Ronald Seeber : Biography
Ronald L. Seeber is a Professor (since 1980) and Associate Dean (since 1987) at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. In addition, he serves as the Vice Provost for Land Grant Affairs and Associate Director, Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution at Cornell University. Seeber completed his B.S. in Industrial Engineering at Iowa State University in 1975 and went on to graduate study at the University of Illinois, where he received the A.M. (1977) and Ph.D. (1981) in Labor and Industrial Relations. Seeber's research activities have covered a wide range of topics in the field of labor-management relations and dispute resolution. All reflect his interest in union and management strategies in the workplace and their connection to collective bargaining in the United States. In recent years, he has focused much of his scholarly activity on dispute resolution in the workplace. Seeber has been an active participant in the professional meetings of the Industrial Relations Research Association (IRRA), the Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA), the International Industrial Relations Research Association (IIRRA) and the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR). Seeber has authored and edited eight books on labor relations and dispute resolution topics, including most recently his Emerging Systems for Managing Workplace Conflict (2003), as well as many articles for academic journals. Seeber has conducted many seminars and workshops on collective bargaining, negotiations and dispute resolution for corporate, government and union groups.
