Dr. Deanna Geddes
Associate Professor
Human Resources Management
Deanna Geddes (Ph.D., 1990, Purdue University) has served as a management consultant to government, financial, pharmaceutical, insurance and retail corporations. Her research interests focus on workplace emotion and performance appraisal practices. Dr. Geddes' work has been cited by NBC Nightly News and several major newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal, New York and Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune. Her studies and research models appear in Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Human Relations, International Journal of Conflict Management, Management Communication Quarterly, Aggressive Behavior, and Communication Quarterly, among others. Dr. Geddes is recognized as a pioneer in information technology use in the classroom, having received several teaching awards including the Andrisanni-Frank Undergraduate Teaching Award and the Musser Award for Leadership in Teaching. She teaches strategic organizational communication, negotiation, and organizational dynamics at the undergraduate, MBA, and PhD levels.
