Director

Dr. Tara Behrend is the John Richard Butler II Professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations at Michigan State University. She is an expert in workplace technology use in the areas of assessment, training, performance measurement, and decision-making. She serves in multiple national leadership roles, including Chair of the National Academies Board on Human-Systems Integration and Chair of the APA Board of Scientific Affairs. She is a former Program Director at the National Science Foundation with responsibility for the Science of Organizations and Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier programs. She has authored and edited four books: Workforce Readiness and the Future of Work; Technology and Measurement Around the Globe; Research Methods for I-O Psychology, and Human-Technology Partnerships at Work. She is a Fellow and Past-President of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology.