Assistant Professor, Industrial-Organizational Program Dr. Neal Outland is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Georgia, where he is part of the Industrial-Organizational Psychology program. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from DePaul University and his B.S. in Psychology from Loyola University New Orleans. Dr. Outland’s research examines team interaction dynamics, team composition, and cognition within complex and dynamic environments. His work explores how characteristics of individual team members and patterns of interaction contribute to collective success. He also conducts research using computer-simulated teams as analogues for real-world team behavior. Dr. Outland teaches undergraduate and master’s-level statistics courses and continues to develop research on team cognition and computational modeling. Education: M.A./Ph.D. Industrial/Organizational Psychology, DePaul University, 2018 B.S. Psychology, Loyola University New Orleans, 2013 B.A. Latin American Studies, Loyola University, 2013 Research Research Interests: Team Dynamics and Collaboration Organizational Behavior and Performance Computational and Statistical Modeling Applied Psychology
