Suzanne De Janasz Suzanne C. de Janasz, PhD, is Professor of Management and Conflict Analysis and Resolution (a joint appointment) at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Previously, Suzanne served as the Thomas Gleed Distinguished Chair of Business Adminstration at Seattle University in Seattle, Washington, where she taught undergrad and MBA students, mentored junior faculty, and directed the Seattle branch of HERA (Her Equality Rights and Autonomy), a UK-based charity that empowers formerly traffickedor exploited women with career and entrepreneurship development and mentoring. Prior to coming to Seattle, Suzanne was Professor of Leadership and Organization Development at IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland, where she designed and delivered programs for mid-level and senior executives in global companies, specializing in leadership, negotiations, mentoring and careers, organizational development and change, creativity/innovation, work/life balance, entrepreneurship, and interpersonal/managerial skills. The recipient of multiple teaching awards, including the 2017 Mid-Career Distinguished Educator Award from the MOBTS Teaching Society for Management Educators and a Fulbright Fellowship (Warsaw University in Poland), Suzanne continues to director teach in executive programs for Mason (women's negotiation program),Harvard, ESMT (Germany) and other schools (e.g., IEDC in Slovenia, QUT in Australia).Suzannes research on mentoring, careers, work/family conflict, negotiation, and leadership appears in such journals as Harvard Business Review, Academy of Management Executive, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Vocational Behavior, British Journal of Management, Career Development International, and Journal of Management Education and features frequently in domestic and international newspapers, online publications (including HBR online and CNN), and radio programs. The second edition of her text Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (co-authored with Beverly DeMarr) was published in 2019. She regularly consults with a variety of global organizations, serves on the boards of several nonprofit organizations, and has held leadership roles in the Academy of Management (e.g., Careers Division Chair), the Southern Management Association, and the MOBTS.After earning an undergraduate music degree from the University of Miami, Suzanne earned her MBA and PhD degrees from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (USC). Between the two degrees, she worked for five years as an organizational consultant in the aerospace industry. Read More Read Less