Kelsey Merlo

Kelsey Merlo is an assistant professor in the industrial-organizational psychology program at the University of South Florida. Her research captures the day-to-day emotional experience of working as it unfolds in the moment and across time. In particular, Merlo explores the influence of emotions on worker functioning in the moment and the accumulation of emotional experiences to the end of the day. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed outlets (e.g., Current Directions in Psychological Science, Cell, and Journal of Business and Psychology) and featured in popular press outlets like Psychology Today.