A Q&A with Melissa Steach

The knowledge, skills and experience gained through your psychology training can successfully transfer to a variety of jobs in industry. As a human factors and ergonomics specialist at Herman Miller, Inc., Melissa Steach explores personal/organizational culture and behaviors to understand how our environment can better engage, empower, even shape how we engage ourselves and each other.  Learn how you can apply your psychology education to a similar career path.

Melissa Steach, PhD candidate, is an award-winning artist, best-selling author, certified ergonomist and doctoral candidate in I-O psychology with certifications in positive psychology interventions. She currently works as a human factors and ergonomics specialist at Herman Miller, Inc.

Host: Garth A. Fowler, PhD, is an associate executive director for Education and the director of the Office for Graduate and Postgraduate Education and Training at the American Psychological Association (APA). He leads the Directorate’s efforts to develop resources, guidelines, and policies that promote and enhance disciplinary education and training in psychology at the graduate and postdoctoral level.

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