Faculty Profiles

William N. Cooke, Director and Professor

Ph.D., University of Illinois
cookew@msu.edu

Areas of expertise: global HR management and business strategy, integrating high-involvement HR practices with new technologies and management processes, international IR systems and foreign investment, and union-management partnerships.

John P. Beck, Associate Professor and Director of the Labor Education Program

M.A. University of Michigan
beckj@msu.edu

Dale Belman, Professor

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
drdale@msu.edu | https://www.msu.edu/~drdale/

Areas of expertise: labor-market dynamics and public policies, union-management relations, the effects of policy and collective bargaining on firm and market performance, and the use of metrics and statistics to evaluate the contribution of HR systems on organizational performance.

Peter B. Berg, Associate Professor

Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
bergp@msu.edu

Areas of expertise: comparative international labor-management relations, the effects of high-performance work systems on employees and organizational performance, flexible work practices, balancing work and family, and collective bargaining in the U.S.

Richard N. Block, Professor

Ph.D., Cornell University
block@msu.edu | https://www.msu.edu/~block/

Areas of expertise: labor and employment law, the effects of laws and policy on labor-management relations and competitiveness, arbitration, international labor standards, and structural economic change.

Julie L. Brockman, Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Michigan State University
brockma4@msu.edu

Areas of expertise: conflict resolution, workplace learning, negotiations, joint labor/management initiatives, workplace diversity issues, self-knowledge through work

Theodore H. Curry II, Assoc. Provost / Asst. VP of Academic Human Resources

M.B.A. The University of Kansas
thcurry@msu.edu

Areas of expertise: team building; leadership and motivation; human resources (personnel) management; employee performance planning, development, and appraisal; equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, and workforce diversity; and, dealing with problem employees, including discipline, grievances and grievance procedures.

Gerald (Jeff) Ericksen, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Cornell
erickse8@msu.edu

Areas of expertise: strategic HR management; organizational development and change management; performance management.

James H. Dulebohn, Associate Professor

Ph.D., University of Illinois
dulebohn@msu.edu

Areas of expertise: strategic HR management, organizational development and change management, HR information systems, compensation and benefits, performance management, and social influence on organizations.

Mary Hamman, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Michigan State University
mkhamman@msu.edu | https://www.msu.edu/~mkhamman/

Areas of expertise: working time, female labor supply, labor economics, health economics, and the economics of fertility.

Stacy Hickox, Assistant Professor

J.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Law
hickoxs@msu.edu

Stacy Hickox focuses her research and teaching in the areas of employment law and labor law. She practiced law in the area of disability law at Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service prior to coming to SLIR. Ms. Hickox also taught for several years at MSU’s law school, including courses in employment law, civil rights, and disability law.

Michelle Kaminski, Associate Professor

Ph.D. University of Michigan
mkaminsk@msu.edu

Areas of Expertise: labor law, collective bargaining, steward training, communication skills, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the union role in team concept workplaces, and basic economic history. Research focus is on teams, workplace health and safety, and women in organizations.

Ellen Ernst Kossek, University Distinguished Professor

Ph.D., Yale University
kossek@msu.edu | http://ellenkossek.lir.msu.edu/

Areas of expertise: international HR, diversity, global inclusion and multiculturalism, employment systems and policies to support work life-family integration, health and well-being, new ways of working and flexibility, organizational change, HR strategy, and workplace innovation.

Laura Leavitt, Librarian

M.S., University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
leavitt9@mail.lib.msu.edu

Areas of expertise: Laura Leavitt has served as the Labor Relations and Business Librarian for the past two years. She previously worked as a Business Librarian at the University of Iowa and before becoming a Librarian, worked as a Federal Investigator at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Aneil Mishra, Associate Director / Professor

Ph.D., University of Michigan
mishraa@msu.edu

Areas of expertise: dynamics of trust within and across organizations; organizational culture; and organizational change leadership.

Janice C. Molloy, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., The Ohio State University
molloyj@msu.edu

Areas of expertise: strategic human resource management, microfoundations of strategic human resource management, role of human capital in firm performance, human resource management in entrepreneurial firms.

Edilberto Montemayor, Associate Professor

Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Montema1@msu.edu

Areas of expertise: employment ethics, employee compensation systems, performance-based pay, and the effects of compensation on employee behavior and organizational performance outcomes.

Michael Moore, Professor

Ph.D., University of Michigan
mooremm@msu.edu

Areas of expertise: high-performance work systems, HR systems for lean manufacturing, social capital, hoshin planning, and procedural and distributive justice in the workplace.

Michael Polzin, Associate Professor

Ed.D., Temple University
polzinm@msu.edu

Areas of expertise: labor-management cooperation, workforce development policies and practices, employment security policies and practices, effects of globalization on working people, and labor relations and employment security in the Republic of Korea.

John Revitte, LIR & RCAH Professor & Faculty Grievance Official

M.S., University of Massachusetts
revitte@msu.edu | https://www.msu.edu/~revitte/

Areas of expertise: Collective bargaining, dispute resolution, employment and labor laws, labor history and current events, leadership skills, work and leisure, and workplace justice issues

Tina M. Riley, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Michigan State University
robert35@msu.edu | https://www.msu.edu/~robert35/

Areas of expertise: leadership, HR development, adult learning, management development, and education of workers in transition

Mark V. Roehling, Associate Professor

Ph.D., Michigan State University
J.D., University of Michigan
roehling@msu.edu

Areas of expertise: HR management and employment law, staffing, training and development, responsibilities in the employment relationship, recruiting, and job choice.

Donna Winthrop, Instructor

M.A. Michigan State University
winthro3@msu.edu

Areas of expertise: Workplace change efforts design, facilitation, and implementation; union management cooperative change efforts; group and meeting facilitation; collective bargaining training, preparation, and facilitation; workforce development professional training.

Benjamin Wolkinson, Professor

Ph.D., Cornell University
wolkinso@msu.edu

Areas of expertise: employment and labor law, resolution and adjudication of labor-management disputes, workplace rights of employers and employees, and arbitration.

Elaine K. Yakura, Associate Professor

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
J.D., University of California-Berkeley
yakura@msu.edu | https://www.msu.edu/~yakura/

Areas of expertise: organizational development and change, negotiations, power and differences within organizations, effects of culture on employees, information technology, and knowledge-intensive organizations.