Professional Summary
Denise Tanguay is Professor of Management in the College of Business at Eastern Michigan University, where she has served as a Associate Dean of the College of Business, interim department head of the Department of Marketing, and Special Assistant to the Provost for Planning. During the 1998-99 academic year, she was selected as an American Council on Education Fellow in Higher Education Administration, during which time she worked with the President, Provost, and Vice President for Finance and Administration at Barnard College.
Denise received her Ph.D. in Labor Relations and Organizational Behavior from the University of Michigan. Her research activities include a national report on the corporate hiring and use of retirees for the American Association of Retired Persons, a monograph on Employee Involvement programs for the U.S. Department of Labor, as well as publications in such journals as Human Relations, Human Development Quarterly, and The Gerontologist.
In addition to her academic research, teaching, and service activities, Denise has served on an ad hoc basis as a consultant, trainer, and arbitrator for public and private sectors organizations, universities, and unions. Some of these endeavors have resulted in international travel, most recently a trip to China supported by GM. In 1994, she was certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR, 1994, recertified in 2003).
Courses Taught
MGMT384 Human Resource Management MGMT386 Organizational Behavior and Theory MGMT499 3 Credit Independent Study
Research Interest & Projects
Dr. Tanguay teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in human resource management.
Selected Publications
Schulz, E. R. & Tanguay, D. M. (in press, 2004). Merit Pay in a Public Sector Institution: Questions of Impact and Attitudes. Public Personnel Management.
Tanguay, D. M. & Perley, J. (2001). Do for-profit distance education ventures impinge on academic freedom? Congressional Quarterly Research.
Tanguay, D. M. (2001). Why would anyone want to make Higher Education more like a business? 29th Annual Conference of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education & the Professions.
Tanguay, D. M. (2000). Distance Education and the Virtual University: Now is the Time for a Reasoned Discussion. Baruch Conference on Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions.
Tanguay, D. M. & Perley, J. (1999). Accrediting on-line Institutions Diminishes Higher Education. Chronicle of Higher Education, B4-B5. Distance Education and the Virtual University: Now is the Time for a Reasoned Discussion. Baruch Conference on Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions.
Professional Affiliations
Academy of Management American Education Council Council of Fellows Detroit, Michigan Local Chapter of the I.R.R.A. Industrial Relations Research Association Midwest Academy of Management Senior Professional in Human Resources Society of Human Resource Management
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