Heewon Jang

Graduate Research Assistant

Industrial/Organizational Psychology: Employee Well-Being; Work-Life Balance; Emotions at Work; Occupational Stress; Virtual Work; Zoom Fatigue

Heewon Jang is a doctoral student in the Industrial-Organizational Psychology Program at George Mason University, working under the mentorship of Dr. Seth Kaplan. Her academic career goal is to create healthier, more fulfilling, and meaningful work environments through the lens of I-O Psychology.

Prior to her time at Mason, she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration and Social Psychology from Sookmyung Women’s University in Seoul, South Korea, and her Master of Science degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Angelo State University in Texas.

Her current research interests focus on occupational health psychology, with a focus on employee well-being, work-non-work interface, occupational stress, and detachment/reattachment. She is interested in exploring the factors surrounding these areas and applying this knowledge to develop interventions aimed at enhancing employee well-being and fostering meaningful work experiences. Also, she is particularly interested in examining occupational stress in virtual work environments, including phenomena like Zoom fatigue, as well as exploring the underlying mechanisms of virtual work.

In addition to her research, Heewon is passionate about teaching and mentoring. She enjoys her role as an instructor for Research Method.

Education

M.S. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Angelo State University (2024)

B.S. in Business Administration and Social Psychology, Sookmyung Women's University (2022)

Recent Presentations

Jang, H., Kaplan, S., Kuykendall, L., Liao, X., & Maguire, L. (2026, April). When the weekend ends: How Sunday affective thoughts shape Monday work. [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Jang, H., & Stenmark, C. (2026, April). Ethical decision making & imposter syndrome. [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Jang, H., Wonders, M. E., Lee, P., Kaplan, S. A., & Rizzo, B. (2026, April). Fatal or not? Predicting accident outcomes from pre-incident narratives [Symposium]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Wonders, M. E., Kaplan, S. A., Jang, H., & Haygood, A. N. (2026, April). To report or not to report? Insights from shipyard workers’ accident experiences [Symposium]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Haygood, A. N. (Co-Chair), Jang, H. (Co-Chair), Kaplan, S. A. (Co-Chair), & Burke, M. (Discussant). (2026, April). Transforming how we study safety: New directions for the 21st-century workforce [Symposium]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Kim, J. J., Son, M., Jang, H., & Dalal, R. D. (2026, April). Apples and oranges? How ADHD behavior is confused with low job performance [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Ticzon, M. M., Jang, H., & Nguyen, L. K. (2026, April). Exploring health insurance coverage pre- and post-COVID with classification models [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Stenmark, C. K., Jang, H., Nguyen, H. T., Taliaferro, N., & Havelka, T. (2025, August). Autonomy and ethical decision-making [Poster]. American Psychological Association Annual Conference, Denver, CO, United States.

Jia, Z., Jang, H., Bradley, J., Lee, P., & Kaplan, S. A. (2025, April). Identifying work situations and job affect via state-of-the-art NLP approaches: A demonstration [Symposium]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Denver, CO, United States.

Jang, H., Nguyen, T. H., & Stenmark, C. K. (2025, April). Occupational stress: Ethnic variations in remote vs. on-site work settings [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Denver, CO, United States.

Stenmark, C. K., Nguyen, H. T., Jang, H., Havelka, T., Taliaferro, N., & DesJardins, X. (2024, August). Putting an ethics training program online: It may be more complicated than we think [Poster]. American Psychological Association Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, United States.

Jang, H., & Stenmark, C. K. (2024, April). Does the applicant’s eye gaze affect interview outcomes in virtual job interviews? [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.

Nguyen, H. T., Jang, H., & Stenmark, C. K. (2024, April). Occupational stressors [Poster]. Southwestern Psychological Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, United States.