People
- School Director
- Full-Time Faculty
- Staff
- University Park Adjunct Faculty
- University Park Affiliate Faculty
- Labor Educators
- Post-Doctoral Scholars
- HRER Graduate Students
- Emeritus Faculty
- LGWR Graduate Students
School Director
Unions, union organizing, collective bargaining, labor-management partnerships, labor-management relations in the healthcare industry, nurses' unions, labor history
Elaine Farndale
- Associate Director, School of Labor and Employment Relations
- Professor, Human Resource Management
- Graduate Program Director, School of Labor and Employment Relations
- Center Director, Center for International Human Resource Studies
(814) 867-3320
International/cross-cultural human resource management, Global talent management, Strategic human resource management (HRM) and firm performance, High performance work systems, HRM and employee well-being/engagement, HR as a department and as a profession
Full-Time Faculty
Mark Anner
- Professor, Labor and Employment Relations
- Center Director, Center for Global Workers’ Rights
(814) 865-0745
Workers' rights, apparel global supply chains, corporate social responsibility, international labor solidarity
Mary Bellman
- Associate Teaching Professor of Labor and Employment Relations
- Director of Labor Education
(814) 867-5697
Labor Education; Globalization; Immigrant Workers; Women and Labor
Internal and External Organizing; Contract Negotiations and Administration; Unions in Education
Unions, union organizing, collective bargaining, labor-management partnerships, labor-management relations in the healthcare industry, nurses' unions, labor history
Sarah Damaske
- Associate Professor of Labor and Employment Relations
- Sociology, and Women's Studies
(814) 865-9090
Michael Edenhart-Pepe
- Professor of Practice, Human Resource Management
- Co-Director, Academy for Human Capital Development
Elaine Farndale
- Associate Director, School of Labor and Employment Relations
- Professor, Human Resource Management
- Graduate Program Director, School of Labor and Employment Relations
- Center Director, Center for International Human Resource Studies
(814) 867-3320
International/cross-cultural human resource management, Global talent management, Strategic human resource management (HRM) and firm performance, High performance work systems, HRM and employee well-being/engagement, HR as a department and as a profession
Employment law, employment arbitration, sexual harassment, alternative dispute resolution, labor relations
Global leadership development, Global diversity and inclusion, business ethics, corporate social responsibility and sustainability
Critical state theories, China, labor resistance, civil society, trade unions
Katherine Eva Maich
- Assistant Professor of Labor and Employment Relations, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
(814) 867-5698
Labor informality, domestic work, gender and feminist theory, law, social movements, ethnography, Latin America, the Global South
International/cross-cultural human resource management, Information Technology/Systems in HR (e.g., blockchains, self-service, social media), Evidence-based HR, Diversity, Culture, and the relations among these areas
Managerial leadership, abusive supervision, workplace commitment, social networks, compensation
Staffing, recruiting, employer branding, strategic human resource management, employee motivation, employee engagement
Brian Redmond
- Teaching Professor of Labor and Employment Relations
- Lead Faculty: Organizational Leadership
(814) 867-0375
Leadership; motivation; industrial and organizational psychology; online education
Strategic human resource management, Strategic human capital, Inclusive human resource practices, High performance work systems, Turnover, Non-compete agreements
Teachers unions, education, labor education, social movements, popular education, Paulo Freire, political sociology
International Human Resource Management (HRM), Strategic HRM, HR Departments and Autonomy of HR Departments/Managers, Employee Engagement
University Park Adjunct Faculty
Jason Gines, Ph.D.
- Assistant Dean for Inclusion, College of Information Science and Technology
(814) 865-8947
Sean Moeller
- Executive Director of Human Resource, Johnson College of Business, Cornell University
(814) 863-8426
Jennifer Stubbs
- Assistant Director, Penn State Bank of America Career Services Center
(814) 865-4629
Labor Educators
Mark Anner
- Professor, Labor and Employment Relations
- Center Director, Center for Global Workers’ Rights
(814) 865-0745
Workers' rights, apparel global supply chains, corporate social responsibility, international labor solidarity
Mary Bellman
- Associate Teaching Professor of Labor and Employment Relations
- Director of Labor Education
(814) 867-5697
Labor Education; Globalization; Immigrant Workers; Women and Labor
Internal and External Organizing; Contract Negotiations and Administration; Unions in Education
Unions, union organizing, collective bargaining, labor-management partnerships, labor-management relations in the healthcare industry, nurses' unions, labor history
HRER Graduate Students
Miguel Aleman
- Integrated Labor and Employment Relations B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S.
Dominique Buchholz
- Integrated Labor and Employment Relations B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S.
Menglan Cai
- Graduate Student in Human Resources and Employment Relations
- Expected Graduation Date: May 2021
Andrew Clark
- Graduate Student in Human Resources and Employment Relations
- Expected Graduation Date: May 2021
Casey Decarlo
- Integrated Labor and Employment Relations B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S.
Jessica He
- Integrated Psychology B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S. IUG Program
Lilly Horbal
- Integrated Psychology B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S. IUG Program
Zachary Johns
- Graduate Student in Human Resources and Employment Relations
- Expected Graduation Date: May 2021
Ashley Knob
- Integrated Labor and Employment Relations B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S. IUG Program
- Expected Graduation Date: May 2021
Marguerite Lehman
- Graduate Student in Human Resources and Employment Relations
- Expected Graduation Date: May 2021
Tianchi Li
- Integrated Labor and Employment Relations B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S.
Ka Ying Liu
- Graduate Student in Human Resources and Employment Relations
- Expected Graduation Date: May 2021
Colin McCarry
- Integrated Labor and Employment Relations B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S. IUG Program
- Expected Graduation Date: May 2021
Abimbola Oladeji
- Graduate Student in Human Resources and Employment Relations
- Expected Graduation Date: May 2021
Benjamin Peterson
- Integrated Labor and Employment Relations B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S. IUG Program
- Expected Graduation Date: May 2021
Jessica Presto
- Integrated Labor and Employment Relations B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S.
Daniel Proano
- Graduate Student in Human Resources and Employment Relations
- Expected Graduation Date: May 2021
Trystanne Rawlings
- Graduate Student in Human Resources and Employment Relations
- Expected Graduation Date: May 2021
Noah Reiss
- Integrated Labor and Employment Relations B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S.
Benjamin Schiavone
- Graduate Student in Human Resources and Employment Relations
- Expected Graduation Date: May 2021
Amir Sheikh
- Graduate Student in Human Resources and Employment Relations
- Expected Graduation Date: May 2021
Cody Shetter
- Integrated Psychology B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S. IUG Program
Spencer Starr
- Integrated Labor and Employment Relations B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S.
Yue Sun
- Graduate Student in Human Resources and Employment Relations
- Expected Graduation Date: May 2021
Elisabeth Wilson
- Integrated Labor and Employment Relations B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S.
Lecheng Zhang
- Graduate Student in Human Resources and Employment Relations
- Expected Graduation Date: May 2021
Peiwen Zhang
- Graduate Student in Human Resources and Employment Relations
- Expected Graduation Date: May 2021
Jiahe Zhou
- Integrated Labor and Employment Relations B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S.
Emeritus Faculty
Alan Derickson
- Professor Emeritus, Labor and Employment Relations
- History
Ronald Filippelli
- Professor Emeritus, Labor and Employment Relations
Helmut Golatz
- Professor and Head Emeritus
Dennis Gouran
- Professor Emeritus, Labor and Employment Relations
- Communication Arts and Sciences
Richard Hindle
- Associate Professor Emeritus
Sumita Raghuram
- Associate Professor Emeritus, Human Resource Management
HR and Technology, Virtual work, International HRM, Future of Work
Frieda Rozen
- Associate Professor Emeritus
James B. Stewart
- Professor Emeritus, Labor and Employment Relations