Dr. Lana Ivanitskaya is an Industrial and Organizational (I/O) Psychologist who applies rigor and methods of psychology to the scientific study of the workplace. She consulted government and private organizations on executive coaching, resource allocation modeling, personnel training and development, organizational behavior, turnover, organizational culture, and strategic planning.

Dr. Ivanitskaya presented her research on organizational culture, multisource (360-degree) feedback, effects of stress on memory, and adult learning at several national and international conferences. Her article titled “Evaluation of Multisource Feedback Ratings: Multitrait-Multirater Analysis and Correlates with Performance Ratings and Predictors” was published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior.

Dr. Ivanitskaya's work has been funded, in part, through large grants by the State of Michigan and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She is a Principal Investigator of a research study that validates an electronic health information literacy assessment for health pre-professionals. The outcome of the study will be a self-assessment for health information consumers who go online to find answers to health-related questions.

In addition, Dr. Ivanitskaya was a Co-Principal Investigator of a personnel allocation model for 63 posts of Michigan State Police. The model calculates minimum staffing needs and performance staffing needs based on unobligated time, patrol intervals, and shift relief factors. Because the overarching goal is to reach specific levels of efficiency and service, Dr. Ivanitskaya designed a performance dashboard that links staffing levels to performance measures.  Presently, Dr. Ivanitskaya is extending her research on staffing models to nurse staffing.

- Fisher, J. B., O'Boyle, I., & Ivanitskaya, L. (In print, 2009). Institutionalization of a Multidisciplinary Healthy Lifestyles Course. Journal of General Education. Accepted for publication on January 26, 2009.

- Fulton, L. Starnes, W., Caouette, M., Whittaker, D., & Ivanitskaya, L. (2008). Explaining and Forecasting Attrition in the Army Pharmacy Technician Course. Military Medicine, 173, 1219-1224.

- Ivanitskaya, L., DuFord, S., Craig M., & Casey, A. M. (2008). How Does a Pre-assessment of Off-campus Students' Information Literacy Affect the Effectiveness of Library Instruction? In The Thirteenth Off-Campus Library Services Conference Proceedings: Salt Lake City, UT, April, 2008 edited by S. M. Mathson. Mount Pleasant, MI: Central Michigan University. Re-printed in Journal of Library Administration: Ivanitskaya, L., DuFord, S., Craig M., & Casey, A. M. (2008). How Does a Pre-Assessment of Off-Campus Students' Information Literacy Affect the Effectiveness of Library Instruction? Journal of Library Administration, 48(3/4), 509-525.

- Ivanitskaya, L, Glazer, S., & Erofeev, D. (2007). Group Dynamics. In Johnson, J. A. (Ed.) Health Organizations: Theory, Behavior, and Development. Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

- Finley, F. R., Ivanitskaya, L., & Kennedy, M. H. (2007). Mentoring of Junior Healthcare Administrators by Senior Executives: A Description of Mentoring Practices in 127 U.S. Hospitals. The Journal of Healthcare Management, 52(4), 260-270.

- Burich, N. J., Casey, A. M., Devlin, F. A., & Ivanitskaya, L. (2006). Project Management and Institutional Collaboration in Libraries. Technical Services Quarterly, 24(1), 17-36.

- Ivanitskaya, L., O'Boyle, I., & Casey, A. M. (2006). Health Information Literacy and Competencies of Information Age Students: Results from the Interactive Online Research Readiness Self-Assessment (RRSA). Journal of Medical Internet Research, 8(2):e6 http://www.jmir.org/2006/2/e6/

- Love, K., & Ivanitskaya, L. (2005). Selecting an Effective Emergency Manager: A Key Player in the War on Terror. In J. J. Johnson, M. H. Kennedy, & N. Delener (Eds.), Community Preparedness and Response to Terrorism, v. 2 (pp. 213-248). Westport, CT: Praeger.

- Ivanitskaya, L., Laus, R., & Casey, A. M. Research Readiness Self-Assessment: Assessing Students' Research Skills and Attitudes. In The Eleventh Off-Campus Library Services Conference Proceedings: Scottsdale, Arizona, May 5 -7, 2004, edited by Patrick B. Mahoney. Mount Pleasant, MI: Central Michigan University, 2004, 125-136. Re-printed in Journal of Library Administration: Ivanitskaya, L., Laus, R., & Casey, A. M. (2004). Research Readiness Self-Assessment: Assessing Students' Research Skills and Attitudes. Journal of Library Administration, 41(1/2), 167-183.

- Beehr, T. A., Ivanitskaya, L., Glaser, K., Erofeev, D., & Canali, K. (2004). Working in a violent environment: The accuracy of police officers' reports about shooting incidents. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 77, 217-235.

- Ivanitskaya, L., & Ledlow, G. (2003). Mapping conceptual knowledge: A methodology for assessing expertise in quantitative, management, and other conceptually-rich knowledge domains. In N. Delener & C. Chao (Eds.), Challenging the Frontiers in Global Business and Technology: Implementation of Changes in Values, Strategy and Policy (pp. 625-632), Budapest, Hungary: Global Business and Technology Association.

- Ivanitskaya, L., Clark, D., Montgomery, G., & Primeau, R. (2002). Interdisciplinary Learning: Process and Outcomes. Innovative Higher Education, 27(2), 95-112.

- Beehr, T. A., Ivanitskaya, L., Hansen, C. P., Erofeev, D., & Gudanowski, D. M. (2001). Evaluation of 360 degree feedback ratings: Relationships with each other and with performance and selection predictors. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 22(7), 775-788.

- Ivanitskaya, L., & Goodwin, M. (2001). Articulating the roles of off-campus faculty to promote best practices in adult higher education. In Van Kollenburg, S. E. (Ed.), A Collection of Papers on Self-Study and Institutional Improvement (pp. 124-127), Chicago, IL: The Higher Learning Commission.

- Clark, D., Jelnicki, J., Sprague, D., & Ivanitskaya, L. (Spring, 2001). When academics and executives collide: How CMU teamed with auto industry experts to create an award-winning degree in Vehicle Design. The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning Forum and News, 24(3), 16-18.