Dr. Armando X. Estrada

Armando X. Estrada, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology at Washington State University Vancouver with expertise in manpower and personnel issues ranging from assessment of job attitudes and behaviors; training development and evaluation; and strategic planning, research and evaluation.  His primary research examines factors that influence retention and career progression of women and minorities within civilian and military organizations. Specifically, Dr. Estrada has conducted studies involving the organizational climate for diversity, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in academic, military, and private sector organizations; examined gender and cultural differences in the perception and experience of harassment, prejudice, and discrimination in military organizations; and examined the impact of prejudice, harassment and discrimination on women and minority members job, health and psychological outcomes.  Dr. Estrada’s research has been sponsored by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel & Readiness (OUSD P&R); the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS); United States Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM); and the Swedish Department of Defense (S-DoD).  In addition to his research activities, Dr Estrada is also actively involved with the Society for Military Psychology, serving as the Chair of the Membership Committee, Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee and most recently as Editor in Chief for the society’s journal –Military Psychology and will serve as President of the Society for Military Psychology in 2011.  Dr. Estrada is a Fellow of the Inter-University Seminar in the Armed Forces and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and is a consultant to the Swedish Department of Defense on matters related to women in the military. Prior to his professional career Dr. Estrada served in the United States Marine Corps.

Courses

Course ID	Title	Meeting Time	Location	Semester	Syllabus
PSYCH 495	Field Experience in Personnel Psychology	Wednesdays 1200-1315 HRS	VUCB 124	Fall 2010
PSYCH 511	Analysis of Variance & Experimental Design	M,W M-W 0910-1050	VUCB 124	Fall 2010