Get to know the members
Emily Rosado-Solomon
Emily Rosado-Solomon is an assistant professor in the Department of Management and HRM at California State University, Long Beach. She received her Ph.D. from Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations.
Her research broadly examines the ways employees interact with one another in the workplace. Within this theme she has three interrelated topical interests: mental illness, employee communication, and diversity. Her research has been published in the Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal and Harvard Business Review. In addition to researching, she teaches undergraduate courses in staffing and diversity management at CSULB. Prior to her career as a professor she earned a degree from the Culinary Institute of America and worked as a professional pastry chef.
Henrik bresman
Professor Bresman is an expert on distributed leadership and high-performance teams. He is the co-author of the top-selling book X-Teams: How to Build Teams that Lead, Innovate, and Succeed (published by Harvard Business School Press), which examines how teams at all levels can take on strategic leadership roles and change the direction of their firms. It also documents how top management can unlock the talent of the organisation to create an infrastructure for innovation across their company.
His research on leadership and teams in contexts of technological innovation, international post-acquisition integration, and strategic change draws on data from industries such as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, software development, and investment banking. His articles have appeared in peer-reviewed academic journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management Studies, MIT Sloan Management Review, and Organization Science. He has served on the editorial boards of Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, and Organization Science. His work has been profiled in many media outlets including Time Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Forbes, and The Economist.
Jessica Francavilla
Jessica is a doctoral student in Washington University of St. Louis’s Olin School of Business.
Jessica has worked in numerous roles and industries to better understand human behavior at work. Her research on multi-team systems, leader identity development, psychological pain, and alternative work arrangements reflects this experience, much of which was in the entertainment industry. Jessica brings degrees in philosophy and industrial and organizational psychology to her work, conducting research with special consideration to theory and questions of validity, epistemology, and axiology.
MATThew A. CRONIN
Matt is a professor of management at George Mason University. He received his PhD in organizational behavior from Carnegie Mellon University.
He researches effective collaboration, and the cognitive and interpersonal processes that underlie it. His research appears in publications such as The Academy of Management Review, The Academy of Management Annals, and Management Science. He coauthored The Craft of Creativity, a finalist for the 2019 George R. Terry Book award, he was 2016 chair of the Conflict Management Division of AOM, and is currently Co-Editor in Chief of Organizational Psychology Review, as well as Associate Editor at the Academy of Management Annals.
pHOEBE STROM
Phoebe is a doctoral student in Cornell University’s School of Industrial & Labor Relations. She is affiliated with The Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution and the Center for the Study of Inequality.
Broadly, she is interested in how organizations manage, influence, and realize the consequences of interpersonal interactions at work, particularly negative interactions like conflict and sexual harassment. She has partnered with a number of organizations to understand and promote healthy workplace dynamics, including the New York State Department of Health, Futures Without Violence, The Beryl Institute, and Model Alliance. Her work has been featured in outlets such as Psychology Today and The New York Times.
RANGARAI rAMANUJAM
Professor Rangaraj “Ranga” Ramanujam is a leading researcher and consultant on the organizational causes and consequences of operational failures in high-risk work settings. Professor Ramanujam has consulted for several organizations, including Aravind Eye Care System, HCA, the Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute, the Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative, the Pacific Gas & Electric Company, and Underwriters Laboratories. Professor Ramanujam is the co-editor of the Stanford University Press book series on High Reliability and Crisis Management.
He previously served on the editorial boards of Organization Science and the Journal of Organizational Behavior. He is a member of the Nashville Hospital Authority Board. Professor Ramanujam’s research has appeared in various journals including the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organization Science, and Medical Care. Professor Ramanujam teaches in the MBA and Executive Education programs. His courses include Managerial and Organizational Effectiveness, and Healthcare Delivery Organizations.
Renée M. Rinehart
Renée is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Management at the George Mason University School of Business. She earned her Ph.D. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Her research examines the social, emotional, and unconscious dynamics underpinning efforts to change organizations and institutions. She is particularly interested in changes that create healthier work environments for employees and - in response - enable them to better serve their customers, clients, or constituents. Thus far her work has focused on changes in the education and correctional settings, and she is interested in expanding her work to other sectors like policing and health care.
SHEILA HANSON
Sheila Hanson is an Adult Track psychology intern and is completing her graduate degree in clinical psychology at the University of North Dakota. Previously, she worked at the University of Minnesota on interventions tailored for reintegrating military families. Sheila is focused on the role of resilience in promoting mental health and wellbeing. One of her research interests is the influence of mindfulness in reducing distress and fostering positive outcomes. She is excited for the opportunity at UW Madison to work with individuals across the lifespan and couples in various settings.
sHERRY THATCHER
Sherry M.B. Thatcher is the J. Henry Fellers Professor of Business Administration, a Moore Business Partnership Foundation Fellow, and the chair of the Department of Management at the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. Her research revolves around teams and includes the study of intragroup conflict as it relates to diversity, faultlines, identity and the effects of computer-mediated communication. She has authored numerous scholarly publications in these areas, including articles in the Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organization Science, Journal of Management and Decision Support Systems.
She received the prestigious Educational Foundation Award for Research from the University of South Carolina in 2016 and has received numerous best paper awards. Her research has been funded by both private and public organizations, including the National Science Foundation. Thatcher is currently an associate editor at the Academy of Management Review and serves or has served on the editorial boards of Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management and Small Group Research.