Professor, Management and Entrepreneurship

Tippie Children Professor of Management, Management and Entrepreneurship

Professor, Educational Policy and Leadership Studies

PhD in Psychology, Michigan State University

MA in Psychology, Michigan State University

BS in Psychology, University of Maryland

Workplace learning, training and employee development, leadership development, non-profit governance

Certified Diversity Executive (CDE), Institute for Diversity Certification, 2023 - 2026

Fellow - Association of Psychological Science, 2016

Fulbright Specialist - U.S. Department of State, 2015

President & Provost Award for Teaching Excellence - University of Iowa, 2009 - 2019

Michael J. Brody Award for Faculty Excellence in Service - University of Iowa, 2024

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award - Tippie College of Business, 2021

Fellow - American Psychological Association, 2017

Best Paper Award - Human Relations, 2016

Distinguished Teaching Contributions Award - Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2015

Outstanding Service Contribution by a Faculty Member - Tippie College of Business, 2014

Last Lecture - University of Iowa, 2011

Greco, L. M., Charlier, S. D., & Brown, K. (2018). Trading Off Learning and Performance: Exploration and Exploitation at Work. Human Resource Management Review. DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2018.06.001.

Brown, K. G. (2017). Handbook of Workplace Training and Employee Development Brown, K. G. (Eds.) Cambridge University Press.

Brown, K. G. & Rubin, R. (2017). Management education in business schools In The Oxford Handbook of Management. pp. 437-460. Oxford University Press.

Valeva, S., Hewiit, M., Thomas, B. W., & Brown, K. G. (2017). Balancing Flexibility and Inventory in Workforce Planning with Learning. International Journal of Production Economics. 183 (Part A) pp. 194-207. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2016.10.026.

Ramchandran, K., Colbert, A. E., Brown, K. G., Denburg, N. L., & Tranel, D. (2016). Exploring the neuropsychological antecedents of transformational leadership: The role of executive function. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology. 2 (4) pp. 325-343. DOI: 10.1007/s40750-016-0051-y.

Brown, K. G., Howardson, G., & Fisher, S. L. (2016). Learner control and e-learning: Taking stock and moving forward. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior. 3 pp. 267-291.

Brown, K. G. (2016). Training and Development. (Online Annotated Bibliography, Invited and Reviewed) Oxford Bibliographies Online. (Vols. Management).

Billsberry, J. & Brown, K. G. (2016). The medium is the message: On the emergence of autonomous learning, MOOCs, and technology-enabled active learning In Autonomous Learning in the Workplace. pp. 237-260. Taylor & Francis.

Cummings, S., Bridgman, T., & Brown, K. G. (2016). Unfreezing change as three steps: Rethinking the foundation of change management. Human Relations. 69 pp. 33-60.

Stewart, G. L. & Brown, K. G. (2014). Human Resource Management: Linking Strategy to Practice (3rd). Wiley & Sons.

"Confessions of an award-winning teacher”," Keynote/Plenary Address at Teaching and Learning Conference - Academy of Management, Atlanta, Georgia, August 2017.

"Influence: Mastering Life's Most Powerful Skill," Guest/Invited Speaker at The Teaching Company, January 2016.

Brown, K. (Co-Principal), Principal Investigator(s): Thomas, B. & Brown, K. Collaborative Research:  Solving Large-Scale, High-Fidelity Workforce Planning Models That Recognize the Potential of Human Learning. National Science Foundation (NSF). Funded. July 2013 - June 2016.

Editorial Board Member, Academy of Management Learning & Education, January 2015 - January 2018.

Advisory/Consulting Editor, Journal of Applied Psychology, January 2014 - December 2018.

Editorial Board Member, Personnel Psychology, January 2014 - July 2014.

Editor, Academy of Management Learning & Education, January 2012 - January 2014.

Editorial Board Member, Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, January 2011 - January 2015.

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Management Education, January 2011 - January 2015.

Editorial Board Member, Human Resource Development Quarterly, January 2011 - January 2016.

Editorial Board Member, Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, January 2010 - January 2014.

Editorial Board Member, Human Resource Management, January 2009 - January 2015.

Editorial Board Member, Academy of Management Review, January 2008 - January 2011.