Department of Psychology Faculty, Director of AIM Lab
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Curriculum Vitae
Short Bio
Arturia Melson-Silimon is an incoming Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Virginia Tech. Her current interests include experiences of marginalized employees in navigating stigma, such as through code-switching, identity shifting, and identity management. Arturia received her PhD in ndustrial-Organizational Psychology at the University of Georgia. Additionally, she was an NSF Graduate Research Fellow from 2020-2024.
Interests
Navigating stigma at work, identity management, code-switching at work, workplace stereotyping
Recent Courses Taught
- Senior Seminar in Psychology-Psych of the Workplace
- Principles of Psychological Research
Select Publications
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Melson-Silimon, A., Spivey, B., & Skinner-Dorkenoo, A. (2023). The construction of racial stereotypes and how they serve as racial propaganda. Manuscript accepted for publication at Social and Personality Psychology Compass. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12862
- Lefevre-Levy, R., Melson-Silimon, A., Harmata, R., Hulett, A., & Carter, N.T. (in press). Neurodiversity in the workplace: Looking at neurological disability from a diversity perspective. Manuscript accepted at Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2022.86
- Melson-Silimon, A., Harmata, R., Lefevre-Levy, R., Behrend, T.S., & Carter, N.T. (2023).Diversity in the digital age: Cybervetting, doxxing, and employment discrimination. In E.B. King, Q.M. Roberson, & M.R. Hebl (Eds) Research in Social Issues in Management: The Future of Scholarship on Diversity & Inclusion.
- Melson-Silimon, A., Salter, N.P., & Carter, N.T. (2020). A historical review of industrial-organizational psychology's role in the study of LGBTQ employees' workplace experiences. In L.L. Koppes Bryan, J. Cleveland, & K. Murphy (Eds) Historical Perspectives in Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2nd ed.).
- Melson-Silimon, A., Harris, A.M., Shoenfelt, E.L., Miller, J.D., & Carter, N.T. (2019). Personality testing and the ADA: concern as normal and abnormal models are integrated. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 12, 119-132. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2018.156
Degrees
- PhD in Psychology (Industrial-Organizational Psychology)-University of Georgia (2024)
- MS in Psychology (Industrial-Organizational Psychology)-University of Georgia (2021)
- BS in Psychology-University of Georgia (2018)