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CONTRIBUTORS
is on the board of directors of the Wyoming Business Council and the
Wyoming Workforce Development Council.
Hannah-Hanh D. Nguyen, MA, is a doctoral candidate in the Industrial-
Organizational Psychology program at Michigan State University.
Nguyen's research interests include gender and diversity issues, stereotype
threat effect, test-taking strategies, and cross-cultural research on women
as managers.
Lisa Hisae Nishii joined the School of Industrial and Labor Relations as an
assistant professor in July 2003. She received her PhD and MA in industrial
and organizational psychology from the University of Maryland and her
BA in economics from Wellesley College. She won the Milton Dean Havron
Social Sciences Award for Outstanding Achievements as a doctoral student.
Professor Nishii's research focuses on three main areas: cross-cultural HR
and organizational behavior, diversity in the workplace, and strategic hu­
man resource management (SHRM). Her research has been published in
the Journal of Applied Psychology and Organizational Dynamics, and she has
co-authored several chapters. Several of her research papers have been
nominated for awards, and a 2001 paper on cultural differences in cogni­
tive representations of conflict in the U.S. and Japan won the Best Empirical
Paper Award from the International Association of Conflict Management.
Professor Nishii has also worked as an organizational consultant for sev­
eral organizations on a variety of topics, including diversity management,
service climate, selection systems, performance management, and leader­
ship development.
Ramona L. Paetzold holds a JD from University of Nebraska and a DBA
from Indiana University. She is an associate professor in the Human Re­
source Management area of the Department of Management at Texas A&M
University. Her primary research interests are in the intersection of hu­
man resource management and employment law. Her work encompasses
psycho-legal aspects of sexual harassment, disabilities and accommoda­
tions, and workplace violence. She has recently published in such outlets
as the Academy of Management Review, American Business Law Journal, North
Carolina Law Review, Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal, and
Houston Law Review. In addition to the above interests, she also teaches in
the field of research methods, and has published works relating research
methods to discrimination law. She is co-author of the book The Statistics of
Discrimination (with Steven L. Willborn). Dr. Paetzold has served as senior
articles editor for the American Business Law Journal and editor-in-chief of
the Journal of Legal Studies Education. Her primary teaching responsibilities
include employment law, employment discrimination law, research meth­
ods, and multivariate methods for management office.