Sherry Schneider

• Position: Coordinator of the I/O Psychology Masters Program and Assistant Professor
• Department: Psychology
• Office Location: Building 41, Room 217
• sschneider@uwf.edu
• Campus: 850.474.2357

Biography

Dr. Sherry Schneider, assistant professor and Coordinator of the I/O Psychology Masters Program, teaches social psychology, psychology of the workforce, industrial and organizational psychology, group dynamics in organizations,  legal issues in I/O, and organizational change and development.

Schneider’s research involves studying the effects of positive organizational leadership in social-dilemma situations where significant individual incentives exist that are at odds with the long-term collective good. Within this broad context, Schneider directs a variety of research in her leadership lab, such as how leadership and other factors affect culture in primarily non-profit and volunteer organizations. Within this framework, she has studied leadership of volunteers, teachers, doctors, lawyers, and university faculty and staff.

Schneider has significant international experience in organizational psychology.  She is writer and co-writer of peer-reviewed journal articles that have addressed work-life leadership, virtual and face-to-face teamwork differences.  She has taught or given presentations at international conferences in numerous countries such as France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Japan, Hong Kong, and Australia. Before coming to UWF, she was senior lecturer and coordinator of the Psychology, Management and Marketing Program at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.  

Prior to immigrating to Australia, she was a faculty member in the Department of Management and Policy at the University of Arizona, and has been a visiting professor at Clark-Atlanta University, a historically black university.  She received a bachelor’s degree in psychology and biology from Central College in Iowa, and master’s and doctorate degrees in psychology from the University of California in Los Angeles.