Five Appalachian State University students have received grant funding from the Walker College of Business Dean’s Club to pursue projects alongside faculty mentors, advancing research in management, economics and cybersecurity.
Delaney Clark, a graduate student in the Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Human Resource Management (IOHRM) program, received funding for “Grief at Work: The Role of Individual Differences in Shaping Satisfaction with Organizational Bereavement Support.” Clark will work with Jacqui Bergman in the Department of Management.
IOHRM student Brody Behm, mentored by Jessica Doll in the Department of Management, earned funding for “Supporting Neurodiverse Learners Through Inclusive Business Case Study Design.”
The IOHRM program is offered jointly by the Departments of Psychology and Management to prepare professionals for work in business, industry, and government who can leverage the application of I-O Psychology to business.
Senior economics major Riley Jenkins and sophomore Ryan Zigbuo, both working with Dr. Brock Stoddard in the Department of Economics, received grants for their respective projects, “Endogenous Allocators in Collective Good Settings” and “Collateral Enforcement by Voting With Your Feet,” respectively.
Senior criminal justice major and cybersecurity minor Emma Kate Appleton, mentored by Wei Xie in the Department of Computer Information Systems, earned funding for “An Experiment about Experiential and Dispositional Factors in Phishing: A Replication-Plus-Extension Study.”
The awards highlight the Walker College’s commitment to undergraduate and graduate research, providing students opportunities to work closely with faculty on projects that address real-world business and societal challenges.
Support from donors through the Dean’s Club helps create opportunities for student research and scholarly engagement.
Learn more about business research at App State on the Walker College online, https://business.appstate.edu/faculty/research.
From left are Walker College Dean’s Club-funded student researchers Emma Kate Appleton, Brody Behm, Delaney Clark, Riley Jenkins, and Ryan Zigbuo.
Photo Collage of Fall 2026 Dean's Club Student Researchers