Cheri Ostroff received her PhD in I/O Psychology from Michigan State University in 1987.  She is currently a professor in the organizational psychology program at the University of Maryland.  Prior to this, she served on the faculty in the social-organizational psychology program at Teachers College Columbia University, the Industrial Relations Center at the University of Minnesota, and in the Management department at Arizona State University.  Her research interests include levels of analysis issues, organizational climate, person-environment fit, socialization, and human resource management systems. She received the McCormick Award for Early Career Contributions from the Society of Industrial-Organizational Psychology (SIOP), the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contributions in Applied Research from the American Psychological Association’s (APA), the Scholarly Achievement Award from the Human Resource Division of the Academy of Management, and an Outstanding Teacher Award from Teachers College.  She is an elected fellow of both SIOP and APA.  Dr. Ostroff currently serves on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Applied Psychology, Academy of Management Review, and Human Resource Management Journal.  She has also served on the editorial boards of Personnel Psychology and the Journal of Vocational Behavior, and was associate editor for the International Journal of Selection and Assessment.  She has provided human resource consulting to a variety of firms including 3M, Target Stores, Arizona Public Service, and William M. Mercer.  Her research has been featured in numerous newspapers and magazines including BusinessWeek, MSNBC, the Washington Post, Sydney (Australia) Herald, the London Times, and Psychology Today.