken, J. A., Baines, J. I., Wonders, M. E., Kaplan, S. A., Clark, J. E., & Kim, J. (2024, April 17-20). A meta-analysis of the within-person relationship between affect and job performance [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2024 Conference, Chicago, IL, USA.

Lu, L., Kuykendall, L., Nottingham, A., McEachern, P., Woods, J., Wonders, M., & Ikeda, R. (2024). Making Long Work Hours Work: Exploring the Nonwork Time Sacrifices of Working Parents [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.

Jia, Z. H., Cheng, V. W., Wonders, M. E., Lee, P. & Kaplan, S. (April 2023). Using text comments to predict turnover: The incremental validity of sentiment score [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Boston, MA, United States.

Wonders, M., & Leger, K. (December 2021). The role of worry in the relationship between stressor anticipation and negative affect. Presented to the department of psychology at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.