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Cassandra N. Phetmisy - PhD Student

Cassandra N. Phetmisy

PhD Graduate Student
Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine Research

Psychological Sciences

CONTACT

cphetmisy@rice.edu

CURRICULUM VITAE

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​​​​​​Cassandra Phetmisy (she/her/hers) is a PhD candidate at Rice University. She is earning a dual-degree in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Health Psychology. She received her M.A. in I-O Psychology from Rice University in 2022, and she earned her B.S. from the University of Houston in 2018. Her research focuses on how employees experience and respond to stressors associated with the workplace. Specifically, she investigates topics related to financial stress, pay, resilience, and voice. Cassandra enjoys spending time with family and friends, listening and dancing to live music, as well as exploring museum exhibits. 

Cassandra will start as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland in Fall 2024!
Expected graduation: Spring 2024

Research Areas

Financial stress; pay; resilience; voice

Education

M.A. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Rice University, 2022

B.S. with Honors in Psychology, University of Houston, 2018

Societies & Organizations

Society of Industrial Organizational Psychology

Honors & Awards

SIOP Graduate Student Scholarship (2024)

Lodieska Stockbridge Vaughn Fellowship Recipient (2022)

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention (2020)

Ford Fellowship Predoctoral Competition Honorable Mention (2020)

Provost’s Underrepresented Minorities Fellowship at Rice University (2019)

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