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Kristina L.
Bowman is an Assistant Professor of Business at the University of
Saint Francis. She is currently pursuing her doctorate in
Business Administration and has earned a Master’s degree in Adult
Education in addition to undergraduate degrees in Psychology and
Supervision. She is also the Vice President of Free Play, Inc.,
an Indiana-based training and consulting firm. Her teaching
concentrations are Management/Organizational Leadership and Human
Resources Management.
Prior to joining the faculty at USF,
Kristina held faculty positions at various Fort Wayne area
universities. In 2002, Kristina was awarded the Presidential
Award for Outstanding Evening Division Faculty of the Year for
2002 from Indiana Tech. She has traveled extensively throughout
Indiana,
Ohio, and Michigan conducting leadership training and
organizational consulting for manufacturing and service
organizations.
Prior to her tenure at the university level,
Kristina was an Account Executive for United Parcel Service. She
has also experienced the manufacturing world firsthand during her
time working in an Indiana steel mill while pursuing her Master’s
degree.
Kristina is a native of Fort Wayne, where she still resides with her family. In her free time, she
enjoys attending her daughters’ sporting events, shopping for
Elvis memorabilia, and reading any book written by Ken Blanchard
while drinking Starbucks coffee.
Professional
certifications as a certified facilitator for:
AchieveGlobal
Leadership and Quality Improvement series
DiSC Personal
Profile Systems
KeyTrain &
ACT’s WorkKeys Employment System
Selected
Professional Involvement and Affiliations
Vice Chair of
Policy Implementation, Girl Scouts of Limberlost Council Board of
Directors
Sam M. Walton
Free
Enterprise
(SIFE) Fellow Co-Advisor
Director,
Hospitality Ambassador partnership with the Fort Wayne Mayor’s
Office for the Regional Neighborhood Network Conference
Academic Grants
and Presentations
Co-author of
Assessing the Current Status of Diversity Infusion into Program
Content and Pedagogy in the Department of Consumer and Family
Sciences grant proposal; IPFW Diversity Transformation Initiative;
submitted and awarded Spring 2004. This project was presented at
the 24th Annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching, 2004,
Miami
University
in Oxford, OH. This project was jointly presented at the March
2005 IPFW Diversity Initiatives Showcase.
Engaged,
Entertained, and Learning Too! The Use of Simulation Games in the
Classroom. Topic paper presented at the 25th Annual Lilly
Conference on College Teaching, 2005,
Miami
University,
Oxford, OH.
Hospitality
Experiential Learning: A Classroom Success Story. Presentation at
the MICHRIE conference at Michigan State University, 2005.
Engaged,
Entertained, and Learning Too! The Use of Simulation Games in the
Classroom. Presented at the 2006 Fort Wayne Teaching Conference,
IPFW, 2006.
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