Amy Kristof-Brown was named dean of the Tippie College of Business in 2020. She joined the Tippie College after receiving her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management from the University of Maryland in 1997.
Since that time, she has been an award-winning professor in the college’s Department of Management and Entrepreneurship. In her tenure at Tippie, she has served as director of the department’s doctoral program, as department executive officer, as senior associate dean of the college, and later as interim dean until being named dean in late 2020.
Her research interests focus on the compatibility or fit between individuals and their work environments. She is the co-editor of the book Organizational Fit: Key Issues and New Directions, and has published over 20 articles in academic journals as well as several book chapters. As a mentor, she has served on 30 doctoral and master’s thesis committees.
Professionally, she served as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Applied Psychology and of the Journal of Business and Psychology. She is a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the American Psychological Association. She presents regularly to companies and student groups on topics including finding a good fit during a job search, the millennial and Gen Z workforce, managing, change, and negotiating for what you need.
Amy and her husband Ken Brown live in Iowa City and are the parents of two college aged daughters.