Georgia Chao, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at the University of South Florida. Her research interests are in the areas of teams, work adjustment, and cross-cultural psychology. Dr. Chao has served in leadership positions—principal investigator, Co-PI, or project director—on research and applied projects in these areas, funded with nearly three million dollars in grants.

Chao currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Psychology, the International Journal of Selection and Assessment, Human Resource Management Review, and Management and Organization Review. She is also the former program officer for the National Science Foundation’s Science of Organizations program. Her research has received several awards including the Academy of Management’s Outstanding Publication in Organizational Behavior award (1995); Organizational Research Methods’ Best Paper Award (2014); and SIOP’s William A. Owens Scholarly Achievement Award for best publication (2015). In addition to SIOP, she is a member of APA and a certified professional and member of the Society for Human Resource Management.