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Lab Director






Ivan Hernandez

CORE Lab

Research Interests

I am an Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech, in the Department of Psychology. My research focuses on applying computational and statistical modeling to organizational issues to improve measurement and create new tools for researchers. My work emphasizes methodologies such as agent-based modeling, deep neural networks, and natural language processing.

Currently, I serve on the Editorial Board an Organizational Research Methods, and as a Consortium Research Fellow for the Predictive Analytics & Modeling Unit of the Army Research Institute.

Hobbies

My hobbies include computer programming, writing, and tinkering with electronics.

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Graduate Students






Brandon Minton

CORE Lab

Research Interests

My research interests involve using computational approaches like social media data mining, text analysis, and machine learning to study outcomes related to occupational health. I am a fifth year in the CORE lab.

Hobbies

My hobbies include cooking, traveling, and jamming to sick beatz.

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Teresa Ristow

CORE Lab

Research Interests

My research interests include examining selection and recruitment behaviors using machine learning and more advanced data analytics techniques, as well as using computer assisted text analytics. I am a fourth year in the CORE lab.

Hobbies

My hobbies include running, climbing, and playing with my dog, Luna.

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Amal Chekili

CORE Lab

Research Interests

My research interests include diversity and inclusion in the workplace and vocational interests. My projects include developing a plan to help students channel down their research interests and developing a web application for diversity estimation. I am a second year in the CORE lab.

Hobbies

My hobbies include playing music, reading, and traveling.

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Kelsi Cornett

CORE Lab

Research Interests

My intersts involve applying machine learning and computational methodologies to the research of diversity and inclusion. Projects include using image CNN models to detect weight-based discrimination and NLP models to detecting microaggressions within organizations.I am a second year in the CORE lab.

Hobbies

My hobbies include rock climbing, going to concerts, and traveling.

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