Renee McCauley
Renee McCauley
Graduate Research Assistant
Sexual harassment bystander intervention, intersectionality, DEI
Renee is a second 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. Her current projects explore how the same bystander intervention actions are perceived based on the identity of the actor. In addition to working with Drs. Ahmad and Liang, Renee works in Dr. Deborah Rupp's lab on projects that seek to optimize legal defensibility, candidate experience, equitable treatment, and company goals in selection.
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.
Grants and Fellowships
APAGS/Psi Chi 2023
Junior Scientist Grant ($1000)
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)
Education
B.A. Psychology, George Mason University, 2023
Recent Presentations
Ahmad, A. S., Durrance, A. L., & McCauley, R. (2024). Combatting neurodiversity discrimination in the workplace [Workshop]. Equality, Diversity, & Inclusion Conference 2024, Seville, Spain.
Ahmad, A. S. (Co-Chair), McCauley, R. (Co-Chair), Cheung, H. K., Fletcher, K., Hideg, I., Offermann, L. Reynolds-Kueny, C., Hatif, H. S. (Non-Speaking). (2024). Caring for caregivers: Experiences and solutions to support caregivers in academia [Panel]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.
Liang, Y., Sun, T., & McCauley, R. (2024). The role of anti-harassment policies amidst rising disgust and deviance after sexual harassment. In Deen, C. (Co-Chair), Rawski, S. (Co-Chair), & Raver, J. L. (Discussant). (2024). Sexual harassment research at work: Perspectives form around the world. Symposium presented at the 84th annual meeting of Academy of Management, Chicago, IL, United States.
McCauley, R. & Liang, Y. (2024). Bystander intervention and leader gender effect on perceived supervisor support in sexual harassment [Presentation]. Academy of Management Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.
Zhou, S. (Co-Chair), McCauley, R. (Co-Chair), Fletcher, K., Grabarek, P., Islam, S., Kath, L., Nelson, K., Rogelberg, S., Sawyer, K. Wiese, C., Yost, P., Morel, J. (Non-Speaking). (2024). Speaking up for your research: How to communicate your findings to a broad audience [Alternative Session]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.