Research and Development Team
Mark Tawney, Ph.D. (ABD) ~ Research & Development Manager
Email: MTawney@IOSolutions.org
Biography:
Mr. Tawney holds his Master's of Science degrees in Industrial/Organizational Psychology (Personnel Human Resource Development) from the Illinois Institute of Technology and in Experimental Psychology from DePaul University. He is currently ABD (all but dissertation) towards earning his Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Currently, Mr. Tawney heads Research and Development at I/O Solutions, the goals of which are to research and advance the underlying empirical and theoretical support for current and future tests and services. Mr. Tawney's research background and interests are in the areas of personnel selection, psychometric and methodological applications. Mr. Tawney's dissertation topic focuses on psychometric methods to improve criterion-related validity of personality and other scaled measures.
Presentations:
Tawney, M. W. & Deprez-Sims, A-S. (2010). Integrity Testing in Public Safety Selection. Presented at the 118th American Psychological Association (APA) conference, San Diego, CA.
Tawney, M. W., Mead, A., & Solberg, E. (2008). Empirical keying of personality-oriented data: Development and comparison of methods. Presented at the 23rd Annual Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Towler, A. & Tawney, M. W. (2008). Charismatic leadership emergence: Role of work values. Presented at the 20th Annual Association for Psychological Science Conference, Chicago, IL.
Choplin, J. M. & Tawney, M. W. (2005). Comparison-Induced Anchoring Effects, Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Stresa, Italy.
Publications:
Tawney, M. W. (2008) Integrity testing…The selection tool of the future. Law and Order, 56(12), 34-38.
Anne-Sophie Deprez-Sims, M.S. ~ Research & Development Specialist
Email: ADeprezSims@IOSolutions.org
Biography:
Ms. Deprez-Sims is pursuing her Ph.D. at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Her main area of interest is in the discrimination of applicants during the selection process. Specifically, Ms. Deprez-Sims has looked at the effect and evaluation of applicants with foreign accents during a job interview.
Presentations:
Tawney, M. W. & Deprez-Sims, A-S. (2010). Integrity Testing in Public Safety Selection. Presented at the 118th American Psychological Association (APA) conference, San Diego, CA.
Deprez-Sims, A., & Ellington, J.K. (2009). Trainer and trainee demographic characteristics: an examination of influences on training evaluation measures. Symposium presentation. 2009 Annual Conference of the Industrial Organizational and Organizational Behavior Chicago, IL.
Citera, M., Stuhlmacher, A.F., & Deprez-Sims, A. I/O by the Book: A Review of I/O and OB Undergraduate Textbooks. In symposium (A.F. Stuhlmacher, chair) “I/O Undergraduate Education: Identity, Challenges, and New Directions.” 2005 Annual Conference of the Society of Industrial/Organization Psychology Los Angeles, CA.
Publications:
Deprez-Sims, A. (2008). Review of the book Real Love in the Workplace: Eight Principles for Consistently Effective Leadership in Business. Family Firm Institute, 21 (1), 119-120.