Theodore (Terry) H. Curry is the newly appointed associate provost and associate vice president for academic human resources at Michigan State University (MSU). He is the former director of the School of Labor and Industrial Relations at MSU. Prof. Curry has served as an instructor at other academic institutions and held line management and staff positions in the private sector. Prof. Curry leads seminars in many areas including leadership and motivation, teambuilding, and affirmative action. He was also an original member of the Michigan Governor’s Labor-Management Advisory Council.

Stacy Hickox is a visiting assistant professor in the School of Labor and Industrial Relations at Michigan State University (MSU). As an attorney, she practiced in the areas of employment and labor law, including claims of discrimination, unemployment compensation, and wage and hour claims. Before joining MSU, she practiced in the area of disability law at Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service. Ms. Hickox also taught for several years at MSU's law school, including courses in employment law, disability law, and civil rights. She has written a book on the Americans with Disabilities Act and several law review articles on various employment law topics. Ms. Hickox attended the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University and received her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Bruce Lillie is an attorney representing management in the area of labor relations. His background contains over 30 years of Labor Relations experience from management, union, and neutral perspectives (Bruce was also a union representative for more than 10 years). Mr. Lillie has extensive experience prior to and after becoming an attorney including primary spokesperson: in negotiations for over 500 labor contracts employing traditional, collaborative, and mutual gains methods of collective bargaining; in over 300 mediation sessions; in over 100 National Labor Relations Board Hearings; and in hundreds of arbitration hearings.

Mr. Lillie was a primary strategist in dozens of union organizing initiatives and is also an arbitrator for the American Arbitrator Association Labor Panel. Mr. Lillie is also the primary presenter for HRetc’s training workshops and seminars pertaining to collective bargaining, collaborative bargaining, contract administration, arbitration, discipline and discharge, past practice, labor and employment law, and drug and alcohol issues. He is also the primary instructor for the labor and employment certification program.

Jailza Pauly is a visiting Assistant Professor in the School of Labor and Industrial Relations at Michigan State University. She holds a Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of Georgia and a Master of Science from the University at Tennessee at Chattanooga in the same field. Dr. Pauly has consulted on a number of HR-projects in the private sector and at educational and research institutions. She has also held HR analyst and HR supervisor positions in the financial and manufacturing industries, respectively.

Tina Riley is an Assistant Professor in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Michigan State University (MSU). She holds a Ph.D. in Higher, Adult and Lifelong Education as well as a Master of Arts in Labor Relations and Human Resources from MSU. She has served as director of the School’s Human Resources Education and Training Center and as Associate Director for Outreach. Dr. Riley has given presentations nationwide on the topics of strategic recruiting, training and development, supervisory skills, and employment law. She is also a CAPT-qualified administrator of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and has worked with many groups in developing value from differences within the workplace.

Kathryn VanDagens has practiced exclusively in labor and emplyoment law for twenty years. She is listed on the American Arbitration Association's National Roster of Employment Neutrals and on the labor arbitrator panels for AAA and FMCS, among others, and serves on the council of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Michigan State Bar. Ms. VanDagens also taught courses in labor law and employment law at Michigan State University College of Law and in the Human Resources Development program at Oakland University. She graduated from Michigan State University's School of Journalism and the University of Michigan Law School.