Dustin Bluhm joined the faculty in the College of Business at University of Colorado Colorado Springs with a doctorate in organizational behavior and human resource management from the Foster School of Business at University of Washington. Bringing years of experience in corporate leadership and entrepreneurship, he contributes practical insights to management knowledge with an active research agenda, studying leadership, positivity, and ethics in organizations, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to battalions of US Army soldiers. His well-cited and award-winning research has been published in top-tier academic journals, including the Journal of Management Studies and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. He teaches courses on leadership, ethics, and organizational behavior and delivers customized executive training and consulting within a wide variety of industries, including health and fitness, foreign manufacturing, advertising and marketing, residential services, and public sector.
Andrew J. Czaplewski is a professor of marketing and international business at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. He earned a PhD in marketing from Arizona State University, an MBA in international management from Thunderbird School of Global Management, and a BS in business administration from Northern Arizona University. His research interests include service marketing and management, social and ethical marketing, and pedagogical topics. His research has been published in the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Marketing Management, The Journal of the Human Resource Planning Society, and Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, among others.
Thomas N. Duening is the El Pomar chair of business and entrepreneurship and director of the center for entrepreneurship in the College of Business at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. He earned his MA and PhD from the University of Minnesota. He was previously the director of the entrepreneurial programs office in the Ira A Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He is the founder of numerous ventures, including U.S. Learning Systems, InfoLabs, and The Startup Path. He is the author of many journal articles and 15 books on business, management, and entrepreneurship. His most recent book Technology Entrepreneurship was released in September 2014.
Donald G. Gardner earned his PhD in organizational behavior from Purdue University. He is currently professor of management and organization at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. He teaches courses in management, human resource management, and labor relations. He has also held visiting appointments at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the Helsinki School of Economics and Business, the Australian Graduate School of Management, James Cook University in Queensland, Australia (where he was establishment professor of management and head of school), and Hong Kong Baptist University. He has published and presented over 75 research articles in the areas of organizational behavior and human resource management, with a particular focus on organization-based self-esteem. He is on the editorial review boards for the Journal of Managerial Psychology and the International Journal of Stress Management, and has been an ad hoc reviewer for dozens of journals and conferences in organizational behavior and human resource management.
Jill Bradley-Geist received her PhD in industrial-organizational psychology from Tulane University. She is an assistant professor in the College of Business at University of Colorado Colorado Springs and has also served on the faculty at California State University, Fresno, where she taught undergraduate and graduate courses in management and human resources. Her research has been published in top-tier journals, including the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and has received national media attention, including coverage in the Washington Post and USA Today. Her research and consulting work on positive organizational interventions, building more inclusive workplaces, and organizational climate all explore ways in which leaders can help their organizations, employees, and communities thrive.
Thomas Martin Key is assistant professor of digital and social media marketing at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. His research primarily deals with marketing’s influence within the firm, mainly at the executive level. In particular, he studies social media ethics and digital marketing’s impact on firm strategy. He is a Daniels Ethics Initiative Business Fellow and has served as a strategic digital consultant for nonprofits and hi-tech start-ups. Currently, he teaches digital marketing strategy at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He has published in the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science and the Journal of Consumer Behaviour. Before pursuing a PhD in business, he was an entrepreneur. His first business was a vintage guitar shop, which he owned for nearly 10 years, selling used and vintage instruments online to collectors all over the world.
Jon L. Pierce is professor of organization and management in the Labovitz School of Business and Economics, University of Minnesota Duluth. He received his PhD in management and organizational studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In 2005 he was named one of the University of Minnesota’s Horace T. Morse Distinguished Professors, and in the same year he received the Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Research. His teaching interests are in the area of organizational behavior and leadership, and his recent research focuses on organization based selfesteem and psychological ownership. He has published several management and organizational behavior textbooks, and he has authored and published over 70 papers within the same discipline. His most recent book, Psychological Ownership and the Organizational Context: Theory, Evidence, and Application, was a finalist for the 2012 Academy of Management’s George R. Terry Book Award for its contribution to the advancement of management knowledge.
Shawna L. Rogers serves as director of the Office of Professional & Executive Development (OPED) in the College of Business, University of Colorado Colorado Springs. She works with university faculty and industry professionals to assess, design, and deliver executive education programs targeting pertinent industry needs. She works with individual organizations on custom executive education specific to organizational goals and priorities. Her professional history includes over 15 years of experience within for-profit and nonprofit organizations, higher education, and small business sectors. Her experience includes roles at a start-up in New Mexico, Colorado Springs Small Business Development Center (SBDC), El Pomar Institute for Innovation & Commercialization (EPIIC), and OPED. She is also currently an adjunct instructor of business at UCCS. She obtained her BBA in management from New Mexico Highlands University in 2006 and MBA in innovation management at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs in 2015.
Kathleen A. Tomlin is an assistant professor at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. Before joining the management division at UCCS, She worked as a postdoctoral researcher within the decision-making and negotiation cross-disciplinary area of Columbia Business School. She completed her doctorate in social psychology at Princeton University, with a primary research focus on the role that interpersonal perceptions of bias play in the development and escalation of conflict. Her research continues to focus on interpersonal misperceptions, particularly in the context of performance feedback, disagreement, and decision making. The overarching goal of this research is to provide practical recommendations for individuals and organizations that will improve both their relationships and their performance. She currently teaches both undergraduate students and MBA candidates at UCCS. Her coursework focuses on negotiation, conflict management, teamwork, and interpersonal communication.
James R. Van Scotter II is an assistant professor of strategic management at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. He obtained his PhD in management, MBA in entrepreneurship, and BA in cultural anthropology from the University of Florida. His research focuses on top executive leadership styles and the influence of top executive individual differences (personality, demographics, and so on) in strategic decisions and performance outcomes for firms. In his role as a consultant at MetaStrategy Analytics, he engages the business community, providing strategic analysis and strategy consulting services. He is also a Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Fellow and a Poe Ethics Fellow. His research has been presented at annual meetings of the Strategic Management Society, the Academy of Management, and the Southern Management Association.
Don D. Warrick is a professor of management and organization change at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, where he has received the Chancellor’s Award, the highest university award, and holds the life-time title of President’s Teaching Scholar. He is the author or coauthor of nine books and over 90 articles, book chapters, and professional papers. He has been a consultant to many Fortune 500, international, and medium- and small-sized companies as well as government agencies, universities, and nonprofit organizations. He has received many awards, including being named the Outstanding Organization Development Practitioner of the Year, the Outstanding Human Resources Professional of the Year, and the Best Professor in Organizational Development. He received his BBA and MBA from the University of Oklahoma and doctorate from the University of Southern California.