Cassandra N. Phetmisy

Cassandra N. Phetmisy is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park. She holds a PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Rice University (2024), an MA from Rice (2022), and a BS from the University of Houston (2018). Her research focuses on non-work stressors impacting employee effectiveness and wellbeing, particularly financial stress, organizational pay practices, and resilience mechanisms.

Her work employs diverse methods like experience sampling, physiological measurements, and experimental designs to explore how financial stress affects employee behavior, resilience development, and health outcomes. She advocates for expanded research on socioeconomic factors in workplaces and challenges around resilience conceptualization.

Recent publications highlight connections between financial stress and mental health in healthcare caregivers, the role of perceived control in work-life balance, and interventions to reduce workplace stigma. While no awards are explicitly noted, her contributions to organizational psychology and health are evident through her active publication record.

Dr. Phetmisy’s advising and grant activities are not detailed here, though her research aligns with broader trends in employee wellbeing and organizational equity. She is affiliated with the University of Maryland’s Psychology department in the Biology/Psychology Building.