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Jay J. Christensen-Szalanski

Emeritus Professor in Management and Entrepreneurship

Current Positions

  • Emeritus Professor, Management and Entrepreneurship

Education

  • MPH in Health Services Administration, University of Washington
  • PhD in Psychology, University of Washington
  • AB in Behavioral Biology, Harvard University

Research Interests

  • Mediation and Negotiation
  • Conflict Prevention and Resolution
  • Digital Publishing and Media Creation
  • Improving Human Judgment and Decision Making
  • Online Education

Selected Awards & Honors

  • Nominee, U.S. Professor of Year - Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2012
  • Nominee, U.S. Professor of Year - Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2011
  • Nominee, President & Provost Award for Teaching Excellence - University of Iowa, 2011
  • Dean's Teaching Award - Tippie College of Business, 2006
  • Teaching Award - Inter-Fraternity Council, 2005
  • Teaching Award - Inter-Fraternity Council, 2004
  • Teaching Award - Inter-Fraternity Council, 2003
  • Teaching Award - Inter-Fraternity Council, 2002
  • Student's Choice Award for Faculty Excellence - Tippie Student Senate, 1996
  • Top 10 Teachers - Business Week, 1992

Professional Memberships

  • Academy of Management, 2010

Selected Publications

  • Christensen-Szalanski, J. J. & Moeller, L. D. (2010). An Interest-Based Approach to Management and Leadership (Multi-medi). Kendall/Hunt Publishing and Conflict Press. Ltd..
  • Moeller, L. D. & Christensen-Szalanski, J. J. (2010). How to Identify Interests and Resolve Conflict (2nd Multim). Kendall/Hunt Publishing and Conflict Press, Ltd..
  • Christensen-Szalanski, J. J. & Moeller, L. D. (2010). An Interest-Based Approach to Management and Leadership, 2nd Edition (2nd). Kendall Hunt Publishers.
  • Moeller, L. D. & Christensen-Szalanski, J. J. (2008). Making the Puzzle Pieces Fit: How to identify interests and resolve conflict (Multimedia). Conflict Press, Ltd..
  • Moeller, L. & Christensen-Szalanski, J. J. (2007). Making the Puzzle Pieces Fit: How to identify interests and resolve conflict (paper) pp. 150. Houghton Mifflin.
  • Christensen-Szalanski, J. & Moeller, L. (In Press). (2019). Negotiating Successfully Come to Life Books, Ltd..
  • Christensen-Szalanski, J. & Moeller, L. (In Press). (2018). Interest-Based Approach to Preventing and Managing Conflict
  • Moeller, L. D., Christensen-Szalanski, J. J., & Hosmanek, A. J. (2016). Understanding the Law of Business, 2nd Ed (1) pp. 358. Iowa City, Iowa: Come to Life Books, Ltd..
  • Christensen-Szalanski, J. J. & Moeller, L. D. (2010). Entrepreneurial Management And Leadership Kendall Hunt Publishers.

Selected Presentations

  • "Multicultural engagement: Beyond lecture halls to online classes," Accepted Speaker at Distance Teaching and Learning Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, August 2016.
  • "Primer to Designing an Online Course," Guest/Invited Speaker at University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, April 2016.
  • "Removing Boring from the Classroom: Developing an Interactive Textbook to Engage a Plugged-in Generation," Guest/Invited Speaker at 4Cast: The Annual Campus Academic Strategies & Technology Conference, Iowa City, Iowa, January 2014.
  • "Applying Skills to Resolve Conflict," Guest/Invited Speaker at University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, February 2013.
  • "Resolving Conflict: Learning Skills to Understand Interests," Guest/Invited Speaker at University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, February 2013.
  • "Executive Education," Guest/Invited Speaker at China Education Group, Hong Kong, February 2012.

Editorial & Review Activities

  • Associate Editor, Medical Decision Making, January 1988 - January 1995.
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, January 1987 - January 1991.
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, January 1986 - January 2005.
  • Associate Editor, International Journal of Forecasting, January 1985 - January 1988.