Amanda Anderson

Adjunct Faculty

Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Dr. Amanda Anderson is the Associate Director of Organizational Assessment at Fors Marsh, where she manages workforce research and consulting projects for a variety of clients. She has over 15 years of experience conducting quantitative and qualitative workforce research for federal, state, and private sector organizations, such as the Department of Defense, Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, the Department of State, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Institutes of Health. She has led research and consulting projects on a variety of topics, including workplace climate and culture; recruitment and retention; training needs assessment; competency modeling; career development programs; and leadership development. She currently serves as the chair of the SIOP Women’s Inclusion Network visibility and engagement subcommittee.

Selected Publications

Anderson, A., Severt, J., Bleiberg, M., Bailey, E., & Calderón, R. (2025). R. Jacobs & D. Reynolds (Eds.). DEIB workforce research: Embedding inclusion across the research lifecycle (pp. 265-285). Case studies in I-O psychology: SIOP’s professional practice and organizational frontiers book series. Oxford University Press.

Bleiberg, M. A., Vega, R. P., & Anderson, A. J. (2025). Studying counterproductive work behavior (CWB) in the “real world”: Considerations and best practices. In R. S. Dalal, J. M. Jensen, & S. Lim (Eds.), Handbook of counterproductive work behavior (pp. 596–615). Edward Elgar Publishing.

Cheung, H., Anderson, A.J., King, E.B., Mahabir, B., Warner, K., & Jones, K.P. (2022). Beyond the baby bump: Subtle discrimination against mothers in the hiring process. Journal of Business and Psychology, 37, 1181–1198.

Anderson, A.*, Ahmad, A.*, King, E., & Gilrane, V. (2019). Subtle and overt behaviors toward ethnic minority leaders and the moderating role of competence. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 27, 372-388. (*indicates shared first authorship)

Anderson, A.J., Kaplan, S.A., & Vega, R.P. (2015). The impact of telework on emotional experience: When, and for whom, does telework improve affective well-being? European Journal of Work and Organizations, 24, 882-897. doi:10.1080/1359432X.2014.966086

Vega, R.P., Anderson, A.J., & Kaplan, S.A. (2015). A within-person examination of the effects of telework. Journal of Business and Psychology, 30, 313-323. doi: 10.1007/s10869-014-9359-4

Anderson, A.J., Ahmad, A.S., King, E.B, Lindsey, A.P., Feyre, R., Ragone, S. & Kim, S. (2015). The effectiveness of three training strategies to reduce the influence of bias in evaluations of female leaders. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 45, 522-529. doi: 10.1111/jasp.12317

Expanded Publication List

Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=b2Hnx44AAAAJ&hl=en

Courses Taught

PSYC 637: Foundations of Industrial Psychology

Education

Ph.D. Industrial-Organizational Psychology, George Mason University, 2015

M.A. Industrial-Organizational Psychology, George Mason University, 2012

B.A. Psychology, University of Virginia, 2007