Penn State Harrisburg Faculty Details
Vita
Dr. Morand came to Penn State Harrisburg in 1990 after completing his Ph.D. at Cornell University. His publications include: Rites of Passage in Work Careers, Subcultures and Countercultures in Formal Organizations, Power and Politeness: The Sociolinguistics of Dominance, Deference, Egalitarianism in Organizations, and The Social Dynamics of Forms of Address in Organizations.
Education
- Ph.D., Cornell University
- M.I.L.R., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- B.A., University of Wisconsin
Research Areas
Power and politeness in organizational communication, cross-cultural communication, organizational culture, employee empowerment, leadership development.
Continuing Education Interests
Dr. Morand is currently pursuing research in the area of leadership, with specific interests in the emotional intelligence of managers. He is also interested in cross-cultural communication competencies for managers, and in the relationship between power and language at work.
Professional Affiliations
- Academy of Management
- Eastern Academy of Management
- Industrial Relations Research Association
- American Psychological Association
College News
Art exhibit addresses the Holocaust
A unique and powerful art exhibit addressing the Holocaust by acclaimed Israeli artist Ardyn Halter will be on public display in the Schwab Family Holocaust Reading Room of Penn State Harrisburg’s library November 15 through April 15.
Entitled The Family I Never Knew, the prints and paintings “depict the Shoah (Holocaust) from the point of view of the second generation and also those were born after (it),” Halter explains.
Heard on campus – Franklin and the Junto
Penn State Harrisburg faculty member and Benjamin Franklin scholar George Boudreau terms his recent discovery of a long-lost poem written in 1732 as “one of the greatest finds of my career.”
An associate professor of humanities and history, Boudreau’s research interests focus on Franklin and his philosophical organization called the Junto and the role it played in the cultural transformation of Philadelphia in the 1700s. Boudreau recently related his research findings during a Gallery Lounge presentation hosted by the offices of Academic Affairs and Research and Graduate Studies.
Research to investigate victimization in Latino community
A Penn State Harrisburg faculty member has been awarded a $680,000 federal grant to help eliminate a research gap profiling victimization in the Latino community.
Assistant Professor of Social Science Chiara Sabina received the two-year grant from the National Institute of Justice to focus on the national level of dating violence and victimization among Latino adolescents which she a terms “mush more understudied” group than others in that community.