People
School Director
![]() Elaine FarndaleDirector, School of Labor and Employment Relations Professor, Human Resource Management Center Director, Center for International Human Resource Studies euf3@psu.edu 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
![]() Mary BellmanAssociate Clinical Professor of Labor and Employment Relations Director of Labor Education mary.bellman@psu.edu Labor Education; Globalization; Immigrant Workers; Women and Labor |
![]() Valerie BramanAssistant Clinical Professor of Labor and Employment Relations Labor Education Coordinator vmb7@psu.edu Internal and External Organizing; Contract Negotiations and Administration; Unions in Education; Labor Law |
![]() Paul ClarkProfessor, Labor and Employment Relations and Criminology Graduate Program Director, School of Labor and Employment Relations pfc2@psu.edu Unions, union organizing, collective bargaining, labor-management partnerships, labor-management relations in healthcare and law enforcement, police discipline and arbitration processes, nurses' unions, and unions and artificial intelligence. |
![]() Sarah DamaskeRoy C. Buck Professor of American Institutions and Sociology, Labor and Employment Relations, and Women's Studies Associate Director, Population Research Institute sad32@psu.edu |
![]() Michael Edenhart-PepeProfessor of Practice, Human Resource Management Director, Center for Workplace Performance |
![]() Elaine FarndaleDirector, School of Labor and Employment Relations Professor, Human Resource Management Center Director, Center for International Human Resource Studies euf3@psu.edu 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 |
International political economy, labor studies, collective bargaining and labor relations, social movements, food systems, international and comparative employment relations, financialization and neoliberalism, and race, gender, and capitalism |
Employment law, employment arbitration, sexual harassment, alternative dispute resolution, labor relations |
![]() Tom HoganProfessor of Practice, Human Resource Management Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Officer tch12@psu.edu Global leadership development, Global diversity and inclusion, business ethics, corporate social responsibility and sustainability |
![]() Elaine HuiAssociate Professor of Labor and Employment Relations and Asian Studies Director, MPS Program in Labor and Global Workers’ Rights suh275@psu.edu Labor resistance, trade unions, labor organizations, civil society, critical state theories, social movements, social welfare, Chinese overseas investment, China, and Vietnam |
![]() Natalia LorinkovaAssociate Professor of Organizational Leadership and Human Resource Management nml5731@psu.edu Organizational leadership, human resource management, workplace diversity issues (dynamic and multi-level leadership processes, accent, body image, and invisible disability issues in organizations), interpersonal dynamics in non-traditional work arrangements (virtual teams, teleworking, and working from home) |
![]() Katherine Eva MaichAssistant Professor of Labor and Employment Relations, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies kem394@psu.edu Labor informality, domestic work, gender and feminist theory, law, social movements, ethnography, Latin America, the Global South |
![]() Arthur Theotis MatthewsTeaching Professor of Labor and Employment Relations akm6981@psu.edu Labor-management cooperation, labor education, employment dynamics, discrimination, leadership, diversity, equity and inclusion, negotiation, mediation and arbitration, organizational change |
Managerial leadership, abusive supervision, workplace commitment, social networks, compensation |
Shared Leadership, Teams, Groups, Entrepreneurship |
Staffing, recruiting, employer branding, strategic human resource management, employee motivation, employee engagement |
![]() Rakoon PiyanontaleeAssistant Research Professor with the Center for International Human Resource Studies |
![]() Kate RagonAssistant Clinical Professor of Labor and Employment Relations Labor Education Coordinator kzr5520@psu.edu Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Organizations, Labor, Education, Qualitative Methods |
![]() Brian RedmondOnline Education Lead Teaching Professor, Organizational Leadership brian.redmond@psu.edu Leadership; motivation; industrial and organizational psychology; online education |
![]() Dorothea RoumpiLER Alumni Endowed Early Career Professor and Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management dzr352@psu.edu Strategic human resource management, Strategic human capital, Inclusive human resource practices, High performance work systems, Turnover, Non-compete agreements |
![]() Cody StephensAssistant Teaching Professor of Labor and Employment Relations cps6135@psu.edu |
Staff
![]() Carolyn AdrienResearch and Data Coordinator for the Center for International Human Resource Studies cam5933@psu.edu |
![]() Luis MendozaAdministrative Support Coordinator for the Center for Global Workers' Rights luis.mendoza@psu.edu |
University Park Adjunct Faculty
![]() Rebecca CianciAssistant Dean, Human Resources, Smeal College of Business rjc39@psu.edu |
![]() Mark LinsenbiglerOccupational Health and Safety Manager, Penn State University msl200@psu.edu |
![]() Robert Orndorff, Ph.D.Director, Penn State Bank of America Career Services Center rmo104@psu.edu |
![]() Jonathan Cody SteeleStatistical Communications Specialist, Minitab Adjunct Lecturer jcs51@psu.edu |
![]() Jennifer StubbsAssistant Director, Penn State Bank of America Career Services Center jstubbs@psu.edu |
Emeritus Faculty
![]() Paul WhiteheadProfessor of Practice Emeritus |
![]() Dennis GouranProfessor Emeritus, Labor and Employment Relations Communication Arts and Sciences |
![]() Ronald FilippelliProfessor Emeritus, Labor and Employment Relations |
![]() James B. StewartProfessor Emeritus, Labor and Employment Relations |
![]() Alan DericksonProfessor Emeritus, Labor and Employment Relations History |
![]() Sumita RaghuramAssociate Professor Emeritus, Human Resource Management HR and Technology, Virtual work, International HRM, Future of Work |
Labor Educators
![]() Kate RagonAssistant Clinical Professor of Labor and Employment Relations Labor Education Coordinator kzr5520@psu.edu Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Organizations, Labor, Education, Qualitative Methods |
![]() Mary BellmanAssociate Clinical Professor of Labor and Employment Relations Director of Labor Education mary.bellman@psu.edu Labor Education; Globalization; Immigrant Workers; Women and Labor |
![]() Paul ClarkProfessor, Labor and Employment Relations and Criminology Graduate Program Director, School of Labor and Employment Relations pfc2@psu.edu Unions, union organizing, collective bargaining, labor-management partnerships, labor-management relations in healthcare and law enforcement, police discipline and arbitration processes, nurses' unions, and unions and artificial intelligence. |
![]() Valerie BramanAssistant Clinical Professor of Labor and Employment Relations Labor Education Coordinator vmb7@psu.edu Internal and External Organizing; Contract Negotiations and Administration; Unions in Education; Labor Law |
Post-Doctoral Scholars
HRER Graduate Students
![]() Emily BleehashIntegrated Labor and Employment Relations B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S. |
![]() Matthew BronsteinIntegrated Labor and Human Resources B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S. |
![]() Lindsay ConradIntegrated Labor and Human Resources B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S. |
![]() Max FortebuonoIntegrated Labor and Human Resources B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S. |
![]() Ethan HelmrathIntegrated Psychology B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S. |
![]() Leah JacobsIntegrated Labor and Human Resources B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S. |
![]() Kaitlin LaskarisIntegrated Psychology B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S. |
![]() Sonja MayordomoIntegrated Psychology B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S. |
![]() Leena MorantIntegrated Labor and Human Resources B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S. |
![]() Collin MurphyIntegrated Spanish B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S. |
![]() Serena PoobalanGraduate Student in Human Resources and Employment Relations |
![]() Hannah RegistreIntegrated Psychology B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S. |
![]() Callan SarfertIntegrated Labor and Human Resources B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S. |
![]() Kathleen SheridanIntegrated Labor and Employment Relations B.S. and Human Resources and Employment Relations M.S. |