Smith School Names Joyce E. A. Russell Vice Dean

College Park, Md. – July 9, 2012 – Joyce E. A. Russell was named Vice Dean for Programs at the Robert H. Smith School of Business. Russell is a Ralph J. Tyser Distinguished Teaching Fellow at the Smith School and has been a major force in shaping the student experience at all levels. As vice dean, Russell’s duties include oversight of the school’s undergraduate, MBA, MS and executive programs, and the development of the school’s global, university and corporate partnerships. She assumes the role in July and succeeds Hugh Courtney, who was named dean of Northeastern University College of Business Administration.

“As vice dean, Joyce will be instrumental in championing Smith School initiatives,” said G. “Anand” Anandalingam, dean of the Robert H. Smith School of Business. “This role is critical to the operations of the school. Her leadership development and executive coaching expertise will be invaluable when working with students, faculty and staff.”

Russell is a Ralph J. Tyser Distinguished Teaching Fellow at the Smith School. Russell teaches courses at all levels – undergraduate, full-time and part-time MBA, and executive MBA. Since joining the faculty in 1998, she has consistently been honored for being one of the school’s outstanding 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.

Russell is the director of the Executive Coaching and Leadership Development Program for Smith’s EMBA program in College Park and China, and has chaired the Executive Coaching Conference held at the Smith School and attended by coaches from across the United States.

She also has more than 25 years of experience consulting with both private and public sector organizations in the areas of leadership development, negotiation tactics, executive coaching, and career development. Some of her clients have included: Lockheed Martin, Marriott, Department of Defense, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, National Institute of Health, SAIC, 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.

Russell writes a weekly “Career Coach” column and answers reader questions in a monthly online chat forThe Washington Post’s Capital Business newspaper.

Prior to joining the Smith School, Russell was a tenured full professor in the College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee. She has published more than 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 and organizational psychology from the University of Akron, Ohio.