Margaret Beier
Professor of Psychology – Organizational Behavior (by courtesy)
Margaret’s primary appointment is in the department of Psychological Sciences as Professor of Psychology and Department Chair.
Margaret Beier (Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology) is a professor and chair of the Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University in Houston, TX. Her research focuses on the individual and environmental influences of motivation for and success in lifelong learning in work and educational contexts. Her work has been funded by Microsoft Corporation, the Institute for Education Science, and the National Science Foundation. She has served on committees of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, resulting in the consensus reports, How people learn II: Learners, contexts, and cultures in 2018 and Are generational categories meaningful distinctions for workplace management? in 2020. She is an Associate Editor at Work, Aging, and Retirement and has published in outlets such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Business and Psychology, Personnel Psychology, and Psychological Bulletin. She is a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists (SIOP) and a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS).