Dr. Shannon Amerilda Scielzo

Welcome!

 

A little about me….

 

Dr.  Scielzo is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington.  She recently graduated with a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Central Florida (UCF).  She also obtained her MS from UCF in 2005, and graduated with a Bachelor in Science degree in Psychology in 2003 from Tarleton State University. Her research interests include mentoring, shared cognition, gender, cross-cultural issues, technological applications, and computer-mediated communication.

Please visit www.uta.edu/faculty/scielzo for more information.

 

Publications

 

Smith-Jentsch, K. A., Scielzo, S. A., Singleton, C. S., & Rosopa, P. (2008). A Comparison of Face-to-Face and Electronic Peer-Mentoring:  Interactions with Mentor Gender. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 72(2), 193-206.

 

Burke, C. S., Lum, H. C., Scielzo, S. A, Smith-Jentsch, K., & Salas, E. (2008). Examining measures of team cognition in virtual teams: A heuristic and guidelines. In D. Schmorrow, J. Cohn, & D. Nicholson (eds). The PSI Handbook of Virtual Environments for Training & Education: Developments for the Military and Beyond. Westport, CT: Praeger Security International.

 

Smith- Jentsch, K. A., & Scielzo, S. A. (2007). Exploring gender-based differences in E-mentoring. Chapter in Refining  Familiar Constructs: Alternative Views in OB, HR, and I/O, Research in  Organizational Science (Volume 2). Greenwich: Information Age Publishing. 

Education   

 

University of Central Florida. Orlando, FL.

Major: Industrial and Organizational Psychology

 M.S.: Spring, 2005, Phi Kappa Phi

 Ph.D.: Summer, 2008

 

Dissertation: The Effects of Training on Goal Orientation, Mentoring Relationship Processes and Outcomes

  

Tarleton State University, Killeen, TX.

B.S., 2003, Psychology, Alpha Chi and Psi Chi

 

Central Texas College, Killeen, TX.

                 A.G.S, 2001, General Studies 

Presentations

                

Scielzo, S. A., Harrell, M., Smith-Jentsch, K. A.,  & Fritzsche, B. (2008, August). A nomological network to examine deficiencies in employability. Poster to be presented at the 116th annual convention of the American Psychological Association (APA), Boston, MA.

 

Smith-Jentsch, K.A., Scielzo, S.A., Singleton, C. S., & Rosopa. (2008, April). A comparison of face-to-face and electronic peer mentoring: Mentor/protégé interactions. Poster presented at the 23^rd annual conference for the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Francisco, CA.

 

Smith-Jentsch, K. A., Scielzo, S. A., Bencaz, N., & Miller, D. (2007, August). Investigating the Impact of Electronic Mentoring. Poster presented at the 115th annual convention of the American Psychological Association (APA), San Francisco, CA.

 

Scielzo, S. A., Boudreaux, H., Smith-Jentsch, K. A., Rosopa, P., & Kendall, D. (2007, March). Investigating the Diagnosticity of a Team Mental Model Measure. Poster presented at the 28th annual Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior Graduate Student Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

 

Kendall, D., Smith-Jentsch, K.A., Scielzo, S.A., & Kiley, C. (2007, April). The impact of perceived method of match on protégé satisfaction. Poster presented at the 22^nd annual conference for the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New York, NY.

 

Irving-Scielzo, S. A., Smith-Jentsch, K. A. Boudreaux, H., & Kiley, K. (2006, May). Protégé characteristics associated with volunteer participation in formal mentoring. Poster presented at the 21st annual conference for the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.

 

Irving-Scielzo, S. A., Smith-Jentsch, K. A. Boudreaux, H., & Kiley, K. (2006, May). Protégé characteristics associated with volunteer participation in formal mentoring. Presentation at the 3rd annual Graduate Research Forum at UCF, Orlando, FL.

 

Feldman, M., Irving-Scielzo, S. A., & Pritchard, R. D. (2005, April). The effect of agreement on managerial expectations and performance change. Poster presented at the 20th annual Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.

 

Irving-Scielzo, S. A., Feldman, M. & Pritchard, R. D. (2005, March). The effect of agreement on managerial expectations and performance change. Poster presented at the 2nd annual Graduate Research Forum at UCF, Orlando, FL.

 

Irving-Scielzo, S. A., Kosarzycki, M. P., & Kendall, D. L. (2005, March). Increasing organizational appeal to Hispanics: Research-based principles for promoting a Hispanic friendly workplace. Poster presented at the 26^th annual Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior Graduate Student Conference, Melbourne, FL.

 

Irving-Scielzo, S. A., Klein, C., & Garofano, C. (2005, March). Assessment center pre-orientation training: Leveling the playing field. Poster presented at the 26^th annual Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior Graduate Student Conference, Melbourne, FL.

 

Weichert, M. A., Irving-Scielzo, S. A., & Smith-Jentsch, K. A. (2005, March). The influence of gender composition of e-mentoring dyads on e-nonverbal usage. Presentation at the 26^th annual Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior Graduate Student Conference, Melbourne, FL.

 

Singleton, C. S., Rosopa, P., Irving-Scielzo, S. A., & Smith-Jentsch, K. A. (2005, March). E-mentoring to support the “welfare-to-work” transition. Presentation at the 26^th annual Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior Graduate Student Conference, Melbourne, FL.

 

Irving-Scielzo, S. A., & Jentsch, K. A. (2004, July). Exploring gender-based differences in e-mentoring. Presentation at the Summer Mentoring Conference, Orlando, FL.

 

Irving-Scielzo, S. A., Weichart, M. A. & Smith-Jentsch, K. A. (2004, March). Exploring gender-based differences in computer-mediated communication:  The case of E-mentoring. Presentation at the 25^th annual Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior Graduate Student Conference, Tulsa, OK.

 

Weissenburger, D., Lapierre, C., LaBauve, W., Irving-Scielzo, S., Hart, B. & Brown, J. (2002, March).  ADHD symptoms in traditional and nontraditional college students.  Poster presented at the 49th annual convention of the Southwestern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.