Shawnee Meek

Education

M.A., Human Resources Management, Webster University
B.S., Organizational Communication, Kennesaw State University

Research Interests

Happiness
Leadership

Professional Experience

• Director, Human Resources Certificate Program
• Executive Coach, Faculty Advisor, and Assistant Director, Emerging Leaders
• Assistant Director, Global Consulting Program, Ancona, Italy
• Train-the-Trainer: Leadership, Emotional Intelligence & Interpersonal Communication, GallopNYC
• Trainer and Consultant: Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Positive Criticism, and Difficult Conversations, Stirling Ultracold, a division of Global Cooling
• Facilitator and Trainer, Workplace Ethics and Etiquette, Tri-County Career Center, HAPCAP Community Action, Work and Learn Program
• Learning Community Instructor and Academic Advisor, Adjunct, Ohio University
• Assistant to the Secretary to the Board Trustees and Office of the President, Ohio University
• Human Resources Recruiter and Associate, Elsevier, Marine Corps Community Services, and Think Resources

Selected Publications

• Rist, S., Meek, S., & Tucker, M. L. (2021). Accentuating the positive: Can student positivity withstand a pandemic? Research in Higher Education Journal, 40, 1-12. https://www.aabri.com/manuscripts/203315.pdf
• Tucker, M. L., Pueschel, A., Uzuegbunam, I., Jordan, K., and Meek, S. (2020). Change is happening at hyper speed: Is management education keeping up? Journal of Scholastic Inquiry. https://issuu.com/csiresearch/docs/journal_of_scholastic_inquiry-education-fall_2020
• Jordan, K., Meek, S., Pueschel, A., Tucker, M. (2020). Story Tactics for Leaders: Select, Sharpen, and Shape before Sharing. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Organizational Studies. https://doi.org/10.18848/2324-7649/CGP/v14i02/19-26
• Meek, S., Tucker, M. L., Pueschel, A., Jordan, K. (2019). Introducing Business Communication Students to the Power of Positivity: Providing one Approach. Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 22. https://www.aabri.com/manuscripts/182941.pdf

Awards

• Outstanding Research Collaboration of the Year, Department of Management, Ohio University, 2021
• Best Paper Award, CSI Conference, and published in the CSI conference Proceedings and Journal, 2020
• Outstanding Team of the Year, Department of Management, Ohio University, 2020
• Golden Brick Award, Meritorious contributions to Ohio University’s College of Business marketing, communication and student recruitment efforts, 2019        
• Outstanding Team of the Year, Department of Management, Ohio University, 2019           
• Best Paper Award, AABRI International Conference, and published in the AABRI International Conferences Proceedings and Journal, 2018        
• Recipient of ‘Breaking the Barriers’ community award for Women’s History Month for volunteer work at United Campus Ministries soup kitchen; Athens, Ohio, 1997

Media

• Emerging Leaders program concludes year on a high note
• Emerging Leaders partner with alumnus Bill Lombardo to help shape future leaders
• College of Business Student Awards: Selective Outstanding Student Organization (2021)
• Changing course — and courses (2021)
• College of Business faculty and students successfully adapt to virtual learning environment (2020)
• Senior Lacy Burke was selected as the first recipient of the Todd and Teresa Calamita Leadership Scholarship (2021)
• College of Business Social Media Contest Supports Local (2020)
• College of Business Instagram challenge sparks opportunity of local spending and giving amid COVID (2020)
• Increasing Engagement and Infusing Positivity into the Classroom (2018)
• Training Professionals on Emotional Intelligence and Difficult Conversations (2019)

Biography

Shawnee Meek teaches strategic business communication, organizational behavior, human resources management, and leadership. She is a SHRM (Society of Human Resources Management) certified professional. She provides positive workplace culture, leadership, communication, and executive presence training for both national and international partners and organizations such as Sogeti, LAIOB, Global Cooling, and GallopNYC.

Shawnee has a zest for developing others and for the betterment of communities in which she serves. Her dedication and enthusiasm for student success is rooted in positive psychology. She applies positive psychology interventions, learned at the Appreciative Advising Institute, in the classroom, coaching student teams, leading students, and working in faculty teams. Shawnee supports student success outside the classroom through aiding in student led campaigns for foundations. Her most memorable contributions included teaching in a Cookie Monster costume, participating in the MSA sponsored mud run, and co-leading the #LoveAthensKeepItLocal CoB Instagram Campaign.

In her free time, you can find Shawnee on an adventure. Some of her favorite adventures include experiencing the performing arts, reading fiction and happiness books, biking, ziplining, rock climbing, dancing, Zumba-ing, traveling, hiking in her woods, Sedona and Phoenix, the Appalachian Trail, and the Great Wall of China.