Summary
Dr. Hanna received her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign before joining the Management faculty at UNR. She studies individual differences in traits such as interests and personality and how those differences predict educational and career choices. She also studies how people's interests and personality fit with their educational and work environments, how that fit develops over time, and how changes in fit impact factors such as job satisfaction and career success. In addition, Dr. Hanna's newest line of research focuses on how recruitment and selection practices can impact P-E fit and gender gaps in certain career areas. Underlying these research areas, Dr. Hanna employs a variety of research methods, including structural equation modeling, longitudinal modeling, and meta-analysis.
Research interests
- Individual differences: vocational interests, personality
- Career choices and career success
- Person-environment fit and changes in fit across time
- Recruitment and selection
Selected publications
- Hoff, K. A., Granillo-Velasquez, K. E., Hanna, A., Morris, M., Nelson, H. S., & Oswald, F. L. (2023). Interested and employed? A national study of gender differences in basic interests and employment. Journal of Vocational Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2023.103942
- Jones, D. N., Taylor, T. D., & Hanna, A. (2023). Problematic personality correlations associated with gist reading, financial pressure, and rejection fears. Personality and Individual Differences, 217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2023.112450
- Zheng, A., Hoff, K., Hanna, A., Einarsdottir, S., Rounds, J., & Briley, D.A. (2023). Job characteristics and personality change in young adulthood: Two 12-year longitudinal studies and a replication. Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12836
- Andrews, D., Hanna, A., Flores-Robles, G., & Jones, D.N. (2023). Data absence and a lack of parsimony: A response to Kay & Arrow’s elemental Dark Triad. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12770
- Song, Q. C., Shin, H. J., Tang, C., Hanna, A., & Behrend, T. (2022). Investigating machine learning's capacity to enhance the prediction of career choices. Personnel Psychology, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12529
- Hoff, K., Van Egdom, D., Napolitano, C., Hanna, A., & Rounds, J. (2021). Dream jobs and employment realities: How adolescents’ career aspirations compare to labor demands and automation risks. Journal of Career Assessment.
- Hanna, A., Briley, D., Einarsdóttir, S., Hoff, K., & Rounds, J. (2021). Fit gets better: A longitudinal study of changes in interest fit in educational and work environments. European Journal of Personality.
- Hoff, K.A., Chu, C., Einarsdóttir, S., Briley, D.A., Hanna, A. and Rounds, J. (2021), Adolescent vocational interests predict early career success: Two 12-year longitudinal studies. Applied Psychology.
- Hanna, A., & Rounds, J. (2020). How accurate are interest inventories? A quantitative review of career choice hit rates. Psychological Bulletin, 146(9), 765–796.
- Hanna A., Gregory C., Lewis P.M., Rounds J. (2019) International Career Assessment Using the Occupational Information Network (O*NET). In: Athanasou J., Perera H. (Eds.) International Handbook of Career Guidance. Springer, Cham.
Courses taught
- BUS 707: Data Analysis II
- BUS 709: Advanced Research Methods in Management
- MGT 486: Seminar in Quantitative Management Systems
Education
- Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2020
- MS in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2018
- BA in Psychology and Math, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN, 2015