Christie Charles

Dr. Christie M. Charles is a long-time resident of St. Martinville, Louisiana. She received her bachelor’s degree in 1999 from the University of Southwestern Louisiana and her master’s degree in 2003 from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Dr. Christie earned her Ph.D. in organizational psychology, completing the industrial, organizational, and consultation tracks, from Walden University in 2017. She earned her certification as a life coach through the Life Purpose Institute in 2021. 

She is currently a full-time Master Instructor in the Department of Psychology. Along with her over 20 years of teaching experience at UL Lafayette, she has over 25 years of real-world, on-the-job experience. Dr. Christie is the proud leader of the BEETS research lab and the proud CEO and Sole Proprietor of CMC Business & Life Consulting.

• B.S., Psychology, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1999
• M.S., General/Experimental Psychology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2003
• Ph.D., Organizational Psychology, Walden University, 2017

Short List of Primary Research Interests

• Legal issues in employee selection
• Employability challenges of federally protected classes and special populations
• Employee recruitment and selection and the assessment of commonly used recruitment and selection techniques
• Employee satisfaction and employee motivation
• Organizational development with a focus on organizational conflict, leadership, and communication
• Formation and evaluation of effective training systems

Short List of Secondary Research Interests

• Achievement motivation and its effects on academic achievement and social behavior
• Abilities grouping and mainstreaming and its effects on academic achievement, achievement motivation, and social behavior
• Enhancement of athletic performance, effective coping strategies for dealing with the pressures of competition, effective recover techniques, formation and evaluation of effective exercise programs, and motivation behind playing sports