Samantha Erskine
Biography
Samantha E. Erskine, Ph.D., BCC is an Assistant Professor in the College of Management at UMass Boston. She is also a certified executive/life coach and a licensed Zumba instructor. Dr. Erskine has extensive experience in nonprofit organizations, philanthropy, coaching, consulting, and the performing arts. In addition, she served on the boards of Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS) in NYC and the Cleveland Chapter of the International Coach Federation.
Area of Expertise
- Emotions in systems of power, privilege, and organizational dynamics
- Racialized, gendered, and classed sensegiving and sensebreaking tactics
- Leadership and organizational identity management and construction
- Flourishing, thriving, and empowering workplaces
- Intersectionality and systemic gendered racism
- Women in the workplace
- Allyship
- CEOs
Degrees
- Ph.D., Organizational Behavior - Case Western Reserve University
- M.S., Nonprofit Management - The New School
- M.A., Women’s History - Sarah Lawrence College
- Dual B.A.s, Psychology and Women’s Studies - University of Maryland College Park
Professional Publications & Contributions
- Erskine, S.E., Bonner, R. and Rabelo, V.C. (2024), , Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print.
- Bhattacharyya, B., Erskine, S.E., & McCluney, C. L. (2024). . Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 182, 104331.
- Erskine, S.E, Brassel, S., & Robotham, K. (2023). Catalyst
- Erskine, S.E., Archibold, E.E., Bilimoria, D. (in press 2021; online in 2020; accepted in 2018). Business Horizons, 64(1), 37–50.
- Johnson, E.M., Erskine, S.E., and Roberts, L.M. (2020). In B. Caza, N. Powley, and A. Caza, Handbook of Organizational Resilience. Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Erskine, S. E., & Bilimoria, D. (2019). Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 26(3), 319–338.
- by the Initiative for Institutional Anti-racism and Accountability (IARA) at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government’s Shorenstein Center.