Our Faculty & Staff

Benedictine University’s award-winning faculty anchor the Values-Driven Leadership program and teach side-by-side with the world’s top Distinguished Visiting Scholars to ensure our students are exposed to the latest theories, research and practice.

Our faculty works closely with each student on their entire doctoral program experience including course work, dissertation research, chairing their committees, and involving global thought leaders as committee members.

Jim Ludema, Ph.D.

Co-founder, Professor of Global Leadership, Center for Values-Driven Leadership

Mike Manning, Ph.D.

Director of Research; Professor of Leadership, Strategy & Change, Center for Values-Driven Leadership

Marie Di Virgilio, Ph.D.

Core Faculty, Organizational Change & Corporate Responsibility, Center for Values-Driven Leadership

Gus Gustafson, Ph.D.

Leadership Scholar-in-Residence, Core Faculty, Leadership Development, Center for Values-Driven Leadership

Joanna Beth Tweedy, Ph.D.

Lead Writing Faculty

Amber Johnson, Ph.D. (staff)

Chief Communications Officer, Senior Research Associate, Center for Values-Driven Leadership

Our Distinguished Visiting Scholars

Bruce Avolio, Ph.D.

Mark Pigott Chair in Business Strategic Leadership
Executive Director, Center for Leadership & Strategic Thinking
Michael G. Foster School of Business,
University of Washington

Bernie Banks, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Leadership Development, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Academy Professor & Department Head, West Point Military Academy (Former)
Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Retired)

Frank Barrett, Ph.D.

Professor of Management and Global Public Policy, Naval Postgraduate School

Richard Boyatzis, Ph.D.

Professor in Organizational Behavior, Psychology, and Cognitive Science Departments, Case Western Reserve

Jill Brown, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Management, Bentley University

Kim Cameron, Ph.D.

Professor of Management and Organizations, University of Michigan

Jeremy L. Caradonna, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of History, University of Alberta

Anjan Chakravartty, Ph.D.

Appignani Foundation Professor of Philosophy, University of Miami

Stephanie Creary, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Management, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania

Amy Edmondson, Ph.D.

Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School

Jeffrey Ford, Ph.D.

Professor of Management, The Ohio State University

Barbara Fredrickson, Ph.D.

Kenan Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Ronald Fry, Ph.D.

Professor of Organizational Behavior, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University

Mary Gentile, Ph.D.

Creator/Director Giving Voice to Values and Professor of Practice, University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Stuart Hart, Ph.D.

S.C. Johnson Chair in Sustainable Global Enterprise, Cornell University, Founder & President, Enterprise for a Sustainable World

Mary Jo Hatch, Ph.D.

C. Coleman McGehee Eminent Scholars Research Professor Emerita of Banking and Commerce, University of Virginia (Retired)

Bob Johansen, Ph.D.

Distinguished Fellow,
Institute for the Future

Stefanie K. Johnson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Management, University of Colorado Boulder

Barbara Kellerman, Ph.D.

James MacGregor Burns Lecturer in Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School

Mikko Ketokivi, Ph.D.

Professor of Operations Management & Organization Design IE Business School, Madrid, Spain

Chris Laszlo, Ph.D.

Professor, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University

L. Hunter Lovins, J.D.

Natural Capitalism Solutions President

Rodney Ludema, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Economics and School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; Chief Economist, US State Department; former Senior Economist, President’s Council of Economic Advisers

Cindy McCauley, Ph.D.

Senior Fellow Center for Creative Leadership

Peter G. Northouse, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Communication, Western Michigan University

Joyce Osland, Ph.D.

Lucas Endowed Professor of Global Leadership, Executive Director/Founder of Global Leadership Advancement Center, San Jose State University

Jill W. Paine, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Human Resources & Organizational Behavior, IE Business School, Madrid, Spain

Bill Pasmore, Ph.D.

Visiting Professor of Social-Organizational Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University Center for Creative Leadership

Robert Quinn, Ph.D.

Margaret Elliot Tracey Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan, Ross School of Business

Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D.

Henry R. Kravis Professor of Leadership and Organizational Psychology, Claremont McKenna College

Melvin L. Smith, Ph.D.

Professor of Organizational Behavior; Faculty Director, Executive Education; Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University

Inger Stensaker, Ph.D.

Professor of Strategic Change, NHH Norwegian School of Economics