Educational Background

• Ph.D., Industrial/Organizational Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• BA, Psychology, University of Kentucky

Teaching Areas

• Courses taught include: Research Methods and Design (doctoral level), Statistics, Managing and Leading Human Resources, Human Resource Foundations, Adult Learning and Development, Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, Employee and Management Development, Principles of Management, Industrial/Organizational Psychology.

Research Interests

• Leadership and human resource education and development
• Leadership, employee, and executive coaching
• Leadership and gender
• Leadership and employee talent management , HR best practices, and turnover in organizations

Service Activities and Honors

• Roundtable Presenter and Workshop Facilitator, Robert H. Smith School of Business and Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology Executive Coaching Conference: Bridging the Science and Practice of Executive Coaching: A Playbook for Unleashing Leadership Talent, College Park, Maryland, June, 2009.
• Participant and Invited Chapter Writer, Executive Coaching Leading Edge Consortium, October 2008. Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Cincinnati, Ohio.
• Reviewer, American Journal of Education Studies and American Journal of Business Research, Fall 2008 to Present.
• Training Management Corporation’s Cultural Navigator certified, August, 2007. Certified in the use of TMC’s Cultural Orientation Indicator for coaching/development purposes.
• Hogan Assessments Systems certified, June, 2007. Certified in the use of Hogan assessments for selection and coaching/development purposes.
• Board Member, Knox Community Schools, Elected position, May 2006 to June 2007.
• Best Presentation Excellence Award, Academic Business World Conference, May 2006.

Publications

• Herd, A. M. & Russell, J.E.A. (2009). Coaching tools and techniques: What’s in your toolbox? In Hernez-Broome, G. & Boyce, L. A. (Eds.). Advancing executive coaching: Ingredients for successful leadership coaching. SIOP Professional Practice Series: Wiley.
• Gurley, K. & Herd, A. (2009). Differences in inclusion need orientation of students from an Historically Black University versus Predominately White Institutions. Journal of College Orientation and Transition, 17 (1).
• Boyce, L.A. & Herd, A.M. (2003). The relationship between gender role stereotypes and requisite military leadership characteristics. Sex Roles, 49, 365-378.