Heather Swenddal
Teaching Assistant Professor of Business Administration and Academic Director of Management Major
Contact
4008 Business Instructional Facility
515 Gregory Dr
Champaign, IL 61820
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Educational Background
- Ph.D., Management (Organizational Behavior), RMIT University at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 2020
- M.A., Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, San Francisco State University, 2012
- B.A., Journalism, Sacramento State University, 2005
Positions Held
- Academic Director of Management Major, Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2024 to present
- Teaching Assistant Professor, Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2022 to present
- Chair of International Business, Nichols College, 2021-2022
- Assistant Professor of Management, Nichols College, 2020-2022
- Chair of General Business, Nichols College, 2020-2021
- Lecturer, Bryant University, 2019-2020
- Lecturer, Northeastern University, 2019-2020
- Senior Educator, RMIT University Vietnam, 2012-2015
Recent Publications
- Swenddal, H., Nkhoma, M., & Gumbley, S., Deborah Lock, Andrea Caputo, Dieu Hack-Polay, Paul Igwe (Ed.) (2022). Belongingness challenges of repatriate academics at international university campuses. Borderlands: Internationalization of Higher Education Teaching Practices ( pp. 79-89). UK: Springer International Publishing.
- Swenddal, H., Nkhoma, M., & Gumbley, S. (2022). Global integration barriers at international branch campuses: the IBC Othering Loop. International Journal of Education Management, Emerald Publishing, 36 (4), 593-605.
- Swenddal, H., Gumbley, S., & Nkhoma, M., Joyce S. Osland, B. Sebastian Reiche, Betina Szkudlarek, Mark E. Mendenhall (Ed.) (2022). Reinforcing “we”: organizational identity custodianship in global leaders’ boundary-spanning. Advances in Global Leadership ( vol. 14, pp. 125-140). Emerald Publishing Limited.
Other Publications
Book Chapters
- Swenddal, H. (2019). Locally-hired IBC lecturers as global university representatives: Assumptions, challenges and solutions. Center for International Higher Education Perspectives.
Conference Proceedings
- Swenddal, H., Nkhoma, M., & Gumbley, S. (2021). “The mother campus is far, far better than here”: Managing equivalence issues in global university branch campuses. 34th Annual ANZAM Conference: Innovative Management in Turbulent Times: Australian-New Zealand Academy of Management.
- Swenddal, H., Nkhoma, M., & Gumbley, S. (2018). You need to sell the university”: International-branch campus lecturers’ orientations toward supporting marketing activities. 32nd Annual ANZAM Conference: Managing the Many Faces of Sustainable Work: Australian-New Zealand Academy of Management.
- Swenddal, H., Nkhoma, M., & Gumbley, S. (2017). Cultural representatives: Staff identity at international branch campuses. International Conference on Education, Psychology, and Social Sciences (ICEPS.
Presentations
- Swenddal, H., Keating, K., & Kim, H. (2023). Exploring Client Orientations in Client-Based Experiential-Learning Projects. Teaching & Learning Conference at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management.
- Bednar, M., Kurtz, J., Noonan, J., & Swenddal, H. (2023). Unschooling students to think beyond the A: Fostering meaningful student engagement in client-based projects. Leaders of Experiential Project-Based Education (LEPE.
- Swenddal, H. (2022). Bridging temporal modalities for sustained student engagement. Teaching & Learning Conference at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Academy of Management.
- Swenddal, H. (2022). Navigating inclusivity challenges at offshore international branch campuses. International Conference on Global Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education, Clarion University.
- Swenddal, H., Nkhoma, M., & Gumbley, S. (2021). Responsible cross-border higher-education management: Re-imagining the course coordinator’s role. 58th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Academy of Management, Eastern Academy of Management.
- Swenddal, H., & Lopez, U. (2016). Reinvigorating a teaching culture following significant change. English Australia Conference, English Australia.
Honors and Awards
- Honorable Mention--Student Success Impact Award, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost, 2023-2024
- Dean's Impact Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2023
Grants
- Gies Research Grant, Gies College of Business, 2022 to present
Current Courses
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Mgmt and Organizational Beh (BADM 310) General analysis of management and organizational behavior from a systems point of view, including classical organizational theory and management, organizational behavior, and management science; environmental forces; planning, organizing, and control processes; motivation, incentives, leadership, communication, and interpersonal relations; and discussion of production and decision-making and mathematical models.
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Designing and Managing Orgs (BADM 312) Understanding of complex organizations; particular attention to ways of dividing work, achieving coordination, and issues connected with change and adaptation.
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Business in Action (BUS 301) Introduces students to the complexities of business by working on a real organizational problem with an actual client. Students will work with a client to identify, analyze, and present recommendations to solve an organizational problem. Requires students to apply problem-solving skills to uncertain situations as well as build and manage a professional team.
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Crafting Your Purpose in Bus (BUS 401) This culminating Gies Business course enables seniors to develop the mindset and skills to lead purpose-centered lives. Students articulate their purpose, assess their skills for enacting it, and carry out self-directed projects related to skills-development and service. Supporting these activities are interactive lectures, speakers, and engagement with their peers. Through these collective experiences, students build practices and relationships that they can leverage for ongoing success as purpose-driven Gies alumni.
Contact
4008 Business Instructional Facility
515 Gregory Dr
Champaign, IL 61820