OB Refresh: Solving Current Teaching Challenges Using an Interactive, Digital First Platform
Join Professors Eric Lamm and Jen Tosti-Kharas for a discussion on how to make learning come alive using novel interactive, student-centered resources.
Professor Eric Lamm, San Francisco State University
Professor Jen Tosti-Kharas, Babson University
In this session, Professors Eric Lamm and Jen Tosti-Kharas use their Organizational Behavior text to illustrate how to make learning come alive using novel interactive, student-centered resources. This short webinar will offer tips about how to successfully incorporate digital resources into your current course, and the expected effect on student learning and engagement.
Dr. Eric Lamm, PhD, San Francisco State University
Eric Lamm is a professor of management in the College of Business at San Francisco State University. Dr. Lamm earned his PhD from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College, and his BA in politics and sociology from Brandeis University. His main areas of interest in research and teaching are job attitudes, teams, and organizational change. Dr. Lamm's research has recently appeared in academic outlets, including Group and Organization Management, Employee Relations, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, and Organization & Environment. Together with Dr. Tosti-Kharas, he won the Group and Organization Management Best Micro Paper award in 2013. In 2016, his research on student teams won the Best Paper in Management Education from the Management Education and Development Division of the Academy of Management.
Before entering the world of academe, Dr. Lamm learned about organizational change first-hand as the senior speechwriter for the CEO of an international organization in Washington D.C., undergoing a full transformation to privatization. His travels for study, work, and pleasure have brought him to over 60 countries across five continents — and counting. Dr. Lamm likes to spend his free time outdoors, watching baseball, and spending time with his two teenage daughters.
Dr. Jennifer Tosti-Kharas, PhD, Babson College
Jennifer Tosti-Kharas is an associate professor of organizational behavior at Babson College. She earned her PhD in management from New York University’s Stern School of Business, and her BS in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Tosti-Kharas’s research explores career development, with a particular focus on meaningful work and work as a calling. Her research has been published in outlets such as Personnel Psychology, Academy of Management Perspectives, Journal of Business Ethics, and Journal of Vocational Behavior. Her research on organizational citizenship behavior toward the environment co-authored with Dr. Lamm received the 2013 Best Micro Paper award from Group and Organization Management. Her research on calling won the 2019 Best Overall Paper award from the Careers Division of the Academy of Management.
Before entering academia, Dr. Tosti-Kharas worked as a strategy consultant at Accenture in New York City, specializing in the communications, media, and entertainment industries. She has appeared as a contestant on the television game show Cash Cab, and officiated one marriage. In her free time, Dr. Tosti-Kharas enjoys skiing, hiking, and seeing live music with her husband and two kids.
Digital Learning Webinar Series
Extend your professional development with these free webinars.