Diana Deadrick joined the department of Management in 1993. Since then, she has taught graduate (MBA) classes in Human Resource Management, Organizational Management, and Organizational Power & Politics; and undergraduate classes in Human Resource Management, Advanced HRM, and Principles of Management.

Professor Deadrick received her Ph.D. in Human Resource Management from Virginia Tech in 1987. She also received her M.B.A. degree, with a concentration in Finance, from Virginia Tech, and her B.S. degree in Accounting from West Virginia University Tech. Her academic work experience includes: six years (1987-1993) at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University, where she taught doctoral, Executive MBA, and MBA classes in Organizational and Human Resource Management, Organizational Staffing, Organizational Power & Politics, and Research Methods for HRM; and one and one-half years (1982-1983) at West Virginia University Tech, where she taught undergraduate classes in Accounting and Finance;

Professor Deadrick=s research interests and expertise are in the areas of Performance Management and Human Resource & Organizational Development. She has published over 20 articles on these topics in both scholarly and practitioner journals, including Journal of Management, Journal of Quality Management, Group & Organization Management, Journal of Organizational Change Management, HR Magazine, and Business Horizons. In 1998, she received a Citation of Highest Rating for her published article on an innovative approach to Performance Management (ADistributional Ratings of Performance Levels and Variability: An Examination of Rating Validity in a Field Setting@).

Professor Deadrick's consulting experience includes working with both public and private sector organizations on a variety of HR-related projects including Performance Evaluation and Management Systems, Financial Incentive Programs, Selection Validation, and Selection Utility Analysis. She has also conducted grant research for several federal government agencies, and she has supervised MBA students who conducted consulting projects for various community groups.

Professor Deadrick is a member of several professional societies, including the Academy of Management and the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology.