University of Evansville

Ronald M. Faust

Ph.D., University of Iowa
Professor of Management
Room 211, Hyde Hall
812-488-2867
rf2@evansville.edu

I'm Ronald M. Faust, Ph.D. Professor of Human Resources Management .

Contact me at any time at (812) 488-2867 &/or rf2@evansville.edu

I earned a BBA in Personnel Management from Washburn University of Topeka, Kansas. After serving in the Marine Corps I earned an MBA in Industrial Relations from the University of Iowa. After teaching at St. Cloud State College, and Evansville College, for several years, I earned my Ph.D. from the University of Iowa, in Industrial Relations and Management. Yes, that makes me a Washburn Ichabod and an Iowa Hawkeye.

I have been a member of the UE faculty since 1964 and that makes me the senior professor of the University—and a “dyed-in-the-wool” UE Aces fan.

I am President of the North American Management Society, having served as its national Program Chair last year and Membership Chair the year before. Check us out at https://www.baker.edu/nams/new/index.htm

These are the courses I teach:

• Principles of Management 300
• Human Resources Management 306
• Compensation Management 402
• Leadership, Management 412
• Comparative/Global Human Resources Management 480
• World Cultures 110

I have taught at Harlaxton three semesters, in 1997, 1999, and 2004. I hope to return to Harlaxton in the Spring of 2008. I’m an avid adherent of study abroad, especially at Harlaxton, come talk to me about this.

I am faculty advisor to the UE student chapter of the Society for Human Resources Management, which is sponsored by the Evansville Human Resources Association and the national Society for Human Resource Management. Management students are encouraged to join and take advantage of the networking job-search opportunities and practical human resource programs.

I'm an SAE and try to help my fraternity. I’m faculty advisor to the Indiana Epsilon chapter of SAE.

My research interests involve Diversity/Harassment  and Discrimination studies, U.S., U.K., and E.U.

My consulting includes:

• Arbitration of Labor-Management Grievances
• Application of Selection Testing in Private Businesses
• Developing Diversity Programs for Business

My charity work occurs in the Evansville Downtown Civitan Club, where I've been a member for more than 30 years.  I am the Downtown Civitan Club President—this is my third term as President. I've held most of the offices in it, and received many honors for my work in Civitan.  We support the Special Olympics and special citizens, and many other community services and needs.  We built the Four Freedoms Monument downtown, among many other projects.  We do “Drums-on-the-Ohio” drum and bugle corps competition each year. We'd be happy if you'd like to join us or get information about our work.

Here is a list of my recent scholarly works:

Comparative Effects of a Social Security “4% Solution” on Low and High Income Workers. Accepted for presentation at the 2006 Midwest Academy of Management Conference, November, 2006. To be published in the PROCEEDINGS of the 2006 MAM Conference.

“Effects Of The Social Security “4% Solution” On Low Income Workers” Paper presented at the North American Management Society 2006 Conference, March, 2006, and published in the PROCEEDINGS of the 2006 North American Management Society Conference..

U.S. Equal Pay Act. Encyclopedia of Career Development, September, 2005. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.

Aging and Performance. Paper presented at the North American Management Society 2005 Conference, March, 2005, and published in the PROCEEDINGS of the 2005 North American Management Society Conference.

Aging Factors and Retirement for Professors and Others. Midwest Academy of Management 2005 Conference, April, 2005, published in the PROCEEDINGS of the 2005 Midwest Academy of Management Conference.

Equal Pay in Europe, Canada, and the U.S. Paper presented at the North American Management Society, for its 2003 Conference, March, 2003. Published in the NAMS PROCEEDINGS, March, 2003.

An Analysis of the Causes of Gender Pay Inequality. Paper presented at the North American Management Society, for its 2003 Conference, March, 2003. Published in the NAMS PROCEEDINGS, March, 2003.

Discrimination Because of Age—Are Professors Different? Paper presented at the Midwest Academy of Management, for its 2003 Conference, April, 2003. Published in the MAM PROCEEDINGS, April, 2003.

Gender equal pay: U.S. and U.K. Performances. Paper presented at the Midwest Management Association 2002 Conference, Chicago, Illinois, March 1, 2002. Published in the MMA PROCEEDINGS, March, 2002.

Sexual Harassment, Social Deviance, and Incivility—A Pilot Study. Paper presented at the Midwest Human Resources/Industrial Relations Society for its 2002 Conference, Chicago, Illinois. Published in the MSHR/IR PROCEEDINGS, March, 2002.

Learning Retention: The Case for, or Problems with, Diversity Training. Paper presented at the 2000 Midwest Society for Human Resources Industrial Relations Conference, March, 2000. Published in the MSHR/IR PROCEEDINGS, March, 2000.

Comparable Worth in the U.K. and the U.S. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Midwest April, 2000, Conference. Published in the MAM Proceedings, April, 2000.

Collegiality in Universities. Presented at the Academy of Management Midwest, April, 2000, Conference, published in MAM PROCEEDINGS, April, 2000.

European Union Laws' Effects on Member States Human Resources. Paper presented at the 2000 Conference of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences, October 20, 2000.

Uncollegial Administrative-Initiated Actions Which Reduce the "Job Security" of the Faculty Member. Paper presented at the 2001 Conference, Midwest Human Resources/Industrial Relations Society, March 1, 2001, Chicago, Illinois. Published in the MSHR/IR PROCEEDINGS, March, 2001.

European Union Law Effects on Member States' Human Resources Laws and Practices. Paper presented at the 2001 Conference, Midwest Human Published in the MSHR/IR PROCEEDINGS, March, 2001.

"Equal Value" versus Equal Pay: An Analysis of their Relative Effects. Paper presented at the 2001 Conference, Midwest Academy of Management., April 1, 2001, Toledo, Ohio. Published in the MAM PROCEEDINGS, April, 2001.

University Service is important to me. I serve on the UE Senate, Chair the Academic Services Committee of the Senate, serve on the UE Curriculum Committee and its Writing Subcommittee, and on the Faculty Appeals Committee. I also serve on committees within the School of Business Administration.

Norma and I are members of the Evansville Abate club and ride our Honda Shadow motorcycles whenever we have time and the weather is good. We’re also members of the Coterie of Evansville, the oldest continuously functioning formal private ballroom dance club in the nation.