PhD Department Staff

As the administrative center for the PhD in Business Administration, the program office provides a range of services for prospective and current students, faculty, and staff. We provide information on recruiting, applications and admissions, student funds, student progress monitoring, public relations, program promotions, policies, and procedures.

PhD Department Staff

Michelle Duffy

Michelle Duffy

Program Director and Director of Graduate Studies - Minnesota Carlson

Michelle K. Duffy serves as the Director of Graduate Studies and PhD program at Minnesota Carlson. Professor Duffy has researched and published in the areas of leader behavior, employee well-being, emotion, and workplace deviance, including abusive supervision and social undermining. Her work has been published in journals such as the Journal of Applied Psychology, Academy of Management Journal,  Journal of Management,  Organizational Behavior, and Human Decision Processes, and Personnel Psychology. 

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Amy Brown

Associate Director - Minnesota Carlson

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Alex Hoppe

Alex Hoppe

Program Assistant - Minnesota Carlson

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