Obituary: Julia Levashina

Michael A. Campion & Emily D. Campion

Julia Levashina, PhD, passed away earlier this year. She leaves behind her husband, Yegor Zyrianov; her son, Vlas Zyrianov; and her daughter, Anna Zyrianov. Dr. Levashina was a wonderful scholar, colleague, student, and friend. She was an associate professor of Management at the College of Business and Entrepreneurship at Kent State University. Although she was an expert in employment interviews more broadly, she will likely be remembered best for her work on applicant faking in the selection context. Dr. Levashina pursued research on how candidates intentionally distorted their responses across multiple selection methods, including interviews, personality, and biodata measures, and also ways to minimize the opportunity for applicants to fake. More recently, she was conducting research on probing questions in structured interviews as well as interviewers’ perceptions of applicant impression management behaviors. Dr. Levashina faithfully contributed to I-O psychology through her publishing and consistent participation in the annual SIOP conference. She earned her PhD from Purdue University in 2005.