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Mark B. Wolf
Ph.D. student, Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Georgia Institute of Technology

Current research is focused on investigating the relationship among ability and nonability predictors and their
association with work-related behaviors. Current criteria of study include students’ performance in a 
cooperative education position, academic success, and job search behaviors and outcomes.

Education:

2009 Ph.D.          Georgia Institute of Technology
 Atlanta, GA
 Major: Industrial-Organizational Psychology
 Minor: Statistics/Quantitative Methods
 
2004 M.S. Georgia Institute of Technology
 Atlanta, GA
 Major: Industrial-Organizational Psychology
 Thesis: Extraversion and intelligence: A meta-analytic investigation
 
1999 B.A. The George Washington University
 Washington, DC
 Major: Psychology

Professional History:

2004 - 2009 Graduate Research Assistant, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, GA. 
2004 Instructor, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
2001, 2003 – 2004 Teaching Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA.
2003 – 2004 Graduate Intern, CPS Human Resource Services, Atlanta, GA.
2002 – 2003 Graduate Research Assistant to Ruth Kanfer, Georgia Institute of Technology, 
		     Atlanta, GA.
2000 – 2001 Research Analyst, Investor Responsibility Research Center, Washington, DC.
1999, 2000 Contract Research Assistant, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 
		     Bethesda, MD.
1999 – 2000 Research Assistant, Statistics Collaborative, Inc., Washington, DC.
1999 Undergraduate Research Assistant to Lynn Offermann, The George Washington 
		     University, Washington, DC.
1999 Student Intern, National Institute for Healthcare Research, Rockville, MD.
1996 Undergraduate Intern, American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
1993, 1995 Student Worker, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA.

Professional Societies:

Academy of Management, Student Affiliate.
American Psychological Association, Student Affiliate.
American Psychological Society, Student Affiliate.
Atlanta Society for Applied Psychology, Student Affiliate.
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Student Affiliate.

Courses Taught:

Summer 2004 Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Psychology.

Publications:

Wolf, M. W., & Ackerman, P. L. (In press). Extraversion and intelligence: A meta-analytic investigation. 
Personality and Individual Differences. Click here for Appendix.



Wolf, M. (2001). Director pay (IRRC Corporate Governance Service 2001 Background Report D). 
Washington, DC: Investor Responsibility Research Center 

 
Manaco, A., Burke, S., Siegl, A., & Wolf, M. (2000). Board practices 2000: The structure and 
compensation of boards of directors at S&P super 1,500 companies. Washington, DC:  Investor Responsibility 
Research Center.
 

Conference Presentations:

Wolf, M. B. & Ackerman, P. L. (2005, August). Extraversion and Intelligence: A Meta-Analytic Investigation.
Poster accepted at the annual conference of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Kanfer, R., Wolf, M. B., & Kantrowitz, T. M. (2005, April). Person predictors of academic and work performance.
Poster accepted at the annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los 
Angeles, CA.

Wolf, M. B. & Ackerman, P. L. (2004, October). A meta-analytic investigation of extraversion and intelligence:
An examination of age and sex as moderator variables.  Poster presented at the Occasional Temperament
Conference, Athens, GA.

Kantrowitz, T. M., Wolf, M. B., Ko, C. & Kanfer, R. (2003, May). Trait and career determinants of job search and 
employment. Poster presented at the annual conference of the American Psychological Society, Atlanta, GA.

Academic Advisors:

Professor Ruth Kanfer
School of Psychology
Georgia Institute of Technology
Room 226, Psychology Building
654 Cherry Street
Atlanta, GA 30332-0170
 
Professor Phillip L. Ackerman
School of Psychology
Georgia Institute of Technology
Room 227, Psychology Building
654 Cherry Street
Atlanta, GA 30332-0170

Contact Information:

E-mail: gtg152d@prism.gatech.edu

Last Revised: July 2009

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