Juan Alzate Vanegas M.S.

Contact Information

Psychology Building
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
603 E Daniel St, Champaign, IL 61820
Room 236

juanma3@illinois.edu

Office Hours

By appointment only.

Research Areas

Industrial-Organizational

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Research Interests

Research and statistical methods, psychometrics, item response theory, computational approaches to psychological research (e.g., Big Data, machine learning, neural networks, social signal processing, simulations), meta-analyses, structural equational modeling.
Technological implications for the workplace, electronic monitoring, social media, 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 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)
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., & 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