Certificate in Innovation Management
Learn the Keys to Sustained Growth and Success
Dr. Joyce E. A. Russell
Distinguished Tyser Teaching Fellow
Senior Executive Education Fellow
Robert H. Smith School of Business
Course: Effective Negotiation Skills
Biography
Dr. Russell is a licensed Industrial and Organizational Psychologist and has over 25 years of experience consulting with both private and public sector organizations. Her expertise is primarily in the areas of leadership development, negotiation tactics, executive coaching, and career development. Some of her clients have included: National Institute of Health, Lockheed Martin, Marriott, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, National Security Agency, Frito-Lay, Quaker Oats, M&M Mars, ALCOA, Entergy, Yodlee, Black & Decker, Boeing Corporation, Hughes Communications, McCormick, Sprint/Nextel, Tennessee Valley Authority, State of Tennessee, Bell-South, L.M. Berry & Company, and Bryce Corporation.
She is the Director of the Executive Coaching and Leadership Development Program and a Ralph J. Tyser Distinguished Teaching Fellow in the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. Since joining the UM faculty, she has consistently been honored for being one of the outstanding (Top 15%) Teachers. She has also been selected three times for the Allen J. Krowe Award for Teaching Excellence given for Outstanding Teaching among tenured, tenure-track, and teaching professors.
Dr. Russell developed the Executive Coaching Program for the EMBA program at The University of Maryland and at The University of Tennessee. As the Director of both Coaching programs, she has provided coaching for hundreds of executives over the past decades as well as selected and trained numerous executive coaches. She also serves as the Faculty Advisor for the Smith Association of Women MBAs (SAWMBA) and has presented numerous workshops and sessions on issues facing women leaders and executives. She regularly writes a Career Coach column for The Washington Post and can often be seen on Maryland Public Television offering her insights on negotiations and leadership development.
Prior to joining UM, she was a tenured full Professor in the College of Business Administration at The University of Tennessee. At UT, she received numerous teaching and research awards from students and faculty for her work with Executive MBAs, MBAs, doctoral students, and undergraduates. Some of them include: The University of Tennessee National Alumni Association Outstanding Teaching Award, the College of Business Administration’s John B. Ross Award for Outstanding Teaching among senior, tenured professors, the Tennessee Organization of MBAs Outstanding Teaching Award, the UT Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Team Development and Team Teaching of the Integrated MBA Curriculum, and the College of Business William B. Stokely Research/Teaching Scholar Award, among others.
Dr. Russell has published over 50 articles, books, or book chapters and has presented her research at national and regional conferences. She served as the Associate Editor for the Journal of Vocational Behavior, and on the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Psychology, Human Resource Management Review, and Performance Improvement Quarterly. She received her Ph.D and M.A. degrees in Industrial & Organizational Psychology from The University of Akron, Ohio and her B.A. degree in Psychology from Loyola College in Maryland. She loves traveling to new places, is a sports enthusiast and competitor, treasures time with family, dabbles in various art projects, and has a passion for life, learning, and teaching.