Abigail Collins

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Industrial/Organizational Psychology: Parental Leave Policies, Workplace Gender Equality, Employee Well-being, Organizational Policy Communication

Abigail Collins is a first-year PhD student in Industrial/Organizational Psychology at George Mason University, working with Dr. Lauren Kuykendall. Her research focuses on how organizations design and communicate parental leave policies, and how these decisions affect employee utilization, well-being, retention, and gender equity.

She earned her B.S. in Psychology with honors and distinction and a minor in Entrepreneurship from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her senior honors thesis examined how having daughters influences men's real and perceived gender egalitarianism. Before beginning her Ph.D., she worked as a data analyst in Washington, DC.

Education

B.S. Psychology, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Recent Presentations

Collins, A., Atir, S., & Tsay, C. (2024, February). 'As a Father of Two Daughters...': The Influence of Having Daughters on Policy Makers’ Real and Perceived Gender Egalitarianism. Poster presented at The Society for Personality and Social Psychology’s Annual Convention, San Diego, CA.
Collins, A. Atir, S., & Tsay, C. (2024, April). The Influence of Having Daughters on Real and Perceived Gender Egalitarianism. Poster presented at The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.