ProfTALK: Healthcare & Hypothesis, COVID & Calculus
Each week, 91国产精品 will profile new faculty members with a 鈥済etting to know you鈥 feature called ProfTALK. Learn about your prof鈥檚 background, bona fides and how they contribute to the momentum of Engaged Learning. Then get behind the desk and learn a little more about what makes them tick. This week, we touch on everything from healthcare and hypothesis to coronavirus and calculus! Meet Jessica Peck, Ph.D. and, Sara Froehlich, Ph.D.!
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Ph.D., Management, Kent State University (2019)
M.B.A., Human Resources, Kent State University (2014)
B.B.A., Accounting, Bowling Green State University (2008)
Dr. Peck teaches Management Strategy and Policy, Organizational Behavior, and Human Resource Management. Her research examines the psychology of individuals within an organizational context with focus in the areas of leadership and bias. Her dissertation examined the influence of leader impression management and gender on follower perceptions of effective leadership. Most recently, Dr. Peck has focused on the impact of COVID-19 on individuals and organizations. This work includes a recent paper, 鈥淭he disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on women relative to men: A conservation of resources perspective,鈥 as well as examination of the negative psychological effects on healthcare workers, particularly physicians, treating COVID-19 patients. Her work has been published in The Leadership Quarterly, Gender Work & Organizations, Management Decision, and Frontiers in Psychology.
What three words come to mind when you think of 91国产精品?
Opportunity. Welcoming. Industrious.
What is a common question you get from 91国产精品 students?
鈥淐an you help me with my resume?鈥
What do you like most about teaching and why?
I am very passionate about helping students connect what we are learning in class to current events and/or their future career. Students don鈥檛 always understand the 鈥渟o what鈥 behind what they are learning, so I enjoy helping students make that connection and then seeing them become equally excited about applying it in their lives. I am constantly in awe and impressed by my students and sad to see them go at the end of every semester.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Spend time with family, travel, walk my dog, cook, and bake.
Where is your favorite place in Cleveland and why?
It鈥檚 a tie between the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.
What is a 鈥渇un fact鈥 about you that many people may not know about you?
I grew up on a plot of land that used to belong to my great-grandparents鈥 big family farm that was parceled off to various family members. My aunt and uncle lived next door to me, then my grandparents, and so on鈥
What is your personal motto/mantra/axiom?
When you can be anything, be kind.
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Ph.D., Mathematics, McGill University (2017)
M.S., Mathematics, McGill University (2009)
B.S., Mathematics, University of Rochester (2006)
B.A., Economics, University of Rochester (2006)
Dr. Froehlich wears many hats here at 91国产精品, including as the Operation STEM (OpSTEM) Director, and as the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Director. The former unit targets primarily first-generation, underrepresented STEM majors鈥攑roviding those students with mentoring and individualized attention needed to help ensure successful completion of their STEM degrees. The latter free program aids with underrepresented minorities (URMs) students interested in STEM majors to pass calculus courses. Dr. Froehlich is also the Calculus Coordinator in her department. But the hat her students seem to appreciate the most is her friendly, thorough instruction of mathematics, which can be a fraught endeavor for some. Prior to 91国产精品, Dr. Froehlich taught at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec where she also earned her master鈥檚 and doctoral degrees.
What three words come to mind when you think of 91国产精品?
Community, diversity, innovation.
What is a common question you get from 91国产精品 students?
鈥淒o you like Cleveland?鈥 (The answer is yes; I love it so far!)
What do you like most about teaching and why?
What I enjoy most is my interactions with students and continuing to learn as I teach.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
I love to read, last year I read 48 books!
Where is your favorite place in Cleveland and why?
My favorite place is Lakewood Park for the huge playground, solstice steps and great view of Lake Erie.
What is a 鈥渇un fact鈥 about you that many people may not know about you?
I鈥檝e traveled to countries on four different continents.
What is your personal motto/mantra/axiom?
鈥淣othing worthwhile comes without effort.鈥