Whistle Blower Consultant Expert Witness

Expert Witness No. 181

Virginia

Areas 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
Has 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. Socio

logy 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 Polytechnic 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

Areas 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

Recent Courses Taught

Graduate

Work Systems in Comparative Perspective
Power, Values and the Organization of Social Institutions
Economic Re-structuring and Job Creation Processes
Professional Seminar for Ph.D. students:  Developing the Career That You Want
Worker Participation in International Perspective: Leadership, Control and Equity in Work Organizations

Undergraduate

Creating a Just and Democratic Society:  Utopian Thinking
Work in Modern Society
Industrial Sociology
Gender and Work
Introduction to Sociology
Organizational Issues of the Workplace

Publications And Books

Available upon request.

Chapters In 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