John Beck is an Associate Professor in the School of Labor and Industrial Relations at Michigan State University. He currently serves as associate director of the School, primarily in charge of two of the School's outreach units, the Labor Education Program and the Project on Innovative Employee Relations Systems (PIERS). He also co-directs a project (with Karen Klomparens, the Dean of the MSU Graduate School), “Building Mutual Expectations and Resolving Conflicts in Graduate Education,” on the use of interest-based conflict resolution approaches for graduate students and their faculty mentors. John holds degrees from Michigan State University and the University of Michigan. He worked for five years on the staff of the University of Michigan Labor Studies Center. He has taught labor studies on the community college level in both Oklahoma and Michigan and has taught history and education courses at the university level.
Julie Brockman became a full time faculty member at Michigan State University in 2004, following receipt of her Ph.D. in the MSU College of Education’s Higher, Adult and Lifelong Education program. Julie splits her time between the School of Labor and Industrial Relations where she teaches for both academic and outreach programs and The Graduate School as coordinator of the Conflict Resolution Program. Julie has authored and co-authored several publications in her areas of research interest which include workplace education, adult learning, negotiation and conflict resolution. Julie received her M.A in Organizational Communication from The Ohio State University in 1986, her M.L.I.R from the School Of Labor and Industrial Relations, MSU, in 1998 and her Ph.D. from Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education from MSU in 2004.
Henry (Rique) Campa, III is a Professor of Wildlife Ecology in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and an Assistant Dean in the Graduate School at Michigan State University. Rique’s research interests include: wildlife-habitat relationships, ecosystem management, the effects of disturbances and management practices on wildlife populations and habitat suitability, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Rique teaches undergraduate and graduate courses and has taught study abroad courses in Kenya and the Bahamas. He was awarded a Lilly Teaching Fellowship and an MSU Teacher-Scholar Award. In 2004, Rique was selected as an “exemplary teaching professor” associated with the National Case Study of Learner-Centered Approaches in Agriculture and Natural Resources.
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Karen Klomparens has served as Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Provost for Graduate Education at Michigan State University since 1997. Prior to becoming Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Welfare in 1994, Dr. Klomparens was on a Fulbright-supported sabbatical at Cambridge University. Dr. Klomparens’ passions as a Graduate Dean focus on completion issues for doctoral students, interdisciplinary graduate education, and inclusive excellence. Klomparens and her colleagues developed a FIPSE (U.S. Department of Education) and Hewlett Foundation- supported program on “Setting Expectations and Resolving Conflicts between Graduate Students and Faculty”. The program uses interest-based approaches to resolving conflicts and has been used in a variety of settings inside and outside of academe for the past 9 years. Klomparens served a 2-year term as the Chair of the Big Ten (CIC) graduate deans group and is currently serving on the CGS Board of Directors and Executive Committee, the AGS Executive Committee, and the GRE Board of Directors.
Janet Lillie currently serves as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences. She has a Ph.D. in Communication from Michigan State University with an emphasis on organizational communication and persuasive message design and delivery. She teaches organizational communication, has expertise in all stages of communication campaign design and evaluation and is an experienced focus group moderator. In addition to teaching, research and administrative responsibilities, Dr. Lillie facilitates numerous workshops every year on communicating in professional environments, professional networking, communicating in small groups, public speaking, designing persuasive messages and intercultural communication. She serves as a presentation coach through the Office of Faculty and Organizational Development and works with the Graduate School to conduct workshops regarding effective communication strategies.
Antonio Nunez received his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Florida State University in 1977 working in the laboratory of Professor Fred Stephan. Dr. Nunez was Associate Chair and Graduate program Director for Psychology from 1997 to 1999 and then was appointed Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in The Graduate School, which is his current position. He is the recipient of the MSU Teacher Scholar Award and the Distinguish Doctoral Graduate Award from Florida State University. He serves as grant review consultant for NSF and NIH. Dr. Nunez’ research is in the areas of behavioral neuroendocrinology and circadian rhythms. He is part of the staff of the Conflict Resolution Program of the Michigan State University Graduate School, which is directed by Dean Karen Klomparens and Professor John Beck and administered by Dr Julie Brockman.
Julius Jackson received an A.B. degree in Microbiology in 1966 and a Ph.D. degree in Microbiology from The University of Kansas in 1969. After completion of postdoctoral studies at Purdue University, he joined the faculty at Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN, in 1972. In 1987 he joined the faculty of Michigan State University where he is Professor in the Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics and serves as Assist. Dean in The Graduate School. Over his career, Professor Jackson has held administrative positions in academics and government that include Chair of the Department of Microbiology at Meharry Medical College; Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Clark Atlanta University; and Director of the Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences at the National Science Foundation.
Judith Stoddart is an associate professor in the Department of English and Assistant Dean in the Graduate School. Dr. Stoddart was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, where she completed a Master of Philosophy and a Doctorate of Philosophy in English Studies. In the English Department, she teaches Victorian literature and culture; her research interests include theories of print culture and visual culture (including painting, photography, and industrial exhibitions) and the changing conceptions of subjectivity, emotions, and subject–object relations in the nineteenth century. Dr. Stoddart was Graduate Director and Associate Chair in English from 1997 to 2002. In the Graduate School she coordinates the University Fellowship Programs and co-organizes career and professional development programs. She is currently project director of the Council of Graduate Schools Ph.D. Completion Project Grant at MSU. She also serves as a mediator for University Mediation Services.