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KIM GOWER from University of Richmond

Kim Gower, an Assistant Professor at

the University of Mary Washington College of Business, 

received her Ph.D. from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2012,

but has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses since 2004

and has been an MED and TTC member since 2006. She served in a

wide variety of leadership positions throughout her professional career

both inside and outside of academics, including MED Membership

Coordinator and Research Coordinator. In the membership role she worked

with a great team to establish and promote our social media presence for

increased member recruitment and retention, and as current Research

Coordinator she has been working to foster stronger relationships with the

organizations that support MED's mission. As an educator, she is passionate about using

community-based learning in a wide variety of management classes, and

was recognized as the OBTS 2014 New Educator Award

winner. Her research interests lie in teaching methods, including the

classroom as an organization, contemporary format delivery and

reflection, and experience-based learning, and in multi-source leadership

assessment and measurement. She loves to backpack, Crossfit, and travel.

world on LinkedIn, and on Twitter @Leadership_KG.

GERARD BEENEN from California State University

Gerard Beenen has been an active member of AOM's MED Division

since 2007. He has consistently reviewed for the division, and presented

research and PDWs in MED Division sessions. As a doctoral student, he

received the Barry Armandi Best Student Paper Award for his paper on

MBA internships, and has had several papers included in AOM Best

Paper Proceedings. His research interests include workplace motivation

and learning, managerial interpersonal skills and leadership,

management education, and closing the research-practice gap. His

research has been published in various journals within the scope of

MED including AMLE, IJME, HRM, OBHDP, and JEB, among others.

He completed his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Theory at

Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper), his MBA at Northwestern

University (Kellogg), and his MA at Fuller Theological Seminary. Prior

to his academic career, he was CEO of a cancer care center, co-founder

of a technology start-up, a management consultant with both Bain &

Company and Ernst & Young, and a management analyst with the

County of Orange, California. He is now an Associate Professor of

Management and Department Vice-Chair at California State University,

Fullerton where he teaches undergraduate and MBA courses on

Organizational Behavior, Team Leadership, Negotiation, and

Organizational Change. He also is as an Adjunct Professor at Carnegie

Mellon University and the University of California, Irvine, where he

teaches MBA courses on Organizational Change.

KATHLEEN J. BARNES from University of New Haven

Kathleen J. Barnes is an Associate Professor of Management and former

Associate Dean at the University of New Haven's College of Business.

Barnes has enjoyed attending AOM annual meetings since 2009 and

presenting in the MED Division. She has had the privilege of

coordinating AOM's MED Division's Management Education and

Learning Writers Workshop since 2009. This mission-critical

professional development workshop has continually grown under my

leadership to become a MED signature event. Barnes formerly held

faculty positions at East Stroudsburg University, University of

Wisconsin – Superior, SUNY College at Oneonta and SUNY

Morrisville. She holds a BA from Hartwick College, an MBA from

Syracuse University, a Ph.D. in Organizational Studies from the

University at Albany, SUNY. She worked and consulted in the banking

industry before joining academia and has scholarly activity in

experiential learning, pedagogical methods, ethics and learning areas.

offer innovative and engaging programming that meet the MED

members' needs.

NICOLE M. COOMBER from University of Maryland

Nicole completed her PhD in Education Policy and Leadership in May

of 2012 at the University of Maryland's College of Education. She

teaches organizational behavior, management consulting, and crosscultural

management at the Robert H. Smith School of Business. Nicole

is currently the undergraduate management major coordinator for the

Management & Organization department, and serves as affiliated faculty

to the QUEST Honors Program. Before joining the faculty at Smith, she

worked with the QUEST program as Assistant Director, leading efforts

in curriculum and corporate development. Nicole is also the proprietor

of Managing Motherhood, a media and consulting firm dedicated to

creating tools for parents to manage more effectively the complex and

sometimes competing responsibilities they face in their personal and

professional lives. With the goal of "managing imperfection better,"

Nicole believes the management, strategy, and consulting tools she

teaches in the classroom at the University of Maryland can help parents

in their family and professional lives. Nicole is married to an attorney

for the EPA who also serves as their Washington DC's neighborhood's

Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner. They have four lovely and

spirited boys.

JENNIFER LYNN SCHULTZ from Metropolitan State University

Dr. Schultz is an Associate Professor in Human Resource Management

(HRM) for the College of Management at Metropolitan State University

in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She serves as the Curriculum Coordinator

for the undergraduate HRM program and teaches courses in

management, HRM, and business administration. Academically, she

posses a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, an M.Ed.

from the University of Georgia, an M.B.A. from Our Lady of the Lake

University (San Antonio, TX) and a Ph.D. from the University of

Minnesota-Twin Cities. Professionally, she has over 20 years of

experience in collegiate teaching, higher education administration, and

business. She has held leadership positions in human resources, sales,

marketing, and executive management; including strategic corporate

leadership and profit/loss responsibilities. She has an active research and

writing agenda focused on formal workplace social networks, classroom

research on student attitudes and perceptions of pedagogy, and the

application of barrier-free teaching practices across the curriculum. She

has presented original research at the Academy of Human Resource

Development International Research Conferences in the Americas, the

Midwest Academy of Management Annual Meetings, the Academy of

Management Annual Meetings as well as other regional, national and

international events. Her research has been published in the Business

Research Yearbook, American Journal of Business Education, Journal of

Business and Education Research, Journal of Diversity Management,

and Contemporary Issues in Education Research. She is a member of the

Academy of Management and Midwest Academy of Management where

she has served as a reviewer, track chair, program chair, President and

Past-President.