Kristie teaches primarily human resource management (HRM) courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. She was a first-generation college student who grew up in rural Tennessee, and she is passionate about helping students from all backgrounds develop HRM expertise so that they will be more effective in their careers. Her students have won competitions, including the Small Business Institute Project of the Year and the Society of Human Resource Management Case Competition. Kristie’s own HRM career started in 1997 after a brief stint as a lab technician at Milliken Chemical, and she has been a certified HRM professional since 2000. She has held generalist and training and development positions in manufacturing companies, and she has consulted in banking, health care, hospitality, manufacturing, and nonprofit organizations.

Prior to coming to MTSU in 2017, Kristie was a faculty member at Tusculum College (now Tusculum University) and at the University of West Florida. Her research interests include employee patronage and branding, high impact teaching practices, human resource management in small businesses, organizational commitment, and turnover. She has published 15 blind peer-reviewed journal articles, including several coauthored with other Jones College faculty members, in journals such as American Business Review, Compensation & Benefits Review, Global Journal of Accounting and Finance, Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship, Journal of Business Research, and Journal of Management. She has presented at over 20 regional, national, and international conferences since 2004. Kristie is a fellow of the Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning (ABSEL) and the Southeast Case Research Association (SECRA) and has served as president of both organizations. She currently serves on the editorial review boards for Compensation & Benefits Review, Global Journal of Management and Marketing, and Southeast Case Research Journal.

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