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Faculty - Susan Case

Associate Professor, Organizational Behavior

Post Graduate, Gestalt Institute, 1999
Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1985
M.Ed., University of Illinois, 1968
B.S., George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, 1967

Susan Case researches a variety of topics in the field of gender and diversity in organizations. They include how multi-culturalism affects communication in decision-making, multi-cultural work teams, managerial assessment and development, and differences in diversity learning among racial and ethnic groups. Susan’s work with women focuses on managing priorities, understanding career-in-life issues and aligning expectations with values. She also studies differences in men’s and women’s communication patterns in organizations, the reasons they exist, and the contributions of women’s patterns. Another line of work explores opportunities and barriers that women around the world face when pursuing careers as scientists, government or business leaders, and in nontraditional fields such as police work. Susan’s studies in nontraditional careers tackle the issues of discrimination, hostile work environments, harassment and ways to prevent them.

Selected Publications


Presentations

  • Case, S. S. (Coordinator/Organizer), Porter, T. (Moderator) Academy of Management Annual Meeting, "Freedom of Religion or Freedom From Religion in Organizations: Creating Dialogue to Give Voice to Values", Academy of Management, Orlando, Florida. (2013).
  • Case, S. S. (Presenter & Author) Academy of Management Annual Meeting, "Much in Common: What the Torah, Bible, and Qur'an Teach about Managing with Integrity", Academy of Management, Boston, MA. (2012).
  • Case, S. S. (Coordinator/Organizer), Trinh, M. (Moderator), Smith, J. G. (Presenter Only), Abaza, W. (Presenter Only), Ewing, H. T. (Presenter Only), Case, S. S. (Presenter & Author) Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August 2012, "Religious Tradition, Spirituality, and the Researcher's Journey", Academy of Management, Boston, MA. (2012).
  • Case, S. S., Stanusch, A. S., Wankel, C., Smith, J. G. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August 2011, "Educating Managers About Integrity: Sensitizing Learners to Universal Values and Cultural Variation", Academy of Management, San Antonio, TX. (2011).
  • Case, S. S. (Presenter & Author) Business and Economics Society International, "Developing Integrity in Management Education: Learning from Scriptures (The Torah, Bible, and Qur'an)", Business and Economics Society, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. (2011).
  • Case, S. S. First Annual LEAD (Leadership, Equality, and Diversity) Symposium on Women in Science and medicine, "Differing Psychological Views on Career Development of Men and WomenCareer Development", Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth Office of Graduate Studies, Women in Science Project, NASA-NIH Space Grant Consortium, Dartmouth/Toxic Metals Superfund Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Institute of Health, Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire. (2010).
  • Case, S. S. First Annual LEAD (Leadership, Equality, and Diversity) Symposium on Women in Science and Medicine, "Gendered Communication in the Medical and Scientific Community: Dominance and Difference", Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth Office of Graduate Studies, Women in Science project, NASA-NIH Space Grant Consortium, Dartmouth Graduate Student Council, Dartmouth Medical School Student Government, Dartmouth/Toxic Metals Superfund Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and National Institute of Health, Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire. (2010).
  • Case, S. S. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August 2010, "A Feminist Deconstruction of Micro-Enterprising: The Reproduction of Dominant Discourse and its Unintended Consequences", Academy of Management, Montreal, Quebec Canada. (2010).
  • Case, S. S. (Presenter & Author), Glavas, A. (Presenter & Author), Hendry, J. R. (Presenter & Author), Sharma, G. (Presenter & Author) Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August 2010, "Applying Feminist Deconstruction to Research on Business and its Environments", Academy of Management, Montreal, Quebec Canada. (2010).
  • Case, S. S. (Presenter & Author), Thatchenkery, T. (Presenter & Author) International Conference on Business Cases, "Leveraging Appreciative Intelligence for Positive Enactment: A Case Study of a Small Investment Firm", Institutute for Management Education, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, India. (2009).

Academic and Professional Activities

  • University Senate, Faculty Senate, 2013 - Present
  • Faculty Advisor, MBA Multicultural Club, 2009 - 2012
  • Faculty Advisor, Undergraduate Diversity and Inclusion Council, 2009 - 2012
  • Faculty Mentor, CWRU Women in Leadership Summit, 2008

Awards

  • Inaugural Kaufman Scholar for Religion and Business, Center for Financial Policy, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland. (2012).
  • What's Next? Leadership Development for Senior Academic Women, CWRU Provosts Office. (2012).
  • ACES+ ADVANCE Opportunity Grant on Women , CWRU Provost's Office. (2012).
  • Outstanding Reviewer, Organizational Behavior Division, Academy of Management. (2011).
  • Faculty of CWRU Social Justice Institute, CWRU Social Justice Institute. (2011).
  • Undergraduate Advisement Initiative, CWRU Provost's Office. (2010).
  • Bronze Award - McGraw Hill Contemporary Learning Series, McGraw Hill. (2010).
  • Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence Award for Excellence in Mentoring, Inamori International Center CWRU. (2010).
  • Library Opportunity Grant , CWRU. (2010).
  • Outstanding Professor, Alpha Chi Omega. (2008).