Daniel J. Chiacchia

Daniel J. Chiacchia

PhD Student, Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management

Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Biography

Daniel J. Chiacchia is an incoming PhD student in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management at the University of Toronto. He holds a Master’s degree in Social and Personality Psychology from York University and he is currently a Research Advisor at Ontario’s largest child and youth mental health agency. Daniel’s research interests include the social psychology of working in the digital economy (e.g., the automation of work and dehumanization, ‘gig’ work); leadership during threat and uncertainty (e.g., how leaders effectively adapt to change); as well as best practices in quantitative methodology, including open science, replicability, statistical power, data visualization, and effect sizes.

Education

  • MA in Social Psychology, 2020

    York University

  • BA (Specialized Honours) in Psychology, 2017

    York University

Scholarships, Funding, & Awards

Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Doctoral)

$105,000

Nominated for Best Thesis Award (Master’s)

$1,000

Ontario Graduate Scholarship

$15,000

Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master’s (CGS-M)

$17,500

The W.B. Templeton Honours Thesis Award for Most Outstanding Honours Thesis

$100

The Ivana Guglietti-Kelly Award for Outstanding Qualitative Paper

$500

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