Academic Faculty & Areas of Expertise
Our HR executive development courses and programs are led by faculty from the ILR School’s world-class HR Studies department, as well as by research directors from the Center for Advanced HR Studies (CAHRS) and other ILR School departments. We also provide specialized knowledge when needed through access to Cornell University’s broad educational resources, and from other national and international educational institutions.
Bradford S. Bell
Assistant Professor, Human Resource Studies
Expertise: Staffing and selection, Training and Development, Work Teams/Work Process Redesign
Christopher J. Collins
Associate Professor of Human Resource Studies
Director of ILR Executive Education
Expertise: Entrepreneurial firms, High Performance Work Systems, Human Resources, Human resources management, Innovation, Organizations, Practice and strategy, Staffing and selection, Strategic planning
Lee Dyer
Professor of Human Resource Studies
Department Chair, ILR Human Resource Studies
Expertise: Agility, Human resources management, Practice and strategy
John J. Haggerty
Managing Director, ILR Executive Education
ILR School Ph.D. Candidate and Lecturer
Expertise: The role of relationships in the delivery of strategic HRM value added, technology in HR, HR in knowledge organizations, succession planning
Kevin F. Hallock
Professor of Labor Economics and Human Resource Studies
Director of Research, Center for Advanced HR Studies
Expertise: Compensation and Employee Benefits, Discrimination, Education (organizations and systems), Executive compensation, Human Resources, Incentives and performance, Labor Economics, Wage differentials and inequality, Wage systems, gainsharing, and incentives
Harry C. Katz
The Kenneth F. Kahn Dean and Jack Sheinkman Professor of Collective Bargaining
Expertise: Automotive Contract negotiations, Industrial relations systems, Industry Studies, Labor relations, Labor-management cooperation, Public Sector, Telecommunications, Wage systems, gainsharing, and incentives Work Teams/Work Process Redesign, The Transformation of American Industrial Relations, Labor Relations in the U.S. Automobile Industry, Worker Participation, Trade Unions and Collective Bargaining, Industrial and Work Restructuring, Worker Training
Sarosh C. Kuruvilla
Professor of Collective Bargaining, Comparative Industrial Relations and Asian Studies
Expertise: Alternative dispute resolution, Collective Bargaining, Conflict prevention, Contract negotiations, Dispute resolution, Economic Development, Economic growth and development, Education and workforce preparedness, Employee Relations, Executive development, education, and coaching, Global economy, Industrial relations systems, Interest-based negotiations (win-win), International and Comparative Workplace Studies, Labor relations, Labor rights, Labor-management cooperation, Negotiations, Globalization and employment relations, Human Resources for Asia, Labor relations in Asia, Outsourcing
David B. Lipsky
Anne Evans Estabrook Professor of Dispute Resolution
Director, Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution
Expertise: Alternative dispute resolution, Arbitration, Collective Bargaining, Conflict prevention, Conflict Resolution, Contract negotiations, Dispute resolution, Labor relations, Labor-management cooperation, Mediation, Negotiations, Education Reform, Employment and Labor Policy, Labor Market Analysis
Quinetta M. Roberson
Associate Professor, Human Resource Studies
Expertise: Diversity and Inclusion, Fair employment practices, Group dynamics and processes, Human resources management, Inclusive organizations, Motivation, theory and behavior
Ronald L. Seeber
Professor and Associate Dean, ILR School
Cornell University Vice Provost for Land Grant Affairs Associate Director, Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution
Expertise: Alternative dispute resolution, Collective Bargaining, Conflict Resolution, Contract negotiations, Dispute resolution, Employee relations, Interest-based negotiations (win-win), Labor relations, Labor-management cooperation, Mediation, Negotiations, Unions, Workers' Compensation
Pamela Stepp
Executive Director, Center for Advanced HR Studies (CAHRS)
Visiting Senior Lecturer of Management and Organizations, Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management
Expertise: Leadership assessment and development, diversity, gender studies in leadership, and visioning
Patrick M. Wright
William J. Conaty/GE Professor of Strategic Human Resources
Director, Center for Advanced HR Studies (CAHRS)
Expertise: Agility, Executive development, education, and coaching, Governance, Human capital measurement, Human resources management, Leadership development, Management development, Performance management, Strategic planning
