Our Team

While the Center for the Study of the Workplace draws upon the knowledge, expertise and experiences of many, the core members of our team include:

Dr. Nadya A. Fouad

Distinguished Professor, Department of Educational Psychology and Director of the Center for the Study of the Workplace, UW-Milwaukee

Nadya A. Fouad, Ph.D., received her doctorate from the University of Minnesota in counseling psychology. She is a university distinguished professor in the Counseling Psychology program at UW-Milwaukee. Nadya is editor of The Counseling Psychologist. She has published articles and chapters on cross-cultural vocational assessment, career development of women and racial/ethnic minorities, interest measurement, cross-cultural counseling and race and ethnicity and has presented her scholarship at international conferences.

Nadya is the recipient of the 2009 American Psychological Association Distinguished Contributions to Education Award and the 2009 Janet E. Helms Mentoring Award. She was cochair (with Patricia Arredondo) of the APA Multicultural Guidelines in Education, Training, Research, Practice and Organizational Change. She was president of Division 17 (Counseling Psychology) in 2001-2 and served as member and chair (2006) of the APA Board of Educational Affairs. Nadya is a die-hard fan of the Green Bay Packers – Super Bowl champs.

Dr. Romila Singh

Associate Professor, Lubar School of Business and Associate Director of the Center for the Study of the Workplace, UW-Milwaukee

Romila Singh, Ph.D., received her doctorate from Drexel University in organizational sciences. She is an associate professor in the UW-Milwaukee Lubar School of Business. Her research focuses on understanding career management issues related to career choices, work-life relationships, mentoring and retention, and turnover of diverse individuals.

Romila and Nadya are coprincipal investigators on a NSF-funded national study on women engineers. Romila’s research has appeared in leading journals in management and vocational behavior. She has also written several book chapters. Romila teaches courses in human resources management and has been awarded the School of Business teaching award every semester since spring 2002. She is currently serving as the faculty advisor for the student chapter of SHRM. Romila is multilingual in English, Russian and Hindi. She enjoys traveling, photography and doing yoga.

Dr. Patricia Arredondo

Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Dean of the School of Continuing Education and Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, UW-Milwaukee

Dr. Patricia Arredondo’s career has been in the higher education and business sectors. She serves within UW-Milwaukee as associate vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, dean for the School of Continuing Education and professor of Educational Psychology. She was also a professor and senior administrator for Arizona State University prior to joining UW-Milwaukee.

For 15 years Patricia led Empowerment Workshops, an organizational consulting firm in Boston. Patricia’s scholarship in multicultural psychology, organizational development and Latina/Latino issues in mental health and the workplace is published broadly. She has been president of national associations of counseling and psychology and also serves on nonprofit boards including the Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee. Patricia received her doctorate from Boston University, master’s from Boston College and an honorary degree from the University of San Diego. She is a licensed psychologist and bilingual in English-Spanish. Her personal interests include yoga, golf, international travel and mentoring students and young professionals.

Dr. Sammis B. White

Associate Dean, School of Continuing Education and Professor, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, UW-Milwaukee

Sammis B. White, Ph.D., is director of the Center for Workforce Development, professor of Urban Planning, and the associate dean of the UW-Milwaukee School of Continuing Education. He is actively involved in workforce and economic development at the local level.

Professor White has written more than 150 refereed journal articles, monographs and research reports and has coauthored or coedited five books. Dr. White is a graduate of Williams College and the University of Pennsylvania. He briefly played ice hockey professionally and still plays twice a week to aid his sanity.

Esteban Dotti

Fulbright Scholar and MBA Student, Lubar School of Business, UW-Milwaukee

Esteban Dotti is an international student currently enrolled in the Master in Business Administration program at the UW-Milwaukee Lubar School of Business. He was born in Paysandu, a small city of Uruguay, as the fourth of five siblings. Like all Uruguayans he is a big soccer fan. In 2008 he received his degree in accounting, being ranked in the top 1 percent of his accounting generation.

From September 2004 until July 2010, Esteban worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers Uruguay in the Compliance and Outsourcing department. In September of 2010 he came to the United States under both a Fulbright and a UW-Milwaukee scholarship. He is expected to complete his MBA in May 2012.

Mary Van Eerden

MA in History and Women’s Studies, UW-Milwaukee

Mary Van Eerden received her Bachelor of Arts in history from UW-Madison in 2008 and her Master of Arts in history, museum studies and women’s studies from UW-Milwaukee in 2010. Her past research has focused on the interpersonal relationships among women and gender issues in informal learning spaces. Mary has also worked with many area museums to create educational programs. In her free time, she enjoys kayaking on the lake. Mary has worked at the UW-Milwaukee School of Continuing Education for the past two years.

Versant

Versant is a marketing firm that provides organizations with strategic communications, branding, marketing, interactive and talent management solutions. The UW-Milwaukee School of Continuing Education partnered with Versant to create the Center for the Study of the Workplace.