{"id":93155,"date":"2024-05-29T12:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T16:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=93155"},"modified":"2024-05-29T17:04:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T21:04:36","slug":"goodman-appoints-passionate-leaders-as-next-associate-deans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2024\/05\/goodman-appoints-passionate-leaders-as-next-associate-deans\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodman appoints passionate leaders as next Associate Deans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Goodman School of Business will look to two experienced leaders to advance its programs and initiatives when they begin appointments as Associate Deans on Monday, July 1.<\/p>\n<p>Jingyu (Jennifer) Li, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs, has been reappointed for a second three-year term and Usman Raja will take on the role of Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Programs.<\/p>\n<p>Raja currently serves as a Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management and the Chair of the Department of Organizational Behaviour, Human Resource Management, Entrepreneurship and Ethics (OBHREE).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Raja and Dr. Li bring considerable enthusiasm and experience to their roles,\u201d Wright said. \u201cTheir passion and perspective will enrich our vision and drive our School forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raja joined Goodman in 2009 and received Goodman\u2019s Distinguished Scholar Award in 2018 in recognition of his research and scholarly excellence. He holds a PhD in Management from John Molson School of Business at Concordia University and concentrates his research and teaching in the areas of organizational behaviour and human resource management.<\/p>\n<p>As he takes on this new role, Raja <span class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">is excited to<\/span> be a champion for Goodman\u2019s graduate programs and progress the School\u2019s efforts towards a PhD program and Doctor of Business Administration degree, for which a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2024\/05\/statement-of-intent-for-phd-in-business-administration-and-doctor-of-business-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement of intent has been issued<\/a>, while ensuring current programs continue to be market-oriented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy main focus is to bring people together,\u201d Raja said. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of progress that can be made working together to support and grow both our graduate programs and research supports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the research side of his portfolio, he recognizes the strength of the School\u2019s current output and looks forward to working collaboratively to develop a fair and equitable way to recognize and support the faculty\u2019s research contributions.<\/p>\n<p>Raja takes over the position from Professor of Marketing and Product Innovation Narongsak (Tek) Thongpapanl, who has served as Associate Dean since 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Li joined Brock 21 years ago and was first appointed to her role as Associate Dean in July 2021.<\/p>\n<p>She sees the three-year extension of her appointment as an opportunity to move beyond limitations created by the COVID-19 pandemic during her first term and to continue providing meaningful experiences for students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe care about our programs,\u201d the Professor of Accounting said. \u201cWith COVID-19 behind us, I feel like it\u2019s now time to adopt new ways of working and employ strategies to better engage our faculty, staff and students. It\u2019s an opportunity to set the new norm for our work and move forward intentionally.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Goodman School of Business will look to two experienced leaders to advance its programs and initiatives when they begin appointments as Associate Deans on Monday, July 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":93157,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39,7,1],"tags":[459,13573,3592,2852,594,6722,7674],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93155"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93163,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93155\/revisions\/93163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}