Presenter

Dr. Amanda L. Thayer is an Associate Professor of Industrial/Organizational Psychology at Florida Tech. Her research on teams and collaboration has produced more than 100 publications, invited talks, and national and international conference presentations, including outlets such as American Psychologist, Organizational Psychology Review, and Human Resource Management Review, among others. Dr. Thayer’s current research is focused on team selection, staffing, and composition; trust violation and repair; team cohesion, adaptation, and resilience; neurodiversity in teams; and measurement and methodologies for studying interpersonal relationships and team- and system-level dynamics. Her research spans a variety of contexts, including military units, NASA crews, volunteer non-profit teams, human-agent teams, and virtual teams. To date, she has secured over $7 million in external funding from clients such as the U.S. Army Research Institute (ARI), NASA, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)