Rebecca Brossoit is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University and the Principal Investigator of the SNEWS Lab. Dr. Brossoit conducts applied research on employee sleep, workplace safety, nature, the work-life interface, and workplace interventions.
Dr. Brossoit earned a Master of Science and Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Colorado State University and completed a graduate traineeship in Occupational Health Psychology through the Mountain and Plains Education Research Center. Prior to graduate school, Dr. Brossoit earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she majored in psychology and minored in sociology, and worked in a sleep research lab. After graduate school, she worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Oregon Institute for Occupational Health Sciences at Oregon Health & Science University and received training in the design, implementation, and evaluation of workplace randomized controlled trial interventions. Following her post-doc, Dr. Brossoit worked at Louisiana State University for three years.
Dr. Brossoit earned a Master of Science and Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Colorado State University and completed a graduate traineeship in Occupational Health Psychology through the Mountain and Plains Education Research Center. Prior to graduate school, Dr. Brossoit earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she majored in psychology and minored in sociology, and worked in a sleep research lab. After graduate school, she worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Oregon Institute for Occupational Health Sciences at Oregon Health & Science University and received training in the design, implementation, and evaluation of workplace randomized controlled trial interventions. Following her post-doc, Dr. Brossoit worked at Louisiana State University for three years.
In addition to research, Dr. Brossoit has taught undergraduate courses in Introduction to Psychology and Organizational Psychology, as well as graduate seminars in Occupational Health Psychology and Organizational Interventions.
During her nonwork time, Dr. Brossoit enjoys listening to live music, spending time outside, and practicing yoga.
Graduate Students
Destiny Castro is a rising second-year doctoral student in the Rice I/O Psychology program. She is from Denver, Colorado and earned her bachelor's degree in I/O psychology with a minor in statistics from Colorado State University in 2023. Her research interests include employee safety and well-being with the goal of improving the workplace for underrepresented workers and those in high-risk occupations. In her free time, Destiny enjoys taking her dog on walks, hiking, and spending time with friends and family.
Hannah Perkins Stark is a rising fifth-year doctoral student in the LSU I/O Psychology program. A Louisiana native, she earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from LSU in 2020 and her master's degree in I/O psychology in 2022. Her research interests include the application of advanced research methodologies to examine employee well-being and the work/non-work interface. After earning her Ph.D., she hopes to obtain a position as an Assistant Professor. Outside of school, she enjoys doing yoga, listening to the Crime Junkie podcast, and renovating her “fixer-upper”.