Industrial and Organizational Psychology Ph.D. Program

Applied Research Opportunities

One of the advantages of coming to Wayne State University is the wealth of applied opportunities offered to graduate students through the Applied Psychology and Organizational Research Group (APORG). APORG's mission is to partner with organizations to provide high quality research expertise and apply cutting edge methodologies to improve organizational performance.

For more information, please refer to the APORG website.

The following are some of the organizations APORG has worked with:

                                                                                  Through APORG, graduate students have the opportunity to obtain internships as well as to work on applied projects. The following are some of the projects that students in APORG have engaged in: 

  • Survey development
  • Focus groups
  • Recognition programs
  • Customer service
  • Training programs
  • Development & validation of assessment/selection tools
  • Multi-rater appraisal
  • Process improvements