Data Analytics, Economics, Entrepreneurship, global security, Management, social enterprise, Sustainability, Sustainable Development
Sanjeev Khagram is a world-renowned scholar and practitioner in the areas of globalization, transnationalism, leadership, strategic management, entrepreneurship, social enterprise, cross-sector innovation, public-private partnerships, inter-organizational networks, good governance, transparency, the global political economy, sustainable development, human security, and the data revolution. He holds a bachelor's in development studies and engineering, a master's degree and doctoral degree minor in economics and doctorate in political economy, all from Stanford University. Professor Khagram most recently led the establishment of the cross-sectoral Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data and International Open Data Charter. He also previously founded and was the architect of the multi-stakeholder Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT). Khagram was selected as a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and authored UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon鈥檚 Report on the Impacts of the Global Economic Crisis in 2009. He was dean of the Desmond Tutu Peace Centre, Foundation and Trust from 2003-2005, and he was Senior Policy and Strategy Director at the World Commission on Dams where he was the lead writer of the Commission鈥檚 widely acclaimed Final Report from 1998-2000. Khagram also founded and led Innovations for Scaling Impact 鈥 a global enterprise from 2007-2012. Khagram was the John Parke Young Professor of Global Political Economy, Diplomacy and World Affairs at Occidental College from 2012鈥18. He was previously a Professor and the Founding Director of the Center for International Development at the University of Washington. From 2008鈥10, he held the Wyss Visiting Professorship at the Harvard Business School. Khagram was an Associate (and Assistant) Professor at Harvard University鈥檚 JFK School of Government and Visiting Professor at Stanford University鈥檚 Institute of International Studies between 1998鈥2005. He has also taught in numerous universities around the world including the Monterrey Institute of Technology (Mexico), Tata Institute of Social Sciences (India), Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy (Singapore), University of Cape Town (South Africa), University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), and Central European University (Hungary). Professor Khagram has published widely including: "Dams and Development," (Cornell University Press); "Restructuring World Politics: Transnational Social Movements, Networks and Norms" (University of Minnesota Press); "The Transnational Studies Reader" (Routledge Press); "Open Budgets: The Political Economy of Transparency, Participation and Accountability" (Brookings Press). In addition, he's authored "Inequality and Corruption" in the American Journal of Sociology; "Future Architectures of Global Governance" in Global Governance, "Environment and Security" in the Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 鈥淪ocial Balance Sheets鈥 in Harvard Business Review, 鈥淓vidence for Development Effectiveness鈥 in the Journal of Development Effectiveness, and 鈥淭owards a Platinum Standard for Evidence-Based Assessment,鈥 in Public Administration Review. Khagram has worked extensively with global start-ups, corporations, governments, civil society groups, multilateral organizations, cross-sectoral action networks, public-private partnerships, foundations, professional associations and universities all over the world from the local to the international levels. He has lived and worked for extended periods in Brazil, India, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, Thailand, Germany and the United Kingdom. Khagram is of Asian Indian heritage, a Hindu, and a refugee from Idi Amin鈥檚 Uganda, which brought him to the United States in 1973 via refugee camps in Italy. He is the proud father of two sons. Education Ph.D. Global Political Economy, Stanford University 1999 Ph.D. (Minor in) Economics, Food Research Institute, Stanford University 1998 M.A. Economics and Policy, Food Research Institute, Stanford University 1993 B.A. Development Studies and Engineering, Self-Designed Major, Stanford University 1990
Economic Analysis, Economic Impact, Healthcare economics, Management, resource allocation, Strategic Planning
The founding director of the Business, Education and Community Outreach Network (BEACON) in Salisbury University鈥檚 Franklin P. Perdue School of Business, Dr. Memo Diriker is an economic trend analysist with expertise in healthcare policy and economics, as well as local and state government economics. Through BEACON, he also has overseen analyses on growing regional Hispanic and elderly populations, as well as the economic benefits of agriculture. BEACON, The Business Economic and Community Outreach Network, of the Franklin P. Perdue School of Business at Salisbury University, offers business, economic, workforce, and community development consulting and assistance services to a variety of organizations, including businesses, government agencies, and non-profit community-based organizations. At BEACON, Diriker advises a large number of private, public, and nonprofit sector organizations, specializing in the use of scenario analysis and in demographic, business and economic trend forecasting. He oversees the organization鈥檚 initiatives, including Bienvenidos a Delmarva, ShoreENERGY, GrayShore and ShoreTrends. He has served as the principal investigator on numerous grants and sponsored research projects, totaling over $10 million in awards. In addition to a book, he has authored many articles in academic and practitioner publications, and is a sought-after public speaker.
Electrical Engineering, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Management, Physical Therapy, Statistics
Y. Dan Rubinstein is CEO/co-founder of Physera which is using data and technology to innovate in healthcare. Previously, Dan held product leadership roles at Facebook, Google, and Palantir and was an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) at Khosla Ventures. Earlier in his career, he was the founding CEO of Reflectivity, a semiconductor display startup, which raised over $58M, grew to over 60 employees, set up manufacturing lines in Taiwan & Japan and was acquired by Texas Instruments. He holds a Ph.D. in Statistics from Stanford and a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton and is a published singer-songwriter.
Global affairs, global governance, Management, Public Policy
Ann Florini is a Clinical Professor at the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University, where she creates programs for the hub in Washington DC. She is faculty lead for Thunderbird's executive Master of Arts in Global Affairs and Management, a DC-based one-year professional masters launching in January 2020. For the 2018鈥2019 academic year she was Visiting Professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy. Until June 2018 she was Professor of Public Policy in the School of Social Sciences at Singapore Management University, where she was Academic Director of the Masters of Tri-Sector Collaboration, and was Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. Florini's academic training was at Syracuse University (BA, 1980), Princeton (Master's in Public Affairs, 1983) and at UCLA (Ph.D. in Political Science 1995). She was the founding director of the Centre on Asia and Globalisation at the National University of Singapore from 2006 to 2011. Prior to joining Brookings as a Senior Fellow in 2002, Florini was a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and from 1996 to 1997 she served as research director of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Project on World Security. She was a senior researcher with the Center for International and Strategic Affairs at UCLA from 1987 to 1992, and from 1983 to 1987 she worked for the United Nations Association of the US, where she created and directed the Project on Multilateral Issues and Institutions. Florini has spearheaded numerous international projects, including the Global Governance Initiative on behalf of the World Economic Forum (2000-2005) and the International Task Force on Transparency, Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University (2000-2005).
Professor of the Practice in Systems Thinking & Design | Fellow, Center for Leadership, Innovation and Change
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of BusinessManagement, Systems Thinking, Work-Life Balance
Dr. J. Gerald Suarez is a premier educator, speaker and consultant in the fields of Organizational Design, Systems Thinking and Total Quality Management. Suarez joined Smith in 2005 as Executive Director of the multidisciplinary Quality Enhancement Systems and Teams (QUEST) Honors Fellows program. He was a Ralph J. Tyser Teaching Fellow and an Executive Education Senior Fellow. From 2008 to 2010 he served as Associate Dean of External Strategy, leading the offices of marketing communications, recruitment and career services. Suarez earned the prestigious Allen J. Krowe Teaching Excellence Award and has been consistently selected a Top 15% Faculty Member at the Smith School. He teaches at the corporate, executive MBA, custom EMBA, international, and undergraduate levels. He is also a Lockheed Martin Visiting Technical Fellow. Prior to joining the Smith School, Suarez served under two administrations in the White House as the Director of Presidential Quality -- the first such post in the institution鈥檚 history. In this capacity, he initiated efforts to inculcate systems thinking and organizational redesign into the White House Communications Agency, the White House Military Office and the Executive Office of the President of the United States. He also served as Director of Customer Support and Organizational Development for the White House Military Office. Suarez traveled aboard Air Force One and Presidential helicopters in numerous missions worldwide. He received many Presidential awards and commendations for his work, including the Exceptional Civilian Service Medal, the White House Distinguished Service Award, the Commander-in-Chief Coin, and the White House Certificate for Meritorious Service. Prior to his White House assignments, Suarez worked for the Office of the Under Secretary of the Navy鈥檚 Total Quality Leadership Office and for the Navy Personnel Research and Development Center in San Diego, California. In these roles, he served as a researcher, instructor and consultant for both the Department of the Navy and the Department of Defense (DoD). Suarez has been active academically in both the United States and abroad. For ten years, he was a Visiting Professor at the Asturias Business School in Spain and was presented with the 49th Jovellanos Award in 2002, and the 4th Dali Original Sculpture Award in 2008 for his significant contributions to the advancement of social responsibility. At the National Graduate School of Quality Systems Management, he led the development of the institution's academic vision as the Chief Academic Officer, and was subsequently named Faculty Member of the Decade (1993-2003). Suarez has traveled to Shanghai and Tianjin, China as an educator and consultant, and in 2006 he designed and delivered an accelerated MBA train-the-trainer program to a select team of faculty members of the Islamic University of Gaza in Cairo, Egypt. Suarez has produced several publications and instructional videotapes on teamwork, organizational redesign, and how to manage fear in the workplace. He collaborated with the late W. Edwards Deming and served as facilitator during his famous 4-day quality seminars. His publications and training strategies for educating the Defense workforce in quality management received DoD-wide distribution. His work has been showcased in international publications such as the Harvard Deusto Business Review as well as in national publications such as Quality Progress, the Journal for Quality and Participation and Executive Excellence. His research on 鈥淔ear in the Workplace鈥 was featured on public television and showcased in the commercially available video series, "Better Management for a Changing World." Suarez holds a master's degree and a Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from the University of Puerto Rico, and he has been certified as a Chief Information Officer by The National Defense University Information Resources Management College. He is a frequent keynote speaker at national and international conferences. Currently he resides in Fairfax County, Virginia with his wife and three children.
Professor of Practice, W. P. Carey School of Business
Arizona State University (ASU)Innovation, Management, Supply Chain Management, Sustainable Development, Venture Capital
Hitendra Chaturvedi is an expert in supply chain strategy, global logistics, entrepreneurship, sustainable supply chains and digitizing supply chains. He has extensive experience as a global business professional and subsequently as a successful entrepreneur and sits on advisory committees of many start-ups and incubators, speaker at numerous conferences. Chaturvedi is a professor of practice at the W. P. Carey School of Business. He has been widely covered in press and media as a subject matter expert on global supply chain strategy, green/sustainable supply chain, digitizing supply chains and reverse logistics.
Business, Global Leadership, Macroeconomics, Management, Space Exploration, technology policy
Greg Autry is an expert in entrepreneurship, macroeconomics and space policy. His research focuses on governmental roles in the emergence of new industries especially within the global commercial space industry. Professor Autry teaches space leadership, policy and business in the Thunderbird School of Global Management. He has been a notable advocate for space exploration and development, serving as Chair of the Safety Working Group in the FAA Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC), and as vice president of the National Space Society and the Beyond Earth Institute.
Clinical Professor of Leadership
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of ManagementLeadership, Management, organizational leadership
Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jr. is an executive partner with Madison Dearborn Partners, a private equity firm based in Chicago, Illinois and a Clinical Professor of Leadership at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. He was named the 2008 Kellogg School Professor of the Year. Harry is the author of three bestselling leadership books: From Values to Action: The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership , Becoming The Best: Build a World-Class Organization Through Values-Based Leadership. and Your 168: Finding Purpose and Satisfaction in a Values-Based Life. He is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Baxter International Inc., a $12 billion global healthcare company. He became Baxter's chief executive officer in January 1999, and assumed the additional responsibility of chairman of Baxter's board of directors in January 2000. Mr. Kraemer joined Baxter in 1982 as director of corporate development. His twenty three year career at Baxter included senior positions in both domestic and international operations. In 1993, he was named senior vice president and chief financial officer, responsible for financial operations, business development, global communications, and European operations. Over the next several years, he assumed additional responsibility for Baxter's Renal and Medication Delivery businesses. He was elected to Baxter's board of directors in 1995, and was named president of Baxter International Inc. in 1997. Before joining Baxter, Mr. Kraemer worked for Bank of America in corporate banking and for Northwest Industries in planning and business development. Mr. Kraemer is active in business, education and civic affairs. He serves on the board of directors of Leidos Corporation, Dentsply Sirona, Option Care Health, Performance Health and Alcami, and on the board of trustees of Northwestern University, The Conference Board, NorthShore University Healthsystem and the Archdiocese of Chicago Finance Committee and School Board. He is a member of the Dean's Global Advisory Board of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. He is a member of the Council of CEOs, the Commercial Club of Chicago, the Economics Club of Chicago. He is a past member of the Business Roundtable, the Business Council, and the Healthcare Leadership Council. Mr. Kraemer graduated summa cum laude from Lawrence University of Wisconsin in 1977 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics and economics. He received an MBA degree in finance and accounting from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management in 1979 and is a certified public accountant. For his outstanding leadership and service, he received the 1996 Schaffner Award from the Kellogg School of Management. Harry enjoys jogging, tennis, skiing and reading, especially world civilization. Harry, his wife Julie, and their five children live in Wilmette, Illinois. More info on Harry at www.harrykraemer.org .
Clinical Professor of Leadership
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of ManagementLeadership, Leadership Development, Management, Social Psychology
Michelle Buck is Clinical Professor of Leadership at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She previously served as the School's first Director of Leadership Initiatives from 2006 to 2013, designing and coordinating opportunities for personal leadership development to complement the School's academic curriculum. She has also served as 1) academic director of numerous Kellogg executive programs, including partnership programs with Fundacao dom Cabral in Brazil, programs for Latin American executives with Seminarium, as well as customized, company-specific programs; and 2) as adjunct professor teaching leadership in Northwestern's School of Communication. Professor Buck's courses focus on the ways that leaders maximize their own performance and unleash the potential of others by addressing 1) how self-reflection and self-awareness of one's identity, values and purpose serve as foundations of effective leadership; and 2) how leaders engage and inspire others and set them up for success. She teaches modules on leadership narrative and storytelling, creating cultures of courageous conversations, and the dynamics of leading and following. She uses the arts, including music, photography and dance, for experiential learning in leadership. Professor Buck also teaches Negotiations as a process of effective communication and creative problem solving, helping people to transform perceived differences and conflict into new opportunities. In 2014, Professor Buck co-led an international MBA course and trip to East Africa, including a private meeting for MBA students with Rwandan President Paul Kagame. In executive teaching, academic direction, and consulting, Professor Buck has worked with private, public, family business and nonprofit organizations including Banco de Mexico, Boise Cascade, Canadian Council for International Cooperation, CDW, Chicago Public Schools, Ernst & Young, the FBI, HP, Mitsui & Co., Petro Canada, The Coca Cola Company, Whirlpool Corporation, YPO Latin America and Zurich Insurance. She has presented her work in North and Latin America, Europe, and Japan. Professor Buck previously taught at Washington University in St. Louis, and at McGill University in Montreal and Tokyo. She won "Professor of the Year" awards in the MBA programs at both schools. While at McGill University, she served as Module Director in the McGill-McConnell Program for National Voluntary Sector Leaders, an executive-level leadership development program for senior leaders of the non-profit sector in Canada, designed to facilitate leaders in creating a "more compassionate, sustainable society." Professor Buck has a PhD and MA in Social Psychology from Princeton University, and a bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Michigan. Michelle's commitment in all of her work is to inspire and empower others to unleash new possibilities for themselves, for others and the communities in which they find themselves. Her work focuses on designing innovative, inspiring, and important learning experiences that transform lives by providing purpose, passion, and possibility, and that transform the world by developing authenitic, courageous and creative leaders. In addition to her professional activities, Michelle enjoys dance, music, photography, and travel, with strong interests in Latin America and Africa.
future of work, human resource management, Management, Recruitment, Social Networks
Ian O. Williamson was appointed dean of The UCI Paul Merage School of Business on January 1, 2021. Prior to joining the Merage School, he served as pro vice-chancellor and dean of commerce at the Wellington School of Business and Government at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Williamson received his PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a bachelor鈥檚 degree in business from Miami University. He has served as a faculty member at Melbourne Business School, Rutgers Business School, the Zurich Institute of Business Education, the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland and Institut Teknologi Bandung. Williamson is a globally recognized expert in the area of human resource management. His research examines the impact of 鈥渢alent pipelines鈥 on organizational and community outcomes. Williamson has assisted executives in over 20 countries across six continents enhance firm operational and financial outcomes, improve talent recruitment and retention, enhance firm innovation and understand the impact of social issues on firm outcomes. Williamson鈥檚 research has been published in leading academic journals (e.g. Academy of Management Journal, MIT Sloan Management Review, Organization Science, Journal of Applied Psychology) and has been covered by leading media outlets across the world. He has served on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Academy Management Review, Academy of Management Education and Learning, Journal of Management and Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal and Journal of Management. He is a past recipient of the Academy of Management (AOM) Education Division Best Paper Award for his research on high performing teams, the AOM Human Resource Division Best Paper Award for his research on the effect of employee mobility on firm performance and the AOM Ralph Alexander Best Dissertation Award for his research examining the top management team (TMT) selection decisions of Fortune 500 firms. He is a recipient of the AOM Best Practices Mentoring Award for his role as the founding President of the Management Faculty of Color Association (MFCA). He also received the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School Outstanding PhD Student Award.
future of work, human resource management, Management, Recruitment, Social Networks
Ian O. Williamson was appointed dean of The UCI Paul Merage School of Business on January 1, 2021. Prior to joining the Merage School, he served as pro vice-chancellor and dean of commerce at the Wellington School of Business and Government at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Williamson received his PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a bachelor鈥檚 degree in business from Miami University. He has served as a faculty member at Melbourne Business School, Rutgers Business School, the Zurich Institute of Business Education, the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland and Institut Teknologi Bandung. Williamson is a globally recognized expert in the area of human resource management. His research examines the impact of 鈥渢alent pipelines鈥 on organizational and community outcomes. Williamson has assisted executives in over 20 countries across six continents enhance firm operational and financial outcomes, improve talent recruitment and retention, enhance firm innovation and understand the impact of social issues on firm outcomes. Williamson鈥檚 research has been published in leading academic journals (e.g. Academy of Management Journal, MIT Sloan Management Review, Organization Science, Journal of Applied Psychology) and has been covered by leading media outlets across the world. He has served on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Academy Management Review, Academy of Management Education and Learning, Journal of Management and Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal and Journal of Management. He is a past recipient of the Academy of Management (AOM) Education Division Best Paper Award for his research on high performing teams, the AOM Human Resource Division Best Paper Award for his research on the effect of employee mobility on firm performance and the AOM Ralph Alexander Best Dissertation Award for his research examining the top management team (TMT) selection decisions of Fortune 500 firms. He is a recipient of the AOM Best Practices Mentoring Award for his role as the founding President of the Management Faculty of Color Association (MFCA). He also received the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School Outstanding PhD Student Award.
Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and Sarah Graham Kenan Scholar
Newswisebusiness strategy, Entrepreneurship, Management
Mahka Moeen鈥檚 research focuses on how firms and entrepreneurs create and enter nascent industries. In studying the co-evolution of entrepreneurial firms and nascent industries, she is particularly in strategies that firms undertake during early industry stages and even prior to the first ever commercialization within an industry context. She has studied these questions within the agricultural biotechnology, bio-pharmaceutical and drone industries. Her research has been published in Organization Science, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Strategic Management Journal and Strategy Science. Dr. Moeen is the recipient of the 2017 Emerging Scholar Award in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the Industry Studies Association and the the 2016 Kauffman Junior Faculty Fellowship. Her doctoral dissertation was recognized by the Kauffman Foundation dissertation fellowship, the Academy of Management鈥檚 Technology and Innovation Management division, the Industry Studies Association and the Strategy Research Foundation dissertation scholarship. She serves on the editorial boards of the Strategic Management Journal and Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. Dr. Moeen teaches courses in strategic management. She received her PhD in strategy and entrepreneurship from the University of Maryland, her MBA from the Sharif University of Technology鈥檚 Graduate School of Management and Economics and her bachelor鈥檚 degree from the University of Tehran.
Management, Marketing, Sales
Dr. Bob Kimball, a Professor, has written several books on marketing and sales. They include The American Marketing Association Handbook for Successful Selling, The Book on Management, and The Essence of Marketing. He鈥檚 also co-author of Selling in the New World of Business. Kimball, a UWF faculty member since 1987, received a doctorate in Marketing from the University of Georgia. Before coming to UWF, Kimball developed and conducted management and sales training programs for Coca-Cola USA, Cotton States Insurance Companies, Georgia Department of Education, Lanier Business Products and Pabst Brewing Company, among others. His research has appeared in several refereed journals. Kimball鈥檚 articles include 鈥淎pplication of Contemporary Literature to Enhance Interpersonal Skills and Ethical Decision-Making in Professional Selling Coursework鈥 (Journal of Marketing Education); 鈥淎 Baseline Study of Male/Female Perceptions of Attractiveness and Their Viability Over Time in a Social Context鈥 (American International College Journal of Business); and 鈥淐reating an Awareness and Understanding of Business and Cultural Environments Through the Integration of Classic Literature and Film into Traditional Course Work鈥 (Southern Business Review).
Director of UWF Florida Small Business Development Center
University of West FloridaManagement
Massey comes to the FSBDC at UWF from the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center at Henderson State University (HSU), where he served as the Center Director. At the SBTDC, he was responsible for overall center operations, including client services and analysis, strategy development, goal setting, budgeting, staff management and community collaboration. Massey also served as an adjunct faculty member for the HSU School of Business, instructing on strategic management, business planning and analysis, financial analysis, accounting, marketing and human resources management.
Dean of the School of Business and Economics & Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Strategy
Loughborough UniversityBusiness, business strategy, Economy, Management
Professor Godsell's career has been split between both industry and academia. She joined WMG in October 2013 following a position as Reader at Cranfield University School of Management. She has advised government and industry on supply chain strategy and its relationship to industrial and business strategy, has served on numerous advisory boards, and is currently a member of the Made Smarter Expert Panel and Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund Advisory Group. As well as academic success, Professor Godsell has held many senior positions in industry. Her career began with a role at ICI/Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, and following this she worked up to senior management level at Dyson, in both supply chain and operations management functions. Whilst at Dyson she undertook a number of operational and process improvement roles within R&D, customer logistics, purchasing, and manufacturing. Professor Godsell is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the IMechE.
Professor of Management and Organizations
University of Michigan Ross School of BusinessManagement, Sociology
Davis’ research is broadly concerned with the corporation as a social and economic vehicle. In addition to teaching management and organizations topics, Davis is Faculty Director of Business+Impact and co-teaches the +Impact Studio’s award-winning course on designing equitable enterprises for a just energy transition. Davis holds a BA from the University of Michigan and an MA and PhD from Stanford University.
Program Director for the Masters of Communication (DMCO)
University of South Australiabusiness and management, Commerce, Film, Language, Management
Fae is currently the Program Director for the Master of Communication degree and coordinator of the year-long capstone industry placement, providing ongoing academic and professional mentoring to students and strategic support to industry partners.
She has more than 12 years academic experience, teaching the theory and practice of public relations and professional communication to students in the classroom and online at UniSA, Flinders University and Charles Sturt University.
Fae also has ten years prior industry experience as a strategic communications professional in the UK and in Adelaide, having working in public health for the Department of Health, the disability sector and in primary health care research.
Fae's research focuses on the impact of digital media use on everyday life. Her (2021) examined mothers’ interactions with digital media as users and facilitators of children’s use, utilising theories of mediatisation, domestication of technology and parental mediation to identify changes in the communicative practices of contemporary mothers. The study revealed that children's increasing use of digital media for schooling, entertainment and social interaction, coupled with societal expectations about a mother's role, adds an additional layer of responsibility on mothers to provide unpaid digital care to children ().
Current projects include researching the challenges and opportunities of video gaming for parent players and, specifically, any differences in the compared to fathers, and to inform future policy decisions about Australia's media classification system, making it more accurate and useful for families.
Business and Economics, Diversity, faultlines, Human Resource, Management, Social Network
Yun Chung is an Associate Professor at the University of Idaho College of Business and Economics. Her research focuses on workplace diversity and faultlines, social networks, strategic human resource management, and retirement security. She has published in journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management, Strategic Management Journal, Small Group Research, and Research in Personnel and Human Resource Management among others. She has served as a member of the editorial board of Small Group Research.
Accommodations, ADHD, allyship, Autism, Disability, Management, Management and Behavior, Neurodiverse, neurodiversity, Neurotypical, Stigma
Dr. Eric Patton is a professor of management at Saint Joseph's University. Dr. Patton's primary research interests include: neurodiversity, inclusion, mental health, workplace culture, workplace recruitment, disability, inclusion and accessibility in the workplace. Dr. Patton has been with Saint Joseph's since 2007. Before SJU, he was a lecturer at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec.
human resources management, Management
Pattie's research interests include managing expatriates, leadership and strategic human resources. In 2022, Pattie won the Madison Scholar award for his research. He also consults with organizations on improving people management. Pattie is involved in numerous civic organizations and served two terms on the Augusta County Board of Supervisors.
Pattie earned his doctorate from the University of Texas at Arlington, an MBA from George Washinton University and a bachelor's degree from Texas Christian University.