Sexual harassment bystander intervention, intersectionality, DEI
Renee is a first year Ph.D. student in George Mason's Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology program. Under Dr. Afra Ahmad's supervision, Renee discovered her passion for I-O research as a Mason undergraduate psychology honors student through her thesis on the intersectionality of accent and gender discrimination in hiring interviews. In graduate school, she has shifted her research focus to sexual harassment bystander intervention under Dr. Yijue Liang.
Prior to her time as a graduate student at Mason, Renee was second-in-command of a scale-up process serving company. In addition to overseeing local operations, Renee was a primary contact on the U.S. S.E.C.'s nationwide contract and supervised many complex, sensitive serves. Her lived experiences first as an employee, then manager, then executive, then partial owner inspire her to consider and account for all of the perspectives surrounding a given workplace issue.
A recurring theme in Renee's research interests is understanding how our multiple identities inform and affect our workplace experiences. Renee is also passionate about communicating research to the public accurately and convincingly, and overcoming the academic-practitioner gap.
Society of Consulting Psychology 2023
DEIA Research Grant ($1000)
George Mason University 2023
Spring Undergraduate Research Scholars Program ($1,500)
George Mason University 2022
Summer Intensive Undergraduate Research Scholars Program ($5,500)
George Mason University 2022
Mason Impact MINI Grant ($500)
B.A. Psychology, George Mason University, 2023