Whistle Blower Consultant Expert Witness

Virginia

Keywords

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Expert Witness No. 181

Area's of Expertise

Employment Discrimination

Whistle Blower Protection

Cuitam Suits

Wrongful Discharge

Constructive Discharge

Experience

Conducted the only national survey of 600 Whistle Blowers from all walks of life and all parts of the country. Consisted of 300 written surveys and 300 in depth interviews lasting 90 minutes each.

Can report qualitative and quantitative data on extent of management retaliation, extent of whistle blowings, profile of those likely to blow the whistle. Organization factors affecting severity of retaliation against whistle-blowers

Qualifications

Full Professor of Sociology at Virginia Tech. With specialty at work place processes and organization

Was held former faculty appointments at Cornell University (Industrial Relations School) Boston College and others.

Has received grant support for whistle blower research project from Yale University and Aspen Institute.

Education

Ph.D. Sociology University of California, Santa Barbara, 1977

M.A. Sociology University of California, Santa Barbara, 1972

B.A. Sociology Minors in History and Philosophy, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1970. With highest honors

Academic Appointments

1991-present Professor, Virginia Based Institute and State University

1986-91 Associate Professor to Full Professor and Chairwoman, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, University of Toledo

1982-86 Assistant Professor to Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

1981, Summer Research Scholar, Yale University, Program on Non-Profit Organizations/Institution for Social and Policy Studies

1980-81 Assistant Professor, Sociology, Boston College

1980, Spring Distinguished Visiting Faculty, University of Aston, Industrial Relations Unit. Birmingham, England

1977-80 Research Faculty, Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Ithaca, New York

1976-77 Assistant Professor, Sociology, Regis College, Weston, MA

Area's of Specialization

Sociology of Work and Organizations: alternatives to bureaucracy; organizational democracy and participation; worker resistance movements

Women and Work

Economic Sociology

Ethical dilemmas in organizations

Shared Leadership and collaborative Management in Organizations

Professional Organizations

ASA Dissertation Award Committee

American Sociological Association Committee on Committees

Section on Organizations and Occupations

ASA Committee on Employment

Labor Studies Division, Society for the Study of Social Problems

National Center for Employee Ownership

Association for Workplace Democracy

Program Committee for the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems

University Service and Administration

Available upon Request

Publications and Books

Available upon request

Professional Associations

International Sociological Association

Sociologists for Women in Society

American Sociological Association

Society for the Study of Social Problems

Phi Kappa Phi

Phi Beta Kappa

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