About

Mark S. Nagy, Ph.D

Mark received his master’s and doctoral degrees specializing in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Louisiana State University. He taught at Radford University before becoming the Director of the Industrial-Organizational Psychology Master of Arts graduate program at Xavier University in 2000. In an article published in The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist in 2018, the Xavier University MS I-O psychology program was rated first in the country in student perceptions

Mark has over 45 national conference presentations and 20 published articles in several journals, including Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, The Psychologist-Manager Journal, The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, and Applied H.R.M. Research. Mark also served as the Chair for the Licensure, Certification, and Credentialing Committee for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology for nine years.

Consulting Across Organizations and Sectors

Mark has also consulted for a diverse set of organizations for the last 30+ years, ranging from a non-profit local women’s shelter consisting of 10 employees to a federal agency that employed more than 240,000 employees. Mark has also consulted on a variety of organizational initiatives, including developing and analyzing employee assessments, conducting training needs assessments, providing statistical consultation, implementing leadership development programs, and creating customized employee engagement surveys. He recently developed and validated measures of team workplace civility, team cohesion, and performance psychology that are currently being used in organizations.

In 2021, Mark retired as Professor Emeritus from Xavier University and is currently the Chief Research and Behavior Office at Wendal, Inc., located in Covington, KY.