Mallory Fiery

Mallory is an advanced doctoral student in the Health Psychology PhD program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received an MA in Clinical Health Psychology from Appalachian State University and holds a license to practice psychology in North Carolina (LPA). She received her Bachelor's degree, Magna Cum Laude & Honors in Psychology, from UNC Charlotte in 2010.

Mallory's research endeavors are informed by a unique integration of Health Psychology and Organizational Science. For example, Mallory’s dissertation research focuses on employing a self-compassion intervention to mitigate compassion fatigue, stress, burnout, and withdrawal behaviors (e.g., absenteeism and turnover) among workers in the animal sheltering industry. Mallory’s solid knowledge base in health psychology (e.g., interventions, health behaviors, the patient-provider relationship, physiological and psychological ramifications of stress), combined with her clinical experience and expertise plus doctoral training in Organizational Science serves as the holistic lens through which she conceptualizes and studies stress and burnout within the organizational context.

Mallory's prior research and reviews surrounding eating behaviors, self-compassion, and ethnic differences have been published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals such as Eating Behaviors and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and presented at national professional conferences including the American Psychological Association and the Society of Behavioral Medicine.

In addition to teaching within the psychology department, Mallory co-runs a small organizational development consulting unit within the Organizational Science department at UNC Charlotte with Dr. Steven Rogelberg. Mallory is also an active consultant with Volunteer Program Assessment, an Organizational Science outreach consulting unit focused on providing top-notch, evidence-based services surrounding volunteer engagement to various non-profits around the country.