Contact Information
Psychology Building
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
603 E Daniel St, Champaign, IL 61820
Room 236
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
603 E Daniel St, Champaign, IL 61820
Room 236
Office Hours
By appointment only.
Research Areas
Teaching Assistant
Research Interests
- Research and statistical methods, psychometrics, item response theory, computational approaches to psychological research (e.g., Big Data, machine learning, neural networks, natural language processing, social signal processing, simulations), meta-analyses, structural equation modeling.
- Technological implications for the workplace, electronic monitoring, social media assessment, computerized adaptive testing, virtual teams, ergonomics and human factors.
- Self-efficacy, stress, motivational interventions, job satisfaction, employee attitudes, occupational commitment, counterproductive work behavior, turnover.
- Individual differences, personality theory, intelligence, theories of cultural influence.
- Leadership styles and effectiveness, leadership emergence, leadership-member exchange.
- Performance measurement, appraisals, 360-degree feedback systems, job analyses, selection assessment and placement.
Education
- University of Illinois - Ph.D. in Industrial-organizational psychology (August 2018 – present)
- University of Illinois - M.S. in Psychology (August 2018 – August 2020)
- University of Central Florida - B.S. in Psychology with Statistics and Computer Science minors (August 2015 – August 2018)
Grants
- Graduate College Distinguished Fellowship (Fall 2018 – Fall 2021)
Courses Taught
- PSYC 250 - Industrial organizational psychology (Summer 2022, Spring 2023)
- PSYC 207 - Stereotypes and discrimination (Fall 2022)
- PSYC 245 - Psychology of personality (Fall 2022)
- PSYC 455 - Organizational psychology (Spring 2022)
- PSYC 144 - Stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination (Spring 2022)
- PSYC 350 - Personality lab (Fall 2021)
Highlighted Publications
- Alzate Vanegas, J.M., Drasgow, F., Briley, D.A., & Vogiatzis, C. (n.d.). Expressions of personality and job attitudes on Twitter. [Doctoral dissertation, University of Illinois]. Manuscript in preparation.
- Alzate Vanegas, J.M., Drasgow, F., & Wine, W. (2022). Predictions of attrition among U.S. Marine Corps: Comparison of four predictive methods. Military Psychology, 2(34), 147-166. doi: 10.1080/08995605.2021.1978754
Recent Publications
Alzate Vanegas, J.M., Drasgow, F., & Wine, W. (2022). Predictions of attrition among U.S. Marine Corps: Comparison of four predictive methods. Military Psychology, 2(34), 147-166. doi: 10.1080/08995605.2021.1978754