Faculty

Appointments Faculty Co-director, The Center for Leadership Science, 2023 to present. Co-director, Charlotte AI Institute 2025 to present. Chair, Department of Management, Belk College of Business 2021-2025 Deputy Title IX coordinator, Office of Civil Rights and Title IX, UNC Charlotte, 2022 to present Faculty member of the Organizational Science PhD program, 2015 to present Faculty member of the Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) program, […]

Faculty Website Job Title(s): Professor Education: B.S., M.S., UNC Chapel Hill M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University Curriculum Vitae Research Interests: My research focuses on advancing our theoretical understanding online and face-to-face group dynamics. In the VICE lab, we study a variety of meeting platforms including Zoom, Gather, and Meta Quest VR. We are a very interdisciplinary […]

Education: PhD, University of Houston MA, University of Houston BS, North Dakota State University Favorite Articles: Baumeister, R. F. & Leary, M. R. (1995). The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation. Psychological Bulletin, 117, 497-529 Bargh, J. A., Chen, M., & Burrows, L. (1996). Automaticity of social behavior: Direct […]

Education: B.A., Psychology, Rice University M.A., Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Rice University Ph.D., Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Rice University Curriculum Vitae Research Interests:  Workplace aging, motivation, workplace learning, training, job search, lifespan development Meghan’s research focuses on workplace aging- specifically, how lifespan development influences motivation at work.  One of her research streams focuses broadly on aging at work, asking […]

Education: B.A., Communication Studies, Azusa Pacific University M.A., Organizational Communication, University of California Santa Barbara Ph.D., Organizational Communication, University of California Santa Barbara Research Interests: Organizational communication, identity and identification, technology and organizing, artificial intelligence, organizational socialization, remote work Dr. Endacott’s research focuses on how people construct their identities at work, especially with and around […]

Dr. Janaki Gooty is a professor in the department of management in the Belk College of Business, and in the interdisciplinary Organizational Science doctoral program at UNC Charlotte. She currently serves as the director of the MBA program at the Belk College of Business and as the director of the dual MBA program with the Graduate School of Business Administration and Leadership (EGADE) at Tecnológico […]

Research Projects Examining how alternative work relationships (out-sourced/contingent employees, volunteers, geographically dispersed workers, etc.) impact our understanding of what it means to be or communicate as an organizational member. Education: B.A., University of Colorado, Boulder Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder LinkedIn Research Interests: Organizational communication, nonstandard labor arrangements, and identification, participation, and control in organizational […]

Education: B.A., Psychology, North Central College M.S., Industrial/Organizational Psychology, University of Georgia Ph.D., Industrial/Organizational Psychology, University of Georgia Research Interests: Ryan’s main area of research focuses on understanding the interface between employees’ work and nonwork lives. In this area, he has a particular focus on how employees recover from work stress and achieve balance between work […]

Eric Heggestad, Ph.D., is currently serving as the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs on campus. He joined the University in 2005 after working for the Air Force Research Laboratory and at Colorado State University. He is an industrial and organizational psychologist, who focuses on applying principles of psychology to work contexts. Education: B.A., St. Olaf […]

Education: Doctor of Philosophy, North Carolina State University Research Interests: Specializations: Impacts of COVID-19, Aging and Health Disparities, Work and Organizations, Race and Gender, Housing insecurity and Stratification Research Dr. Kendra Jason is an interdisciplinary health disparities scholar who examines individual level factors, contextual level factors (i.e. the workplace), and life events that may influence […]