Dean McDonald recently announced that Jason Owen-Smith will continue as Director of the Organizational Studies Program for an additional year through June 30, 2012. He will be followed by Mark Mizruchi (Professor of Sociology), who will serve a five-year term as Director beginning July 1, 2012.

Jason Owen-Smith
will also continue as Director of the Barger Leadership Institute for a three-year term through June 30, 2014.

The Organizational Studies Program and the Barger Leadership Institute are looking forward to the continued leadership of Jason. We also welcome Mark Mizruchi, who was a part of the original faculty core that helped to launch the OS program. He has enjoyed a strong connection to the program ever since, serving on the OS Advisory Board, playing a role in OS faculty recruitment, and leading a BLI faculty/student research team.

Organizational Studies and the BLI look forward to a very bright and productive future with new leadership.