Ryszard Koziel, MS
Occupational Health Psychology Researcher
Ph.D. Student in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Adjunct Lecturer in Business at Benedictine University
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Ryszard Koziel researches occupational health, with a focus on workers in precarious and nonstandard work arrangements. He has also engaged in work related to gig work, aging in the workplace, and social safety net policies, often thinking about these topics in relation to precarious work and sustainable employment. He is a Ph.D. student in Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology at Saint Louis University, where he earned an M.S. in I-O Psychology. He did his undergraduate studies in psychology with a minor in statistics at Iowa State University. He is currently an adjunct lecturer in the Goodwin College of Business at Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois. In his current research, he is examining the impact on work-family balance and wellbeing of nonstandard work arrangements. He is also engaged in a research collaboration focused on recovery-friendly workplaces and workplace substance use and supports for workers. Ryszard was an Occupational Health and Safety Graduate Intern in the summer 2025 Occupational Health Internship Program (OHIP), where he collaborated with his Union host and intern partner on projects related to school workplace violence prevention. He is a student member of the Society for Occupational Health Psychology and serves as the communications coordinator for the Graduate Student Issues Committee.