Joyce E. A. Russell, PhD, serves as The Helen and William O’Toole Dean of the Villanova School of Business (VSB) and Professor of Management. In this role, she serves as the chief executive, academic and fiscal officer for VSB.
Dr. Russell is strongly committed to diversity and inclusion and has launched numerous programs to enhance the diversity of faculty, staff, and students in VSB as well as programs designed for middle and high school girls and diverse students to aspire to education and careers in business.
Dr. Russell was named the Chair of the AACSB Women Administrators in Management Education (WAME) in July 2022. She was also honored with the 2021 Pat Flynn Distinguished Woman in Business Education Award by WAME. WAME is dedicated to working towards greater representation of women in business school leadership positions.
Dr. Russell is a licensed industrial and organizational psychologist, and her expertise is in the areas of leadership and management development, negotiation tactics, executive coaching and change management. Dr. Russell writes a monthly column for Forbes.com on leadership and career development.
Prior to joining VSB, Russell served as both Senior Associate Dean and Vice Dean at the University of Maryland’s (UMD) Robert H. Smith School of Business. Prior to joining UMD, Russell was a tenured full professor in the College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee.
Dean Russell has published more than 50 articles, books, or book chapters, and has presented her research at national and regional conferences. She served as the associate editor for the Journal of Vocational Behavior, and on the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Psychology, Human Resource Management Review and Performance Improvement Quarterly.
She received her PhD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of Akron, Ohio, and her BA degree in Psychology from Loyola University in Maryland.