Ivan Hernandez

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Associate Professor, Industrial-Organizational Psychology
College of Science Diversity Fellow
Data Science Faculty Fellow
Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Future of Work Places and Practices
EMail
ivanhernandez@vt.edu
Office Address
135 Williams Hall
Office Phone
540-231-1382
Accepting Students?
Accepting students in Industrial Organizational Psychology
Web Link
Computational Organizational Research Lab Website
Web Link 2
Google Scholar Profile
Short Bio
Dr. Ivan Hernandez is an Associate Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Virginia Tech where he directs the Computational Outreach Lab. He is also an affiliate of the Center for the Future of Work Places and Practices. Recently, he led the winning team in the 2023 SIOP Machine Learning Competition.

If you are interested in applying in Fall 2024, I am seeking students interested in advocating for nonhuman animal rights within the workplace and society. Feel free to send me an email (Subject: Prospective Student Introduction), telling me more about yourself and views within this topic area.
Interests
  • Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion though Machine Learning

  • Nonhuman Animal Rights within the Workplace

  • Understanding Societal and Organizational Trends through Natural Language Processing
Recent Courses Taught
  • PSYC 2084 (Social Psychology)
  • PSYC 4984 (Predicting Social Behavior)
  • PSYC 4364 (Special Topics: Animals and Society)
  • PSYC 6014 (Quantitative Methods in Industrial Organizational Psychology)

Degrees
  • Post Doctoral Training, Northwestern University (2015 - 2016)
  • Ph.D. Social/Organizational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2015)
  • M.S. Applied Measurement, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2014)
  • M.A. Social Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012)
  • B.S. Psychology (Minor: Statistics), University of Florida (2009)