CSSR Education & Health Research Hub 2026-27 Speaker Series
Lauren Kuykendall: “Teaching Well-Being: Lessons Learned from Teaching the Psychology of Self-Knowledge"
Saturday, March 27, 2027 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Online Location
Speaker: Lauren Kuykendall
Dr. Lauren Kuykendall (pronounced "KIRK-in-doll") is an Associate Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology. She joined Mason after receiving her Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Purdue University in 2015. Her research focuses on employee well-being, burnout, and work-nonwork balance.
Current research projects in her lab focus on: (1) Work-rest rhythms and recovery from work stress, with an emphasis on understanding how organizational and interpersonal factors impact psychological detachment from work and burnout, (2) Flexible work arrangements and paid leave policies (e.g., parental leave, vacation), with an emphasis on understanding barriers to and consequences of policy utilization, (3) Work-nonwork decision-making, time allocation, and well-being, with an emphasis on understanding how nonwork roles and activities that are more voluntary in nature (e.g., friendships, leisure activities) impact well-being, (4) Ideal worker norms, with an emphasis on understanding the individual and societal costs of long work hours and continuous availability for work, the factors that perpetuate ideal worker norms, and whether (and how) ideal worker norms are shifting (or could shift), and (5) Meaningful work, with an emphasis on understanding how organizational attempts to manage perceptions of meaning impact burnout and well-being.
About the Series:
The CSSR Education & Health Research Hub aims to use this speaker series to leverage connections and spark multidisciplinary dialogue. Please join us in conversation with Dr. Lauren Kuykendall.
