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. Dr. Hanna runs the Analytics, Recruitment, and Careers (ARC) lab focused on studying the interface of human resources and careers, using a variety of methodologies and statistical techniques. Dr. Hanna's research focuses on topics such as: how people's interests and personality fit with their educational and work environments, how that fit develops over time, how changes in fit impact factors such as job satisfaction and career success, and how recruitment and selection practices can impact P-E fit and gender gaps in certain career areas. In her newest work, Dr. Hanna also studies how AI impacts career interests, career development, and leadership. 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
- The employee side of AI
Selected publications
- Hoff, K., Chu, C., Wu., F., Hanna, A., Damian, R., Einarsdóttir, S., Van Egdom, D., Rounds, J., & Oswald, F. (2026). Personality, interests, and life goals: Their relative importance for predicting early career outcomes. European Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070261476197
- Fan, M., Hanna, A., Simmons, B., Hu, J., & Jones, D. (2026). Person–environment fit and career sustainability: A comparative study of remote and on-site employees. Career Development International. https://doi.org/10.1108/CDI-10-2024-0426
- Hanna, A., Jones, D. N., & Hom, P. (2025). Subordinates’ dark triad personality: A partial buffer against toxic supervision. Psychology of Leaders and Leadership. https://doi.org/10.1037/mgr0000176
- Karapetian, A., Sundali, J., Guerrero, F., Ridinger, G., & Hanna, A. (2025). Risk aversion and social influence. Experimental Economics. doi:10.1017/eec.2025.10020
- Hanna, A., Hoff, K., & Rounds, J. (2025). Interest in context: Using work tasks to measure occupational interests. Journal of Business and Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-025-10034-7
- Hanna, A., Morris, M.L., Hoff, K., Jones, K.S., Nye, C.D., & Rounds, J. (2024). Can everyone get interesting jobs? Estimating interest fit across gender, ethnicity, and education. Applied Psychology: An International Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.12567
- Hanna, A., Nye, C.D., Samo, A., Chu, C., Hoff, K., Rounds, J., & Oswald, F. (2024). Interests of the future: An integrative review and research agenda for an automated world of work. Journal of Vocational Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2024.104012
- Hoff, K., Granillo-Velasquez, K., Hanna, A., Morris, M.L., Oswald, F., & Rounds, J. (2024). Interest gaps in the labor market: Comparing people’s interests and national job demands. Journal of Business and Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-024-09945-8
- 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
- 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. https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.12311
- 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.
Courses taught
- BUS 707: Data Analysis II
- BUS 709: Advanced Research Methods in Management
- MGT 486: Seminar in Quantitative Management Systems
Ph.D. Advising
- Currently accepting Ph.D. students
- See Ph.D. in Business Administration to apply
- Check out the ARC Lab website to view current students and lab alumni
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