Current Organizational Analysis Leadership Students

Lauren Carney
Title/Organization: Director/Western Michigan University
Research Interest: Organizational change; first generation professionals; diversity, inclusion and equity training

Monica Liggins-Abrams
Title/Organization: Senior Director Strategic Initiatives/Western Michigan University
Research Interest: Organizational change to achieve equity for traditionally underrepresented students; effectiveness of multi-institutional initiatives, mentoring, student success

Mary Ebejer
Title/Organization: Faculty Specialist/Western Michigan University
Research Interest: Graduate writing; pedagogy; culture; support; dissertation writing support

Janelle Grant
Title/Organization: Project Coordinator/W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Research Interest: HR policy; team dynamics; mentorship at work; performance evaluations

Connie Halverson
Title/Organization: Senior Instructional Designer/International Food Protection Training Institute
Research Interest: Organizational training and development process, organizational culture, and coaching

Ledon Lenzly
Title/Organization: Full-Time Student
Research Interest: Organizational inertia and why employees in organizations don't change

Djimtibaye Otalbaye
Title/Organization: Research Assistant/Western Michigan University
Research Interest: School principals' experience with social justice issues; exploring diversity in workplace, evolution of social justice today

April Ruiz
Title/Organization: Owner/Lead Mastermind at Mosaic Masterminds; Adjunct Professor at Grand Rapids Community College
Research Interests: Success in math among Black college women; Mathematics education; STEM college-majors-to-careers pathways; success motivation of Black males in college

Roxanne Buhl
Title/Organization: Director of Community Engagement/Western Michigan University
Research Interest: Tacit knowledge transfer and retention

Ronnie McMillian
Title/Organization: IT Business Controls Manager, Vice President/Fifth Third Bank
Research Interest: Improving the participation rates of African Americans in information technology and other STEM related professions

Yunzheng Zheng
Title/Organization: 
Research Interest: Social networks for school improvement; organizational change; project evaluation

Cherrelle Singleton
Title/Organization: Consultant Independent
Research Interest: Strategic partnership among state rehabilitation agencies; develop V. establishment of partnership; consideration of race and disability in developing partnership

Nizoramo Haitova
Title/Organization: Doctoral Graduate Research Assistant/ Western Michigan University
Research Interest: International students, Muslim International student mothers, principal leadership in K-12