Psychology

Sayeedul Islam

Associate Professor 10 Months Email Knapp Hall, Room 51
Dr. Sy Islam is an an Associate Professor of Psychology at Farmingdale State College,Head of Research at Kaizen Human Capital, and co-founder/ Vice President of Consulting with Talent Metrics. Dr. Islam has over 15 years of experience providing data analytic, training, and organizational development support to organizations in a variety of workplace settings. Dr. Islam’s consulting work was recognized when he won the Scientist-Practitioner Presidential Recognition Award from the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology for his focus on science driven practices in training, leadership development and talent development. Through Talent Metrics he has consulted with fortune 100 companies like IBM and teams like the Florida Panthers.  His books on leadership “Leaders Assemble! Leadership Lessons from the Marvel Cinematic Universe” and “The Elements of Leadership: Leadership Lessons from Avatar the Last Air Bender” were published by Emerald Publishing. His chapter on how to start a boutique consulting firm was published in the ATD Consulting Handbook.  
 

Courses Taught

PSY101-Introduction to Psychology 
PSY312 Psychology of Leadership 
PSY331 I-O psychology
PSY330 Training and Development 
PSy348 Statistics in Psychology
PSY360 Research Methods 
PSY442: Senior Project 
PSY443 Senior Project
 

Education

  • PhD, Psychology (Applied Organizational Psychology), Hofstra, 2012
  • MBA, Business (Human Resources Management), Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2008
  • Master's, Psychology (Industrial Organizational Psychology), Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2008
  • BA, Economics, Rutgers University, 2002

Publications

  • Sayeedul Islam, Michael Chetta, Jason Guttadauria, Lauren Haber, Xinyu Hu, Caitlin McCary and Anthony Mallardi, Solo I-O: How Lone I-Os in Organizations Move the Needle, The Industrial Organizational Psychologist, 63(1) 2025.
  • Gordon Schmidt, Stephanie Van Dellen and Sayeedul Islam, Ready, set, leadership development! Using films in developing leaders. ., New Directions for Student Leadership, 2025.
  • Sayeedul Islam, Gordon B. Schmidt, Alexander Lewis, Jestine Philip and Stephanie Van Dellen, An application of the ASOA framework in gig worker social media usage, First Monday, 29(9-2) 2024.
  • Sayeedul Islam, Is a Boutique Consulting Practice Right for You? in E. Beich (Ed.), ATD's Handbook for Consultants, : (2024).
  • Gordon Schmidt, Sayeedul Islam, Thomas DePatie, Peter DiCecco, Shannon LaSala and Sheryl Lobo, How leaders tweet: An exploratory analysis of entrepreneurial leader tweets., , 2024.
  • Gordon Schmidt, Jestine Philip, Stephanie Van Dellen and Sayeedul Islam, Gig worker organizing: toward an adapted Attraction-Selection-Attrition framework, Journal of Managerial Psychology, 2022.
  • Gordon Schmidt and Sayeedul Islam, Leaders Assemble: Leadership in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, M. Urick (Ed.), , : Emerald Publishing (2022).
  • Lisa Kath, Gordon Schmidt, Sayeedul Islam, William Jimenez and Jessica Hartnett, Getting Psyched About Memes in the Psychology Classroom, Teaching of Psychology, 2022.
  • Sayeedul Islam, Gordon Schmidt, Haroon Pervez, Jennifer DeRosa, Vicki Carpenter, Yashica Albert and Carole Ingram, Ask Me Anything (AMA) About Graduate School: How Online and Brick-and-Mortar Programs Are Viewed on the I-O Psychology Reddit, The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 59(4) 2022.
  • Vivian Woo, Sana Lall-Trail and Sayeedul Islam, Delivering on DEI: An Analysis of Coursework and Research in Graduate Programs, The Industrial Organizational Psychologist, 59(3) 2022.
  • Jace I. Lopez and Sayeedul Islam, Beauty Influencers and Instagram Usage, Journal of Applied Business and Economics, 23(6) 2021.
  • Thomas DePatie, Sayeedul Islam, Brdiget Moran and Alexandra Lyew, Let’s Not Boil the Ocean: A 30,000-Foot View of Human Capital Consulting Firm Twitter Use, Journal of Organizational Psychology, 21(2) 2021, 56-69.
  • Sayeedul Islam, Jennifer Gonder and David Cassel, Team Process Measurement: A Comparison of Criterion-Related Validity of Teamwork Appraisal Tools, American Journal of Management, 21(1) 2021.
  • Sayeedul Islam, Xu Zhu, Michael Chetta, Anastasia Lisina and Ranjit Nair, Words to Sell By An Exploratory Text Analysis of Human Capital Consultant Websites, Journal of Organizational Psychology, 21(1) 2021.
  • Sayeedul Islam, Sara Mir, Caroline M. DeFina and Carolina Silva, Content Analysis of Hospital Reviews From Differing Sources: Does Review Source Matter?, Journal of Excellence in Nursing and Healthcare Practice, 3(1) 2021, 1-22.
  • Sayeedul Islam, Making I-O Visible: Applying Design Thinking to Grassroots Visibility Efforts, The Industrial Organizational Psychologist, 58(3) 2021.
  • Sayeedul Islam, I-O Can Has Meme? Using Memes to Engage Others With I-O Psychology Content, The Industrial Organizational psychologist, 58(1) 2020.
  • Sayeedul Islam, Searching for I-O Psychology: How Practitioners, Academics, and Laypeople Engage With the I-O Brand Online, The Industrial Organizational Psychologist, 57(3,3) 2020.
  • Sayeedul Islam, Andrew Ilardi and Bernard Gorman, An Exploratory Qualitative Analysis of the 2008 Presidential Campaign, , 19(6) 2019.
  • Sayeedul Islam, The Personality of Instagram Profiles, Journal of Management and Innovation, 5(2) 2019.
  • Sayeedul Islam, Vahe Permzadian, Rownak Choudhury, Marla Johnston and Maria Anderson, Proactive personality as a predictor academic performance and citizenship behaviors among undergraduate students, Learning and Individual Differences, 65 2018, 41-49.
  • Anthony Auriemmo, Sayeedul Islam, Jennifer Auriemmo and Joseph Mazzolla, Employer and Customer Branding: An Essential Linkage Leveraged Through Social Media, Journal of Management and Innovation, 4(1) 2018.
  • Sayeedul Islam, Michael Chetta, Andrew Martins, Darla Van Govan, Julia Needhammer and Andrzej Kozikowski, The Scientist-Practitioner Gap Among Master’s Level I-O Psychology Practitioners: A Text-Analytic Exploration, The Industrial Organizational Psychologist, 55(3) 2018.
  • Michael Chetta, Sayeedul Islam, Andrzej Kozikowski, David Cassel, Bhagya Bandara and Dana Cyrelda Sanchez, A Qualitative Model for Customer Behavioral Decisions and Satisfaction in the Hospitality Industry, Journal of Management and Innovation, 3(2) 2017.
  • Kevin P. Nolan, Sayeedul Islam and Mac Quartarone, The influence of vocational training on the brand images of organizational consultants., The Psychologist-Manager Journal, 17(4) 2014, 245-278.
  • Sayeedul Islam and Diane K. Wentworth, Work Experience and Gender Effects on the Work Schedule Preferences of Undergraduate Accounting Students, Accounting and Finance Research, 3(3) 2014, 127-142.
  • Sayeedul Islam, Holly Jacobs, Zoe Zhu and Ranjit Nair, Actions of little consequence, Industrial and Organizational Psychology: perspectives on science and practice, 12(1).
  • Vivian Woo and Sayeedul Islam, Who Hires Whom in I-O Psychology Programs?, The Industrial Organizational Psychologist, 56(2).
  • Jennifer Gonder and Sayeedul Islam, Customer Reviews: Motivated By Error-Free Service or Successful Recovery?, Journal of Organizational Psychology, 18(3).
  • Sayeedul Islam and Gordon B. Schmidt, Along Came a Spider Mentor in T. Langley and A. Langley (Eds.), Spider-Man Psychology: Untangling Webs (Popular Culture Psychology), :.
  • Sayeedul Islam, Getting in the Game: I-O Psychologists as Debunkers and Testers of Business Practice, Industrial and Organizational Psychology: perspectives on science and practice,.
  • Sayeedul Islam(Ed.), , Exploring Effective Leadership Practices Through Popular Culture Book Series https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/series-detail/Exploring-Effective-Leadership-Practices-through-Popular-Culture/, : Emerald.
  • Sayeedul Islam, Michael Chetta, Andrzej Kozikowski and Samantha A. Misner, Speaking of Urgent Care Centers: Language Matters., Journal of Management and Innovation, 2(1).
  • Jinyan Fan, Robert C. Litchfield, Sayeedul Islam, Brianne Weiner, Monique Alexander, Cong Liu and Songpol Kulviwat, Workplace Social Self-Efficacy : Concept, Measure, and Initial Validity Evidence, Journal of Career Assessment, 21(1), 91-110.
  • Sayeedul Islam, Ken Lahti and Michael Chetta, Research Partnerships Between Academics and Consulting Firms: A Stakeholder Analysis, Industrial and Organizational Psychology: perspectives on science and practice, 11(4).
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