Susan Case

Associate Professor
Department of Organizational Behavior
Weatherhead School of Management

Susan Case’s newest research examines religious texts’ and traditions’ impact on managerial integrity, moral responsibility and anti-corruption behavior; the brain and gendered discourse in the professional workplace; and the postdoctoral transition zone in the bench sciences and women’s emerging identity. As an authority in the field of gender communication, influence and decision-making, Case identified reasons why differences in men’s and women’s discourse in organizations persist, including the role of biology, and the contributions differences make. This work was honored as a featured women and work article by Wiley Publishers in 2016. Her work with women in organizations focuses on work/family integration, career-in-life issues and organizational policy needed throughout careers for women in nontraditional fields. Her work on traditional wisdom from western religious traditions focuses on how values from religious upbringing influence managerial ethical behavior and leadership integrity. She also studies how different groups of people learn about diversity in a global context and ways to design systems for the organizational inclusion of diverse employees.

Case’s research has been published in interdisciplinary academic journals including the Journal of Applied Psychology: An International Review, Studies in Linguistic Sciences, Business and the Contemporary World, Women's Studies International Forum, Urban Review, Women and Language, American Journal of Economics and Business Administrations, Proceedings of IEEE, and Community, Work and Family, as well as books and anthologies about managerial integrity, ethics education, strategic business initiatives, gender communication, women in organizations, women and men’s career development, and management education. Case is an expert witness in cases involving organizational restructuring; gender, race, disability, and age discrimination; hostile work environments; sexual harassment; and disparate impact. She is a Gestalt International Systems Development Consultant, working with Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, military institutions, hospitals, universities, public and private schools, and arts organizations across the U.S., Europe, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Hong Kong, and Israel.

Case is an associate professor in the departments of organizational behavior, women and gender studies, and social justice at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½. Her grants include a ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Ethics Fellow, ACES+ADVANCE Opportunity Grant on Women, NORD Curriculum Grant, and two NSF grants. She was an Inaugural Kaufman Scholar for Religion and Business, Center for Financial Policy, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland; received the Bronze Award for work in McGraw Hill’s Contemporary Learning Series; and received the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence Award for Excellence in Mentoring, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½.

Case received her PhD in organization, administration, and policy from the State University of New York at Buffalo, was a doctoral Research Scholar in Administrative Sciences at Yale University’s School of Management, has an MEd from the University of Illinois, and earned a BS from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. She teaches courses in ethics, global leadership in diversity and inclusion, leading organizations, and women and men in organizations.

Initially Appointed: 1989

Education

Post Graduate Diploma
Gestalt Institute
1999
PhD
State University of New York at Buffalo
1985
Master of Education
University of Illinois
1968
Bachelor of Science
George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University
1967

Teaching Information

Teaching Interests

Courses Taught

  • Ethics For The Real World: Developing a Code of Ethics to Guide Decisions in Work and Life
  • Leading Organizations - LEAD II
  • Organizational Behavior Department Seminar

Office Hours

By Appointment Only

Awards and Honors

  • Innaugural Advancing Institutionalization, Inclusion, Diversity & Equity Teaching and Learning Collaborative,
    2022
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ - UCITE
  • Outstanding Associate Editor - MSR
    2021
    Academy of Management
  • Outstanding Associate Editor
    2017
    Academy of Management, Management Spirituality and Religion
  • Andre Delbecq Fellow
    2017
    Tyson Center for Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace and University of Arkansas
  • Wiley Fourth International Women's Day Celebration Award
    2016
    Wiley Publishers
  • ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Ethics Fellow
    2013
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Provosts Office - $1500
  • Inaugural Kaufman Scholar for Religion and Business
    2012
    Center for Financial Policy, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
  • What's Next? Leadership Development for Senior Academic Women
    2012
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Provosts Office
  • ACES+ ADVANCE Opportunity Grant on Women
    2012
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Provost's Office
  • Outstanding Reviewer
    2011
    Organizational Behavior Division, Academy of Management
  • Faculty of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Social Justice Institute
    2011
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Social Justice Institute
  • Undergraduate Advisement Initiative
    2010
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Provost's Office
  • Bronze Award - McGraw Hill Contemporary Learning Series
    2010
    McGraw Hill
  • Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence Award for Excellence in Mentoring
    2010
    Inamori International Center ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
  • Library Opportunity Grant
    2010
    ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
  • Outstanding Professor
    2008
    Alpha Chi Omega

External Appointments

  • University Senate, Faculty Senate, 2013 - 2016
  • Faculty Advisor, MBA Multicultural Club, 2009 - 2012
  • Faculty Advisor, Undergraduate Diversity and Inclusion Council, 2009 - 2012
  • Faculty Mentor, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Women in Leadership Summit, 2008

Publications

  • Case, S. S., Schwartz, M. , Ehasz, S. F. (2023). In Payal Kamar, Tom Culham, Richard J. Major, & Richard Peregoy (Ed.)
    Reframing Self in the Classroom: Interdependent Reflexivity for Enhancing Self-Awareness (pp. 123-140) Bradford, UK: Emerald Publishers
  • Case, S. S. (2023). In N. Singh, N. Burton, & I. Chu (Ed.)
    Judaism and Ecological Discourse: What Jewish Religious Perspectives Offers Contemporary Sustainability Dialogue   London, Borough of Camden, England: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Dhar, U. , Case, S. S. (2023). In Latha Poonamalee, Simy Joy, & Anita Howard (Ed.)
    A Post Colonial, Deconstructive Approach Towards Promoting Socially Conscious Management in the Emerging Economies (pp. 15-44) Palgrave Macmillan: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Case, S. S. (2022). In Kelly Watkins (Ed.)
    Understanding Deconstruction - A Qualitative Methodology in Poststructural Theory to Dismantle Traditional Modes of Thought, - Making the Invisible and Silenced Visible (vol. Video in Sages Qualitative and Mixed Methods Video Collection, ) London: Sage Research Methods
  • Case, S. S. (2022). In Mai Chu Vu, N. Burton, I. Chu, & N. Singh (Ed.)
    Morally Responsible Behavior in Unprecedented Times: Relevance of Sacred Texts of Abrahamic Religions to Workplace Behavior (vol. Volume 1, pp. 151-181) London, UK: Springer
  • Case, S. S., Schwartz, H. M., Ehasz, S. F., Madell, V. S. (2022).
    Designing, Building, Influencing, Supporting: The Artistry of Reframing Teaching (vol. 49Th Annual Proceedings, ) Pomona, CA: Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference Proceedings 49th Annual Conference - Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
  • Case, S. S., Chavez, E. (2018). In A. Stachowicz-Stanusch & W. Amann (Ed.)
    Educating Leaders of Tomorrow: The Development of Moral Character in Students (pp. 75-102) Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing
  • Porter, T. , Case, S. S., Mitchell, M. , (2018). In Anthony Alesandro (Ed.)
    Is it Freedom of or Freedom from Religion in Organizations? (vol. 17, issue 1, pp. 1-24) Hempstead, New York: Journal of International Business and Law
  • Philipsen, M. , Case, S. S., Oetama-Paul, A. J., Sugiyama, K. (2017).
    Academic womanhood across career stages: A work-in-life perspective on what was, is, and could be (vol. 20, issue 5, pp. 623-644) Community, Work & Family
  • Case, S. S., Chavez, E. (2017). In Dr. Michael Friedman (Ed.)
    Guiding Lights for Morally Responsible Sustainability in Organizations: Revisiting Sacred Texts of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (vol. 17, issue 2, pp. 35-49) Atlanta, Georgia & Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Journal of Organizational Psychology
  • Case, S. S., Oetama-Paul, A. J. (2015).
    Brain Biology and Gendered Discourse (vol. 64, issue 2, pp. 338-378) Wiley - Hoboken, NJ: Applied Psychology: An International Review
  • Case, S. S., Richley, B. A. (2014). In Ron Burke & D. Major (Ed.)
    Barriers to Women in Science: Examining the Interplay Between Individual Work-Family Desires and Expectations and Gendered Institutional Research Cultures on Women Scientists desired Futures (pp. 291-334) Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar: Edward Elgar
  • Case, S. S., Richley, B. A. (2014).
    Gendered Institutional Research Cultures in Science: The Post-Doc Transition for Women Scientists (vol. 16, issue 3, pp. 327-349) Routledge - Milton Park, Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire: Community, Work, & Family
  • Case, S. S., Smith, J. G. (2014). In H. K. Hansen & A. Stachowicz-Stanusch (Ed.)
    Applying a Religious Lens to Ethical Decision-Making: My Ten Commandments of Character for the Workplace Exercise (pp. 181-210) NY: Business Expert Press, PRME Book Collection
  • Case, S. S., Oetama-Paul, A. J. (2013). In R. Burke, S. Vinnecombe, S. Blake Beard, & I Moore (Ed.)
    Beyond Bias and Barriers: A Biopsychosocial Lens for Understanding Gender Communication in Organizations (pp. 235-268) Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
  • Case, S. S., Smith, J. G. (2013). In W. Aman & A. Stachowicz-Stanusch (Ed.)
    The Genesis of Integrity: Values and Virtues Illuminated in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam   (pp. 307-344) Hampshire, England, Palgrave Macmillan: Palgrave MacMillan
  • Case, S. S., Richley, B. A. (2013). In Jeremy Jacobs (Ed.)
    Gendered Institutional Research Cultures in Science: The Post-Doc Transition for Women Scientists (vol. 16, issue 3, pp. 327-349) Jeremy Jacobs: Community, Work, and Family
  • Case, S. S., O'Neil, D. A. (2012). In Alice Deakins, Rebecca Lockridge, and Helen Sterk (Ed.)
    Reconnections for Life Enhancement: Daughters After Mother Loss (pp. 21-46) Lanham, MD University Press of America: University Press of America
  • Case, S. S., Smith, J. G. (2012). In Charles Wankel & Agata Stachowitc-Stanusch (Ed.)
    Contemporary Application of Traditional Wisdom: Using the Torah, Bible, and Qur'an in Ethics Education (pp. pp. 42-67 (Chapter 3))  Hershey, PA, IGI Global: IGI Global
  • Case, S. S., Thatchenkery, T. (2010).
    Leveraging Appreciative Intelligence for Positive Enactment in Times of Uncertainty: A Case Study of a Small Investment Firm (vol. 2, issue 2, pp. 147-152)  American Journal of Economics and Business Adminstration
  • Case, S. S., Thatchenkery, T. (2009). In G, D. Sardana and Tojo Thatchenkery (Ed.)
    Leveraging Appreciative Intelligence for Positive Enactment: A Case Study of a Small Investment Firm (pp. 192-199)  New Delhi: Macmillan
  • Case, S. S. (2009).
    Baldev Sekhon, M. D. v. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Case # 531660040907 (pp. 73 pages)  American Arbitration Society

Presentations

  • Case, S. S. (Presenter & Author), Schwartz, M. J. (Presenter & Author), Ehasz, S. F. (Presenter & Author), Madell, V. (Presenter Only) Management and Organizational Behavior Teaching Society Conference (Theme: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion), "Designing, Building, Influencing, and Supporting: The Artistry of Reframing Teaching", Management and Organizational Behavior Teaching Society (MBOTS), Pomona, California. (2022).
  • Case, S. S., Schwartz, H. M. (Presenter & Author), Ehasz, S. F. (Presenter & Author)  Academy of Management - 82nd Annual Meeting, "Reframing Teaching: Interdependent Reflexivity for Developing Student Self-Awareness and Emotionally Intelligent Leaders", Academy of Management, Seattle, Washington. (2022).
  • Case, S. S. (Presenter & Author)  Biannual International Meeting of Electrochemical Society, "Key Note -Empowerment of Diversity and Inclusion", Electrochemical Society, Montreal, Canada. (2020).
  • Philipsen, M. (Presenter & Author), Case, S. S. (Author Only), Oetama-Paul, A. J. (Author Only), Sugiyama, K. (Author Only)  Annual Meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, "Memories and Policies: Faculty Career-Life Integration Over Time", American Educational Studies Association, Pittsburgh, PA. (2017).
  • Case, S. S. (Panelist/Discussant)  International Association of Managerial Spirituality and Religion - Andre Delbecq Retreat, "Preparing Spiritually and Developmentally Mature Leaders for the 21st Century", The Tyson Center for Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace , Fayetteville, Arkansas. (2017).
  • Case, S. S. (Presenter & Author), Chavez, E. (Presenter & Author)  The Fifth International Association of Management, Spirituality & Religion conference , "Educating for Character and Moral Clarity: Engaging in Moral Conversations About Sensitive Topics ", International Association of Management, Spirituality and Religion, Fayetteville, Arkansas. (2017).
  • Case, S. S. (Presenter & Author), Chavez, E. (Author Only)  The Fifth International Association of Management, Spirituality & Religion conference , "Educating for Character and Moral Clarity: Religion as a Transformative Vehicle for Inclusion ", International Association of Management, Spirituality and Religion, Fayetteville, Arkansas. (2017).
  • Case, S. S. (Author Only), Chavez, E. (Presenter & Author)  The Fifth International Association of Management, Spirituality & Religion conference , "Measuring Religious Identity: Developing a Scale of Religious Identity Salience", International Association of Management, Spirituality and Religion, Fayetteville, Arkansas. (2017).
  • Case, S. S. (Presenter & Author), Philipsen, M. (Presenter & Author), Oetama-Paul, A. J. (Presenter & Author), Sugiyama, K. (Moderator)  Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN) Conference, "Academic Womanhood: A Life Course - Career Perspective", WFRN, Washington, DC. (2016).
  • Case, S. S. (Presenter & Author)  Hong Kong Baptist University, "Brain Biology and Persistence of Gendered Organizational Discourse: A Biopsychosocial Perspective", Department of English and Linguistics, Hong Kong. (2013).
  • Case, S. S. (Presenter & Author)  The Henry Kaufman Forum on Religious Traditions and Business Behavior, "Guiding Lights to Morally Responsible Behavior in Organizations: Revisiting the Sacred Texts of Judaism, Christianity and Islam", University of Maryland, Smith School of Business, Center for Financial Policy, College Park, MD. (2013).
  • Case, S. S. (Presenter & Author), 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).