Asia Harrison is a senior at University of North Carolina at Pembroke. She is currently completing a Bachelor’s in Psychology, with the goal to pursue a doctoral degree in Organizational Science. Asia spends her time outside of class being involved in a variety of extracurricular activities. She is a research assistant with Dr. Charlton, the Associate Professor & Department chair of Psychology at her institution. She is currently working on a study that focuses on the Norwegian Prisons & Religiosity. She also has worked on Professor Evaluation and Women’s Use of Language study while being a research assistant. She enjoys her position as a research assistant because it gives her the opportunity to build relationship with department faculty and understand how to apply textbook research techniques to real life, She is also part of the Psychology Club, Circle K, and North Carolina Industrial & Organizational Psychologists. She is a LEAD Fellow on campus. LEAD Fellows is an organization on campus that promotes leadership, collaboration, and purpose through peer to peer education based on the Social Change Model of Leadership. Her interests include leadership development, organizational development, and diversity. She plans to implement these interests not only in her career, but in her daily life as well.
2019 Alumni
Asia Harrison
Yolanda Blavo
Yolanda Blavo is a senior majoring in Psychology (I-O track) at the University of Central Florida. At UCF, she is an undergraduate teaching assistant for Industrial Organizational Psychology. For the past two years, she has worked part time as a Preschool teacher in Maitland, Florida. Her responsibilities include taking care of children from six weeks to six years old and training new employees. Additionally, she serves as the Editorial Assistant for International Health Initiatives, Inc., a nonprofit organization that helps underserved populations around the world. As a member of this organization, she has recruited new volunteers and developed her own project to help provide meals to an orphanage in Tafi Atome, Ghana. Her research interests include organizational culture, work life balance and socialization. Yolanda plans to pursue a Master’s degree in Industrial Organizational Psychology. Ultimately, she aspires to become an organizational development consultant in the future.