FDU Distinguished Faculty Award for Service Presented to Monmouth Junction Resident Joel L. Harmon

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Joel Harmon pictured with FDU University Provost Chris Capuano

MADISON, NJ (09/27/2011)(readMedia)-- Fairleigh Dickinson University honored Joel Harmon, professor of management and interim Executive Director of Institute for Sustainable Enterprise, with its Distinguished Faculty Award for Service at the University's annual Academic Convocation on Sept. 21.

During Harmon's 25-year academic career, he has served in numerous leadership positions for the University and for professional associations. Before joining academia, he held several management positions in industry.

Dr. Harmon earned his master's in environmental sciences from Rensselaer Polytechnic University and his doctorate in organization strategy from the State University of New York at Albany. He specializes in organization strategy and transformation, focusing on linkages between people, learning practices, sustainability and business performance. He has carried out major research and consulting projects with such organizations as AT&T, Honeywell, Ingersoll-Rand, Ricoh, Roche Pharmaceuticals, Toyota-Raymond, and the US Department of Veterans affairs. He has secured funding for his projects from the Alcoa, First Energy, Geraldine R. Dodge, Kessler, PSEG, Robert Wood Johnson, and National Science Foundations. He has published widely in a variety of leading academic and practitioner journals (including Health Care Management, People and Strategy, Case Research, Human Resource Planning, Cost Management, Group Decision & Negotiation, and Organization Behavior & Human Decision Processes), receiving awards for his papers and case studies.

About Fairleigh Dickinson University

Devoted to the preparation of world citizens through global education, Fairleigh Dickinson is New Jersey's largest private university and features more than 100 liberal arts and professional degree programs, two international campuses, dozens of partnerships with internationally renowned institutions and special programs and status within the United Nations. For more information, go to www.fdu.edu.