Beverly DeMarr

BEVERLY J. DEMARR is professor of management at Ferris State University. She received her doctorate in organizational behavior and human resource management from Michigan State University. She has been recognized multiple times for teaching excellence and currently teaches courses in human resource management, negotiation, compensation, and business ethics. She is the author of Negotiation and Dispute Resolution 2E (coauthored with Suzanne de Janasz) and has published articles in Personnel Psychology, Journal of Business Ethics, Human Relations, Public Personnel Management, and International Journal of Conflict Management. She is an active member of the Academy of Management and the Organizational Behavior Teaching Society. She is a member of the Journal of Management Education editorial review board and was chair of the Academy of Management’s all-academy Teaching Theme Committee from 2016 to 2019. She served as a community mediator for more than 100 employment, civil rights, general civil, domestic relations (divorce, parenting time), and restorative justice (victim–offender) cases and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Westshore Dispute Resolution Center. She was also an elected union representative for eight years, negotiating labor contracts and representing constituents in a wide variety of disputes.