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Faculty
Paul F. Clark, Ph.D.
Faculty Lead
Dr. Clark is head and professor in the Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations. He also holds an appointment as professor in the Department of Health Policy and Administration. His research interests include employment relations in several major American industries: collective bargaining, the American labor movement, and the globalization of the labor market. He has worked with numerous local and national unions on research projects and regularly serves as a speaker/workshop instructor for professional development programs for unions and employers.
Clark is an internationally recognized scholar in his field. He is the author of four books, including Building More Effective Unions, published by Cornell ILR Press in 2001. His research has also appeared in the leading scholarly journals in industrial and labor relations and applied psychology. Clark serves as the director of the master's degree program in human resources and employment relations at Penn State and regularly teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on industrial relations, labor law, and labor and globalization. He holds a master's degree from the Cornell ILR School and a doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh.
Billie Willits, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President of Human Resources, Penn State
Dr. Billie S. Willits is the associate vice president for human resources at Penn State and holds faculty appointments in the Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations and in the Smeal College of Business. She is responsible for management of all aspects of human resources, including training and development, employment and compensation, benefits, wellness, workers' compensation, occupational medicine, and labor relations at all Penn State campuses. She has developed and conducted seminars in strategic planning, leadership, and numerous other human resources areas.
She has served as director of affirmative action and as the director of the Academic Collective Bargaining Information Service, Project on Educational Employment Relations, Washington, D.C., and as special fact finder and hearing officer at the University of the District of Columbia.
Prior to her arrival at Penn State, Dr. Willits served as associate and assistant vice president for human resources at the University of Massachusetts, and director, Office of Employee and Labor Relations at the University of Cincinnati.
Dr. Willits holds both a master's degree and a doctorate from the University of Iowa.
John Austin, Ph.D.
Consultant, Organizational Behavior
Douglas Bantle, M.I.L.R., J.D.
Arbitrator and Attorney
Jacquelin J. Brova, MBA
Executive Vice President Human Resources, Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
Jerry Anthony Carbo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Management and Marketing, Grove College of Business, Shippensburg University
Joseph Costello, M.I.L.R., J.D.
Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
John Gerek, MBA, J.D.
Ogletree Deakins
Lonnie Golden, Ph.D.
Professor, Economics and Labor Studies and Employment Relations
Darrell Lee Harvey, M.S.
President, Integrated Leadership Solutions, LLC & Principal Organizational Consultant
Tom Hogan, M.S.
Professor of Practice, Labor Studies and Employment Relations, Penn State
Former Human Resources Executive, AT&T
Renate Klass, J.D.
Partner, Martens, Ice, Klass, Legghio & Israel, P.C.
Jane Moyer, M.I.L.R.
Director, Partner Resources — U.S. Business Operations, Starbucks Coffee Company
Mark Price, Ph.D.
Labor Economist, Keystone Research Center
Sumita Raghuram, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Labor Studies and Employment Relations
Julie Sadler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Labor Studies and Employment Relations
Elizabeth Scott, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Business Administration, Eastern Connecticut State University
Mark Adam Schnurman, J.D.
Director of Human Resources (Managing Director) GFI Capital Resources
Rex Simpson, J.D.
V.P. Administration, Yokohama Tire Corporation
Glenn Stephens, Ph.D., J.D.
Lecturer, Labor Studies and Employment Relations
James B. Stewart, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Labor Studies and Employment Relations
Banci Tewolde, Ph.D.
Office of Human Resources, Penn State
Barbara Wiens-Tuers, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Economics
Paul Whitehead, M.S., J.D.
Professor of Practice, Labor Studies, and Employment Relations, Penn State
Former General Counsel, United Steelworkers of America
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