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Laurie L. Levesque ADDRESS: Management & Entrepreneurship Dept. 19 Greystone Road 73 Tremont Street, 7 th floor Kingston, NH 03848 Sawyer Business School, Suffolk University 603-828-9205 (mobile) Boston, MA 02108 [email protected] 617-573-8389 (office) [email protected] EDUCATION 2001 Ph.D. (Organizational Behavior and Theory), Carnegie Mellon University 1998 M.S. (Industrial Administration, OBT), Carnegie Mellon University 1993 M.S.O.B., University of Hartford 1990 B.S. (Business Administration; Minor: Sociology), University of New Hampshire Summa Cum Laude; Class Marshall; Presidential Scholar; Alpha Kappa Delta, Phi Kappa Phi and Golden Key Honor Societies POSITIONS HELD Administrative (all within Sawyer Business School, Suffolk University) 2010 – 2016 Associate Dean; Dean of Undergraduate Programs 2008 – 2010 Assistant Dean and Academic Director of Undergraduate Programs 2006 – 2008 Chair, Management Department 2004 – 2006 Assistant Chair, Management Department, Academic 2006 – present Associate Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, Suffolk University 2001 – 2006 Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, Suffolk University 1998 Adjunct Instructor, GSIA, Carnegie Mellon University 1993 – 1995 Adjunct Instructor, Management Department, University of Hartford Key strengths Experienced and engaging teacher. Passionate about student growth through co-curricular service, leadership, and business events. Promote clear expectations, high standards, and impactful classroom and co-curricular learning. Experienced administrator capable of strategic thinking and visioning and subsequent translation of goals and vision to implementation reality. Adept in leading faculty committees collaboratively to accomplish stated purposes while valuing each person’s unique contributions and styles. Proactively-natured.

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Laurie L. Levesque

ADDRESS: Management & Entrepreneurship Dept. 19 Greystone Road 73 Tremont Street, 7th floor Kingston, NH 03848 Sawyer Business School, Suffolk University 603-828-9205 (mobile) Boston, MA 02108 [email protected] 617-573-8389 (office) [email protected]

EDUCATION 2001 Ph.D. (Organizational Behavior and Theory), Carnegie Mellon University 1998 M.S. (Industrial Administration, OBT), Carnegie Mellon University 1993 M.S.O.B., University of Hartford 1990 B.S. (Business Administration; Minor: Sociology), University of New Hampshire

Summa Cum Laude; Class Marshall; Presidential Scholar; Alpha Kappa Delta, Phi Kappa Phi and Golden Key Honor Societies

POSITIONS HELD

Administrative (all within Sawyer Business School, Suffolk University) 2010 – 2016 Associate Dean; Dean of Undergraduate Programs 2008 – 2010 Assistant Dean and Academic Director of Undergraduate Programs 2006 – 2008 Chair, Management Department 2004 – 2006 Assistant Chair, Management Department,

Academic 2006 – present Associate Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, Suffolk University 2001 – 2006 Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, Suffolk University 1998 Adjunct Instructor, GSIA, Carnegie Mellon University 1993 – 1995 Adjunct Instructor, Management Department, University of Hartford

Key strengths Experienced and engaging teacher. Passionate about student growth through co-curricular service, leadership, and business events. Promote clear expectations, high standards, and impactful classroom and co-curricular learning.

Experienced administrator capable of strategic thinking and visioning and subsequent translation of goals and vision to implementation reality.

Adept in leading faculty committees collaboratively to accomplish stated purposes while valuing each person’s unique contributions and styles.

Proactively-natured.

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CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

Additional Roles 2015 – 2016 Co-chair Service Learning Oversight Committee (Ex Officio) 2015 – 2016 Member Creativity & Innovation Requirement Oversight Committee (Ex Officio) 2014 – 2016 Coordinator Implementation of BSBA 2020 curriculum 2014 – 2016 Member Arts Administration Minor Oversight Committee 2010 – 2015 Coordinator Alumni Business Case Day – focus on ethics 2012 – 2014 Co-chair BSBA 2020 Curriculum Task Force 2012 – 2014 Member General Education Core Curriculum Task Force 2009 – 2011 Coordinator Innovation Integration Team (IIT) 2009 – 2010 Interim director Undergraduate Business Online Courses 2008 Chair Department Chairs Undergrad Online Course Subcommittee 2006 – 2007 Coordinator BSBA Curriculum Implementation Task Force 2005 – 2007 Member Provost’s Curriculum Implementation Committee 2005 – 2006 Chair BSBA Curriculum Task Force 2004 – 2005 Co-Chair BSBA Curriculum Task Force 2003 – 2004 Member BSBA Curriculum Review Committee

Key Accomplishments

o Shepherded the development, proposal, and approval of a new Business Economics major, within the Business School to be taught by Economics faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences (2015).

o Co-led development of new shared general education learning goals and requirements; approved by business faculty in 2013 and by Arts and Sciences faculty in 2014.

o Implemented the new curricula starting in 2014 (did so as well for that starting in 2007). o Led curriculum design and brought a new BSBA to a unanimous positive faculty vote in 2013. o Led curriculum redesign and brought a revised BSBA to a unanimous positive faculty vote in 2006. o Helped design and launch a new interdisciplinary minor in Arts Administration. o Facilitated focus groups with freshmen on BSBA first year curriculum (Spring 2011) o Assisted faculty and departments to create new minors in Leadership, Real Estate, and Big Data

and Business Analytics, and to revise existing minors in: Business Law, Asian Studies (CAS) o Created the Alumni Business Case Day – ethics across the curriculum event and run it for five

years. Alumni wrote brief cases about ethical situations in the workplace. Cases were matched with courses based on content or context. Faculty assigned the cases, and alumni visited as guest speakers to assist with student case discussion and to reveal the epilogue. Alumni provided feedback to the Business School regarding students’ ethical reasoning skills.

o Coordinated the Innovation Integration Team to explore embedding innovation across the curriculum. Team focused on multiple research fields, identified key skills and knowledge that we categorized by purpose and level, and created a comprehensive, understandable framework.

o Co-created (with CAS) the Boston Summer Institute. Identified faculty and courses, met with Admissions and a cross-university team to develop framework and promote courses as an institute for international and external students. Program did not run (timing, cost, residence hall issues).

o Led the development of policies and a pilot of online undergraduate business courses, collected data, and subsequently pursued a successful faculty vote to re-allow online undergraduate courses.

T The LINKS curriculum themes were noted in our 2009 AACSB review as a best practice

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COURSE COORDINATION and DEVELOPMENT

Additional Roles 2014 – 2016 Course coordinator SBS 200 careerEXPLORE (new sophomore requirement) 2014 – 2016 Course coordinator SBS 220 Business Writing (new sophomore requirement) 2015 – 2016 Course coordinator SBS 300 careerEXPLORE (new junior requirement) 2010 – 2016 Course coordinator SBS 400 careerLAUNCH (senior requirement) 2011 – 2014 Course coordinator SBS 100 careerSTART (was SU 101 Freshman Year Experience) 2012 – 2014 Course coordinator SBS 101 Business Foundations (was MGT 101, was SOM101) 2008 – 2013 Course coordinator MGT 200 Leadership and Social Responsibility (old requirement) 2003 – 2006 Course coordinator MGT 330 Interpersonal Effectiveness (major elective)

Key Accomplishments

o Designed an integrated 4-year career curriculum T that scaffolds student skills across four courses and maintains coordination and consistency across multiple sections of each requirement.

o Built adjunct instructor teams to staff 35+ sections each semester of new requirements I coordinate; developed support networks; host biannual debriefs to share best teaching practices and resources.

o Created and maintain coordinated resources for all instructor teams I supervise, including a shared syllabus, teaching materials and BlackBoard course supershells.

o Reviewed with curriculum committee the course coordination guidelines for departments. o Coordinated 125+ executive judges annually for freshmen case analysis presentations in SBS 101. o Designed MGT 200 to focus on a consulting project with a nonprofit organization client. o Overhauled independent study process and guidelines to maintain rigor and differentiated

content. Worked with curriculum committee to improve rigor and faculty expectations. o As Management Department Chair redesigned major required and electives courses to reduce

redundant assignments and content and improve student satisfaction. o Scheduled 25% of business school courses as Management Department Asst. Chair and then

Chairperson; built and staffed semester schedules for Boston, online and three offsite locations.

T The careerLINKS program was shortlisted for a 2015 Reimagine Education Award (“global awards for innovative higher education pedagogies enhancing learning and employability”).

STUDENT RECRUITMENT

Key Contributions o Outlined a Global Program to recruit business students to a thematically focused degree with

planned study-abroad, travel seminar, globally-focused courses, and cohort experiences. o Reviewed outdated articulation agreements; developing new agreements to address changes in

the curriculum and Admissions decisions previously not verified by academic department. o Supported Honors Program Director’s initiatives to increase programming, pathways to advanced

degrees, 4+1 programs, networking, and other features that attract top applicants. o Presented a BSBA curriculum overview and faculty expectations to parents and prospective

students (admissions Open House, Suffolk Showcase, parent orientation; Early Action), guidance counselor tour groups, trustees, and other internal or external audiences.

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ACCREDITATION and ASSESSMENT

Additional Roles 2015 – 2016 Member Suffolk Univ. Shared Curriculum Assessment Committee 2008 – 2016 Member SBS Undergraduate Program Curriculum Committee (Ex Officio) 2014 Lead SBS Undergraduate Programs, AACSB reaccreditation visit 2012 – 2014 Co-Chair Suffolk Univ. NEASC self study, Standard 4 2011 – 2012 Member Suffolk Univ. NEASC self study, Standard 6 2011 – 2012 Member Suffolk Univ. Credit Hour Compliance / Syllabus Template Task Force 2010 – 2012 Member University Assessment Committee (was Student Voice Oversight) 2008 – 2012 Member Suffolk Univ. NEASC Core Assessment Committee 2006 – 2011 Member SBS Assurance of Learning Committee 2003 – 2005 Coordinator Management Department assessment initiatives

Key Accomplishments o Guided undergraduate faculty curriculum committee as we build an Assurance of Learning

assessment program that is AACSB and NEASC compliant for our new BSBA degree. Foci are new rubrics, pre- and post-writing assignments, training for greater interrater-reliability with rubrics, and specific actions to close the assessment loop with curricular improvements.

o Worked with SBS Undergraduate Program Curriculum Committee and also with the Shared Core Learning Goal Assessment Committee to create new rubrics for written communication, analytical thinking, and oral communication. Approved an online self-assessment for diverse perspectives learning goal. Building a new collaborative process for data collection across the two schools with centralized analysis of assessment data.

o Worked with cross-school faculty teams to develop definitions of newly approved university-wide general education (and business) learning goals.

o Proposed a new model for deeper faculty involvement in the Assurance of Learning process. o Co-authored our Standard 4 self-study report for reaccreditation visit in 2014. o Reviewed and provided feedback on entire NEASC and AACSB self-study reports. o Developed syllabi standards and processes for academic departments to review and monitor

compliance with the Department of Education credit hour rules. o Launched the Management Department initiative to develop a journal list for PTR and AACSB

purposes. The process used subsequently became the model for other academic departments. o Developed a comprehensive content exam delivered via the senior capstone course; analyzed data

relative to knowledge retention. Provided summarized reports to academic departments.

Training and professional development 2016 AACSB ICAMS conference, Boston, MA 2012 AACSB Associate Deans Conference, Houston, TX 2009 NEASC Reaccreditation Workshop, MA 2010 AACSB ICAMS conference, New York City, NY 2008 AACSB Applied Assessment seminar, Tampa, FL 2008 AACSB assurance of learning seminar, Tampa, FL 2008 AACSB workshop at Suffolk [with AACSB sanctioned consultant] 2003 NEASC Conference on Evolving Assessment Strategies, MA

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RETENTION and STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

Additional Roles 2014 – 2016 Coordinator Local Engagement Experience (BSBA requirement) 2014 – 2016 Coordinator Global Engagement Experience (BSBA requirement) 2015 – 2016 Faculty Co-Advisor Creativity & Innovation Living Learning Community 2015 – present Faculty Advisor AIESEC student organization 2010 – 2016 Supervisor/mentor Sawyer Ambassador student leadership team 2013 – 2015 Faculty Advisor SU Case Analysis Team (SUCAT) student organization 2014 Member Foundations of Excellence assessment team (Ex Officio) 2011 Chair Retention Coordination Working Group 2010 – 2011 Advisor SBS Student Executive Council 2009 – 2013 Planning Committee Student Leadership Education And Programming conference 2009 Member Retention issues panel study 2008 – present Faculty Advisor Women in Business student organization

Key Accomplishments Retention of first-year students increased steadily from 2010-2013. It decreased for 2013 new admits, concurrent with the centralization of our advising center and reorganization (loss) of our staff. The retention rate of BSBA students increased this year back up to 80%, compared to 70% for the A&S students.

Student academic and career development: o Launched and ran a co-curricular case competition program with multiple rounds of teams

competing to provide strategic recommendations based on their analyses of business cases. o Designed a speech club program for Asian student organizations at request of faculty advisors. o Supported student team and faculty advisor travel to business management competition. o Built numerous options for students to meet two new BSBA requirements (Local/Global

Engagement), the majority of which involve community service with structured reflection. o With the Center for Community Engagement, managed a fair for students to select service options. o Assisted in securing campus space and support for Boston Tax Help program. o Arranged for podcasts on topics of internships/job shadow to ensure baseline coaching for students.

Student leadership development: o Coached team of 10 Sawyer Ambassadors, who design and run programs, events, and initiatives

to address unmet needs of business students. Efforts include business and career speakers, new student organizations, conferences, specialized courses, networking events, and much more.

o Oversaw and supported undergraduate Teaching Assistants assigned to FYE courses o Recognized student club executive boards via personal contact, publicity, swag, and coaching o Delivered career and management workshops at Suffolk’s Leadership Education conference (LEAP) o Outlined externship program for sophomores, turned over to Career Services for implementation

Student retention o Oversaw cross-university team to develop comprehensive overview of Suffolk’s retention

programs, challenges and strengths; provided recommendations to interim University president o Worked with program coordinators and Residential Life to develop Living Learning Communities. o Worked with Early Alert program coordinator to improve communication and faculty participation o Advised Enrollment Management on survey redesigns for freshmen, sophomores, seniors, alumni o Collected qualitative data from freshmen, trained research assistants to interview o Piloted programs to increase student-faculty interaction (transfers; sophomores; hotel res halls)

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UNIVERSITY and BUSINESS SCHOOL POLICY, PLANNING, PROCESS

Additional Roles 2008 – 2016 Member Suffolk University Calendar Committee 2008 – 2016 Member Numerous ad hoc meetings regarding policies, procedures, issues 2008 – 2016 Member Advisory Board, Center for Teaching and Scholarly Excellence 2011 Member New Strategic Planning Council (appointed by Interim President) 2010 – 2012 Member Suffolk University Branding Steering Committee

Key Contributions

o Provided input to help build the university academic calendar and related policies. o Monitored undergraduate course enrollments, offerings, cancellations, and available seats. o Collaborated to resolve policy, procedure and resource issues, such as: continuing ed student

registration; alumni participation in travel courses; retention alert software implementation; communication of curricular changes, late course withdrawals, pattern of late arrivals at start of semester, excessive snow day disruptions, etc.

o Reviewed and address issues related to advising, curriculum, faculty needs, student programs, campus policies, etc. with Assistant Dean.

o Interviewed faculty and central administration job candidates. o Developed an initial restructuring plan with a colleague and consultants that merged departments

to create a new division of Student Academic Services (now the Division of Student Success). o Helped outline a strategic planning process to guide the next appointed president. o Reviewed and updated marketing collateral and program materials as needed (web pages, social

media, catalog, brochures, fliers); provide content for BSBA newsletter; identify alumni and student success stories.

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT and SUPPORT

Key Contributions o Annually within dean’s office discussed all full-time faculty performance reviews, course

evaluations, and faculty plans in relation to teaching, research and service (pre-/post-/non-tenure track); subsequently discuss with each Department Chair and assign merit-based salary increases.

o Spoke up for and defended rights and concerns of non-tenure track faculty in faculty meetings. o Acted as a resource for faculty regarding teaching concerns and advice on classroom policies. o As chair, hired and mentored faculty, wrote annual performance reviews for 20+ faculty; wrote

PTR action letters, assigned travel funds, addressed student complaints, and encouraged service. o Authored an Adjunct Faculty Handbook for the Management Department; mentored adjunct

faculty and worked with them to develop new courses; developed a teaching resource library. o Provided ongoing advice and feedback to a faculty member who launched a Real Estate Center,

developed an undergraduate Real Estate minor, student real estate club and speaker program. o Visited classes to collect and distill mid-semester teaching feedback for faculty outside my

department who requested it from the Center for Teaching and Scholarly Excellence. o Helped design and launch the Collegial Mentoring Program; provided initial coordination to

match trained faculty to peers who requested an observation of and feedback on their teaching. o Secured the division of the Management Department in 2008 upon my promotion so as to split it

into (a) Management and Entrepreneurship and (b) Strategy and International Business. Both departments are currently large and vibrant. Faculty in these four areas have coherence in their colleagues’ interests and also greater attention from their Chairs.

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RESEARCH INTERESTS Habitual voice behavior and outcomes Emergent roles, corporate cultures and human resource practices in small firms and start-ups Organizational dynamics of fully seasonal businesses Socialization processes, shared cognition, and identification of new, part-time, or peripheral employees

RESEARCH GRANTS AND AWARDS

2015 Research grant (with Lam, C.F. and Ornstein, S.) from the Center for Innovative Collaboration Leadership, Suffolk Univ.

2000 Finalist, INFORMS/Organization Science Dissertation Competition

2000 Dissertation research grant, Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Dissertation Title: Role Creation Processes in Start-up Firms Committee: Denise Rousseau and Laurie Weingart (co-chairs), Mark Fichman Outside reader: Howard Aldrich, UNC- Chapel Hill

1998 Research grant, Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Carnegie Mellon Univ.

MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW/ IN PREPARATION

Revising for 3rd review. Lam, C.F., Levesque, L.L., Rees, L. & Ornstein, S. (title withheld) Academy of Management Review.

Revising for 2nd review. Levesque, L.L. & Cheng, A.C. The CASE Journal. (title withheld).

In preparation. Levesque, L.L. & Segal, L. Working title: Embedding Alumni-Authored Discipline Specific Ethical Vignettes Across the Curriculum. Targeting Journal of Business Ethics.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Manuscript draft: Levesque, L.L. Fundamental Processes in the Formation of Work Roles: Shifting Our Focus From Alteration to Creation.

Rousseau, D.M. and Levesque, L.L. (Spring 2002). Field research: The redheaded stepchild of IRBs. Research Methods Division Newsletter, 17 (1).

Levesque, L.L. and Rousseau, D.M. (1998). Socialization experiences of adjunct university faculty (working paper). Technical report: Heinz School of Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon Univ.

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REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Levesque, L.L., Hung, K. & Arslan, H. (2017). Teradyne: Hitting the Great Wall. The CASE Journal. DeFillippi, R. & Levesque, L. L. (2011). Innovation Integration and Crossing Disciplinary Borders in

Curriculum Assessment and Program Development. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 11(1), 8. nabusinesspress.com/jhetpopen.html

Hung, K., Hunt, N., Vega, G., Levesque, L., Arslan, H., & Delaunay, C. (2009). Teradyne: On the Road to

China. The CASE Journal, 5 (2). Levesque, L.L., D.M. Rousseau & V. Ho. (2008). Creative Collaborating at Lintell Scientific. The CASE

Journal, (5) 1. Levesque, L.L. & Cheng, A. (2008). A Sea Change in Staffing at Leapfrog Innovations. Case Research

Journal, 27 (3). Nelson, T. & Levesque, L.L. (2007). The Status of Women in Corporate Governance in the New

Economy. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 31 (2), 209–232. Ho, V., Rousseau, D.M., & Levesque, L.L. (2006). Social Networks and the Psychological Contract: Structural

Holes, Cohesive Ties, and Beliefs Regarding Employer Obligations. Human Relations, 59 (4), 459-481. Levesque, L.L., O’Neill, R.M., Nelson, T., & Dumas, C. (2005). Sex Differences in the Perceived

Importance of Mentoring Functions. Career Development International, 10 (6-7), 429-443. Levesque, L.L. (2005). Opportunistic Hiring and Fit. Human Resource Management Journal, 44 (3), 301-317. Ho, V. & Levesque, L.L. (2005). With a Little Help From My Friends (and Substitutes): Social Referents

and Influence in Psychological Contract Fulfillment. Organization Science, 16 (3), 275-289. Levesque, L.L., Rousseau, D.M., & Ho, V. (2004), Changing Our Destination or the Route? Lessons

From an Evolving Relationship with a New Firm. Journal of Action Research, 2 (3), 254-276. Straus, S., Miles, J. & Levesque, L.L. (2001). The effects of videoconference, telephone, and face-to-face

media on interviewer and applicant judgments in employment interviews. Journal of Management, 27 (3), 363-381.

Levesque, L.L., Wilson, J.M., & Wholey, D.R. (2001). Cognitive Divergence: Shared Mental Models in

Software Development Teams. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 22, 135-144. Brindle, M. & Levesque, L.L. (2000). Bridging the Gap: Challenges and Prescriptions of Interactive

Distance Education. Journal of Management Education, 24 (4), 445-457. Toffey-Shepela, S. & Levesque, L.L. (1998). Poisoned waters: Sexual harassment and the college

climate. Sex Roles, 38 (7-8), 589-611.

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PRESENTATIONS on RESEARCH

2008 Job Crafting at Dozet Facilitation, Inc. case written with Andy Cheng, presented at the North American Case Research Association conference, Durham, NH.

2006 Research in Start-ups – The View from Inside. Caucus held with Erik Monsen at the Academy of Management conference, Atlanta, GA.

2006 Creative Collaborating at Lintell Scientific, case written with D.M. Rousseau and V. Ho presented at The CASE Association Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY.

2006 Opportunistic Hiring and Employee Role Creation. Invited as part of Entrepreneurship from the Employee’s Perspective workshop. Max-Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, Germany.

2003 The Comparative Participation of Women as Governance Leaders across Economic Sectors: Is the Promise of Entrepreneurship Fulfilled? Paper presented by co-author Teresa Nelson at the Babson-Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Boston, MA.

2002 Filling in the blanks: How social networks shape psychological contracts (with Violet Ho). Paper presented in the symposium, “Sculpting the Construct of the Psychological Contract” Richard Klimoski and Karin Orvis (chairs), Academy of Management, Denver, CO.

2001 Creating new roles: Understanding employee behavior in high tech start-ups. Paper presented as part of “A Multi-Level Approach to Organization Formation,” a symposium I chaired at the Academy of Management, Washington, DC.

2001 Tinkering with the job: Paper presented at the Babson/Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference: Jönköping, Sweden.

2001 Opportunistic Hiring in High Tech Firms. Eastern Academy of Management, New York City.

2000 Role Creation Processes in Start-up Firms. Dissertation research proposal presented at the INFORMS Organization Dissertation Competition, San Antonio.

2000 A qualitative study of organizational roles in high tech start-up firms. Paper presented at the Academy of Management, Toronto.

1999 Loose connections or met expectations? Socialization and obligations to part-time faculty (with Denise Rousseau). Paper presented at the Academy of Management, Chicago, IL.

1999 Role Shapers or Role Takers? Newcomer Experiences in Emerging Organizations. Presented in the ‘Works in Progress’ track, Eastern Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA.

1999 Shared Mental Models in Software Development Teams (with Jeanne M. Wilson & Doug Wholey). Paper presented in a symposium (Empirical Evidence of Shared Cognition) co-chaired by Laurie Levesque and Kim Smith-Jentsch at SIOP, Atlanta, GA.

1999 Can I believe my eyes? The effects of nonverbal behavior on employment interviews. (with Susan Straus). Paper presented in a symposium (Technology Impacts on Impression Formation: Looking Inside the Black Box) chaired by Susan Straus at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

1997 Sexual Harassment as Normative Behavior (with Sharon Toffee Shepela). Paper presented at the Association for Women in Psychology 22nd Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.

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1994 How Chilly is the Forecast? An Institutional Study (with Curtis, Mills, Mills, and Shepela). Presented at the Gender Equity Issues: Focus on the 21st Century Symposium, American Association of University Women, Stamford, CT.

1993 A Participative Method of Research for Culture and Climate Studies. Paper presented at the Industrial-Organizational Psychology/Organizational Behavior Conference, Toronto.

PRESENTATIONS on ACADEMIC ISSUES

2015 careerLINKS, Reminagine Education Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

2015 Building From the Bottom, Defending From the Top: Redesigning the Undergraduate Curriculum. Eastern Academy of Management, Baltimore, MD.

2010 Innovation Integration and Crossing Disciplinary Borders in Curriculum Assessment and Program Development, with Robert DeFillippi, Educational Innovation in Economics and Business 17th Annual Conference, London, England.

2009 Qualitative Assessment: Informing Practice, panelist, CIHE session, NEASC Annual Conference, Boston, MA.

2005 Turning the Mirror on Ourselves, with Diana Stork, Jill Woodilla, Sandra Morgan. Panel and Workshop, at the Eastern Academy of Management, Springfield, MA.

2004 Empowerment and Reflection in Student Teams. Panelist, at the Institute of Behavioral and Applied Management conference, Providence, RI.

2004 Issues and Challenges Confronting Adjuncts (co-author Emily Czarnecki), Panelist at the adjunct faculty consortium, Eastern Academy of Management, Providence, RI.

2003 Teaching Boot Camp 101 (Three panels: Teaching Exec Ed Courses – what to expect; Classroom Discussions That Don’t Fall Flat; Alternative Teaching Methods). PDW presented with co-chair Diana Stork at the Academy of Management, Seattle, WA.

2003 Teaching Boot Camp 102 (Two panels: Promoting Critical Thinking; Who's Learning What?... Monitoring Your Teaching Effectiveness While Building Your Intellectual Capital). PDW presented with co-chair Diana Stork at the Academy of Management, Seattle, WA.

1999 Bridging the Gap: Challenges and Prescriptions of Interactive Distance Education (with Margaret Brindle). Presented at the Academy of Management, Chicago, IL.

1999 Professional Urban Staffing. Embryo case presented at the Case Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

1995 A Tri-Component Tutoring Program: The EMS Model. Presentation at the National Tutoring Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.

1995 Linking Students of All Ages: a Tri-Component Program. Presentation at the National Society for Experiential Education Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.

1995 University-School Partnerships: Tutoring and Transitions (with Jarrod McMillian). Presented at the National Conference on Urban Issues: Restructuring the Urban Environment, Buffalo, NY.

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COURSES TAUGHT

Organizational Behavior (undergraduate, graduate, honors undergraduate) Interpersonal Effectiveness Management Science (now called Data and Decision Analysis) Experience Based Organizational Behavior (honors) Global Travel Seminar – London (focus on human resources and expatriates) Social Cognition in the Workplace (2 cr. Honors Scholars course) Independent studies

Mini courses: Leadership by Example; Creative Thinking & Decision Making; Interpersonal and Group Dynamics; Volunteerism and the Community

OTHER COURSES DEVELOPED AND COORDINATED Leadership and Social Responsibility (BSBA core requirement; course partners with local nonprofit) careerSTART (1 cr. First Year Experience course; BSBA requirement, revamped every 2-3 years since 2007) careerEXPLORE (1 cr. sophomore BSBA requirement, new in 2014) careerBUILD (1 cr. junior requirement BSBA requirement, new in 2014) careerLAUNCH (1 cr. senior requirement, formerly called careerLINKS)

ACADEMIC AWARDS 2015 Outstanding Business Faculty Member, Suffolk Student Government Association 2010, 2009 Nominated: Business Faculty of the Year, Suffolk Student Government Association 2006, 2005 2000 BSBA Doctoral-level Teaching Award, GSIA, Carnegie Mellon Univ.

SEMINARS and OTHER PRESENTATIONS 2011 Welcome comments, LeadHERship inaugural networking event, Suffolk Univ. networking 2011 Webinar Co-Presenter, Sustainable Leadership: Developing a Student Officer Transition

Retreat: CollegiateLink. 2006 Presenter, Suffolk University Alumni Breakfast Speaker Series, Topic: Perception & E-Mail). 2004 – 2005 Presenter, Suffolk University Corporate Education, Topics: Interpersonal Skills for Front

Line Managers; Business Writing and Goal Setting. 1998 – 2000 Co-facilitator, micro-teaching seminars for grad student instructors and NSF Engineering

Education Scholars, Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence, Carnegie Mellon University.

RELATED TEACHING EXPERIENCES 2003 – 2015 Facilitator, Foodcorp Simulation (graduate programs and EMBA), Suffolk Univ. 1997 – 2000 Teaching Fellow, Eberly Center for Teaching Effectiveness, Carnegie Mellon Univ. 1998 – 2000 Organizer, GSIA Doctoral Student Teaching Workshop Seminars, Carnegie Mellon Univ. 1997 – 1999 Teaching Assistant (OB, Org Learning; Interpersonal Negotiation, Human Behavior in

Orgs, Consulting and Conflict Resolution), Carnegie Mellon Univ. 1992 – 1995 Team Process Consultant for Group Dynamics courses: helped students identify and

analyze group dynamics at individual, interpersonal, and group levels, Univ. of Hartford

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (voluntary)

Institutional 2010 – present Fellow, Center for Innovation and Change Leadership, Suffolk Univ. 2008 – 2016 Floor Warden (Emergency situations/evacuation), Suffolk Univ. 2010 – 2014 Advisory Board, The Journey Leadership program, Suffolk Univ. 2014 Audit Team, Journey Leadership Program/Student Leadership and Involvement Office 2009 – 2013 Member, Incident Command - large group, Suffolk Univ. 2008 – 2009 Service Learning Advisory Board, S.O.U.L.S. (now Suffolk Center for Community Engagement) 2002 – 2004 Secretary, Undergraduate Program Committee, Suffolk Univ.

Regional 2014 – present Alumni Advisory Board, AIESEC-Boston 2016 Session facilitator, Eastern Academy of Management Conference 2016 Session facilitator “Revising Cases with Notes”, CASE Association Conference 2016 Mentor “Publishing Cases (long form and compact)”, CASE Association Conference 2013 – 2016 Director, Board of Advisors, Eastern Academy of Management 2014, 2003 Track co-chair, Eastern Academy of Management Conference 2010 – 2011 Local Arrangements Co-chair, Eastern Academy of Management 2011 Conference 2008, 2010 Small group facilitator, embryo case sessions, annual CASE Association Conference 2004 – 2007 School Liaison, Eastern Academy of Management 2003 – 2004 Newsletter Editor, The CASE Association

National 2001 – 2008 Journal Reviewer, Journal of Applied Psychology 2007 Small group facilitator, Integrating HR/OB/ODC and Entrepreneurship: A Research

Incubator. PDW, Academy of Management conference, Philadelphia. 2001 – 2004 Journal Reviewer, Journal of Organizational Behavior 2001 – 2003 Liaison to Doctoral Students, MED Division, Academy of Management Various years Ad hoc reviewer: Eastern Academy of Management conference; Academy of Management

conference; The CASE Association conference; The CASE Journal (2007-2008; 2015); International Journal of Hospitality Management; Journal of Management Education (2009); Group and Organization Management (2012-2014; 2006); Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice (2002); Journal of Change Management (2002); National Science Foundation grant (2008); Austrian Science Fund proposal reviewer (2010; 2011)

SERVICE AWARDS AND GRANTS 2017 Recipient: Administrative Service, Sawyer Business School Dean’s Office, Suffolk Univ. 2016 Recipient: Faculty Club Advisor of the Year Award, Journey Leadership Awards, Suffolk Univ. 2011 Nominated for Unsung Hero award, Suffolk Student Government Association 2011 Recipient: Turtle on a Fencepost Award, Journey Program, Student Leadership and Involvement Office 2008 Nominated for Administrator of the Year by Suffolk Student Government Association 2008 Outstanding Reviewer, Academy of Management OB Division (8% of 1,079 conference reviewers) 2005 Dean’s Service Award, Sawyer Business School, Suffolk Univ. 1998 Communitarian Award, Organizational Behavior & Theory Department, Carnegie Mellon Univ.

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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Academy of Management; Eastern Academy of Management; The CASE Association; Organizational Behavior Teaching Society; Textbook and Academic Authors Association

OTHER SERVICE

2004 – 2015 Donate original art to nonprofits for charity auctions: Seacoast Artist Association Scholarship (2015); Art of the Great Bay (2015); Independence Museum (2015, 2014); CATA Charter School (2013-2015); Wood Island Lighthouse preservation (2015, 2008, 2005, 2004); Seacoast Science Center (2008, 2005); Laudholm Trust (2005); Pines Retirement Community (2008)

2011 Reunion Committee, Alvirne High School, Hudson, NH

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2015 Reimagine Education Conference, Philadelphia, PA 1997 – 2016 Eastern Academy of Management Conference and CASE Association Conference (annual) 1997 – 2013 Academy of Management Conference 2013 Workshop: Time and Temporality in Process Research, Academy of Management, FL 2011 Effective Living Learning Communities, webinar 2011 Education Technology Conference, Suffolk Univ. 2010 Business Complexity Conference, Boston, MA 2010 Educational Innovation in Economics and Business (EDiNEB) Conference, London, England 2008 Experience Based OB senior manager retreat

OTHER EXPERIENCE

2001 – 2003 Consulting: (1) organizational culture development in new R&D facility in Pittsburgh PA; (2) software component project between Brown Univ. and Carnegie Mellon Univ.

1999 Office Manager (doctoral internship), VisuaLink Technologies Inc., Portsmouth, NH

1997 – 1998 Journal Assistant, American Economic Review, Pittsburgh, PA

1995 – 1996 Director of Tutoring Services, Educational Main Street; West Hartford, CT Expanded and stabilized program, Increased constituent participation in governance; recommended long-range strategies and contingency planning, increased program publicity, advised similar nonprofits on successful PR, volunteer recruitment and training.

1993 – 1995 Tutoring Program Coordinator, Educational Main Street; West Hartford, CT Supervised staff managing 3 inner city classroom tutoring programs and 2 afterschool programs for grades 1-8; recruited, trained, and monitored 300-400 volunteers; collaborated with school administrations and teachers on program development.

1993 Personnel Assistant, Ablest Temporary Services, Rochester, NY

1991 – 1992 Tutoring Program Assistant, Educational Main Street; West Hartford, CT Involved in the launch of an educational nonprofit; developed daytime tutoring programs

and afterschool enrichment programs partnering inner city schools with the University of Hartford; recruited, trained and supervised tutors; designed a volunteer database and program resources, built collaborative relationships with teachers and administrators, identified and resolved issues with tutors, matches, and programs.