“My professional and life agenda is to impact the academic community and also society at large”
Herman Aguinis is the Avram Tucker Distinguished Scholar and Professor of Management at The
George Washington University School of Business, where he served as Chair of the Department of Management, Director of the Master of
Human Resources Management Program, and Chair of the School of Business Diversity Council. His work focuses on the global acquisition and
deployment of talent in organizations and organizational research methods (i.e., behavioral
science and data science). Every year since 2018, Web of Science Highly Cited Researchers Reports
has ranked him among the world’s 100 most impactful researchers in Economics and Business, he served as President of the Academy of
Management, and has been inducted into The PhD Project Hall of Fame. Before joining GWU, he was the John F. Mee Chair of Management and
the Founding and Managing Director of the Institute for Global Organizational Effectiveness at
the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. Also, he has held appointments at
universities in China, Malaysia, Singapore, Argentina, France, Spain, Puerto Rico, Australia,
the United Kingdom, and South Africa.
Open-access March 2024 Journal of Appplied Psychology article based on a computer simulation and college admissions data of over 400,000 students provides evidence supporting test-optional practices and policies...