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faculty
Kellyann Kowalski, PhD
Associate Professor
Management & Marketing
Contact
508-999-8327
508-999-8646
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Charlton College of Business 215
Education
| 1997 | University of Rhode Island | PhD |
| 1990 | Northeastern University | MBA |
| 1987 | Southeastern Massachusetts University (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth) | BS |
Teaching
- Human resource management
- Organizational behavior
- Management history and theory
Programs
Courses
This interactive course develops interpersonal, communication, teamwork, and leadership skills needed for professional success. Through practice-based learning, students strengthen self-awareness, persuasion, conflict management, team facilitation, and creative problem-solving abilities. The course also examines collaboration in hybrid and virtual work environments, including the growing role of AI-mediated communication and digital collaboration tools. A career development component helps students connect classroom learning to career readiness.
This interactive course develops interpersonal, communication, teamwork, and leadership skills needed for professional success. Through practice-based learning, students strengthen self-awareness, persuasion, conflict management, team facilitation, and creative problem-solving abilities. The course also examines collaboration in hybrid and virtual work environments, including the growing role of AI-mediated communication and digital collaboration tools. A career development component helps students connect classroom learning to career readiness.
This course provides an introduction to the principles and practices of human resources management within modern organizations. Students will examine the role of HR in supporting organizational performance, employee engagement, and workplace culture. Topics include workforce planning, recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management, compensation and benefits, employee relations, diversity and inclusion, labor laws, and ethical decision-making in the workplace.
Research
Research interests
- Organizational behavior
- Role theory
Dr. Kowalski is an Associate Professor of Management at the Charlton College of Business, where she teaches courses such as Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, and Management History and Theory. She is a faculty advisor for the college's honor society, Beta Gamma Sigma and does student advising.
Her research interests lie in the area of role theory, with specific interests in balancing work and family roles, managing diversity, and telecommuting. She has done research on the role that social support plays in buffering the effects of work-family conflict. Recently, she has become interested in how telecommuters deal with the lack of boundaries between their work and family roles.