Michael Stowers

Michael Stowers serves as an Assistant Professor and Program Chair in the Business Psychology Online Department at The Chicago School, teaching Advanced Statistics, Job Analysis and Employee Selection, and Comprehensive Exam courses while chairing student dissertations across quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods approaches.

His educational background includes:

• B.A. in Chemistry from Knox College (2003)
• M.A. in I/O Psychology from The Chicago School (2005)
• Psy.D. in Business Psychology from The Chicago School (2011)

Dr. Stowers' research centers on personality assessment for predicting job performance in high-risk occupations, military success prediction, and violence/terrorism studies, with expertise spanning forensic psychology, police/military applications, resilience assessment, and quantitative methodologies. His work bridges academic theory with practical applications in law enforcement and military contexts.

Publication analysis reveals consistent focus on psychological assessment in extreme occupational environments, particularly military suitability prediction as demonstrated in his 2011 Journal of Organizational Psychology article examining personality correlates of hostile deployment success.

As an academic advisor, he supervises dissertation research across methodological paradigms while maintaining active industry engagement through consulting for Fortune 500 assessment firms specializing in employee selection and development. His professional memberships include the Consortium of Police Psychology Services, Society for Police and Criminal Psychology, and Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists.