Jeff Kappen

Ph.D. Candidate in Organization Studies

Office Telephone: 773-885-0170

Email: jkappen@som.umass.edu

Office: 231

Education:

M.B.A. University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2002
B.A. Beloit College, 1995

Research/Teaching Interests:

International Management
Organization Theory
Network Analysis
Cultural Studies
Globalization and Transnationalism

Previous Employment:

2004 - 2007, South American Accounts Manager, Maclean Power

2003 - 2004, International Sales, EduSystems

1996 - 2003, International Trade Associate, DEC International

Publications and Presentations:

Kappen, J. and Logback, J. "Kallari Chocolate: (G)local Organizing for Sustainable Enterprise". Presented at the United Nations Global Forum: Business as an Agent of World Benefit, Case Western University, Cleveland, OH, June 2009

Kappen, J. (2009). "Whom We Invite to the Dance: (Re)interpreting Globalization". / Presented at the Eastern Academy of Management meetings, Hartford, CT, May 2009

Professional/Academic Activities:

Academy of Management

Academy of International Business

American Sociological Association

Eastern Academy of Management

President, Isenberg Doctoral Management Students Association

Senator, University of Massachusetts Graduate Student Senate