Emily Gallegos is a first-year doctoral student in Experimental Psychology at UTA. She recently obtained her M.S. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology in May 2023 from St. Mary’s University. Previously, she worked as a Business Analyst at Endeavor Management (2022-2023) with a team of consultants to improve business operations through the application of business strategy. Emily is dedicated to improving the work environment through methodologically sound practices to ensure organizations are hiring, retaining, and promoting qualified employees. Emily’s research interests are in scale development, but she has done some work on emotional labor strategies, organizational change management, and various work attitudes. Emily has presented at research conferences such as Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology, Southwestern Psychological Association, and Southwestern Academy of Management and has coauthored two publications.