Brenda Fellows, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor, Organizational and Management Theory
School of Business and Management

Office location:	Cuvilly 20
Office hours:	30 minutes prior to class or by appointment
Phone number:	(650) 508-3896
Fax:	(650) 508-3736
Email:	bfellows@ndnu.edu
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Brenda Fellows, Ph.D. is President and CEO of Fellows Corporate Consortium, LLC. She is an Organizational Psychologist, Social Psychologist, Human Resource Management
specialist who provides consultation to multinational corporations.

Dr. Fellows has spent her twenty-year professional career in sales and marketing management, training and development, finance and administration, operations management, regional and district employee and business development.

Dr. Fellows' award winning research and development interests are in creating effective containers for diverse bodies to work and grow together. She has found that building capacity in people and systems allows organizations and their leaders to add enormous value to the outcomes critical to their success.

Recently, her work has focused on helping women move beyond the glass and concrete ceilings in corporations, building more effective containers for women to employ mentoring and emotional intelligence as catalysts for change and development; creating strategic visions for organizations to move beyond a troubled past to an energized future. Each consultation has significantly enhanced the future direction of people and systems...
her life's work.

Dr. Fellows' expertise centers on organizational psychology, organizational development, organizational behavior, behavioral management, and human resource management. Prior to teaching at Notre Dame De Namur University, Dr. Fellows taught in the MBA and Undergraduate Programs at San Jose State University.

Education History

• B.A. Notre Dame de Namur University
• M.A. John F. Kennedy University
• Ph.D. The Union Institute & University

Courses Taught

• Advanced Managerial Communications Business 200W, College of Business, MBA Program and Marketing and Decisions Sciences Department
• Business Communications Business 100W, College of Business, Undergraduate Program and Marketing and Decisions Sciences Department
• Guest Lecturer, Managing Cultural Diversity, Human Services Department, Notre Dame de Namur University

Research and Interests

• The relationship of executive leadership to organizational performance and people performance
• Strategic mentoring programs and their impact on movement beyond the glass and concrete ceiling for women in corporate America
• Congruence theory and its relationship to organizational and human resource sustainability
• Human resource management and leadership factors that impact performance
• Cultural dynamics of organizations between fiscal and cultural due diligence
• Executive coaching in private and public sectors
• Pedagological issues and practical solutions for instructional delivery: teaching and learning of effective business communications  
• International business communication and education
• Multiculturalism and cultural competence; cross cultural communication

Recognitions

• Recipient of the Circle of Scholars Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement and Dissertation Research in a Field of Study.
• Nominated for the Marvin B. Sussman Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement and Dissertation Research in a Field of Study.
• Recipient of the Avice M. Saint Graduate Management Award for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement and Leadership in the Field of Management.

Professional Affiliations

• American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• American Psychological Association (APA)
• American Society of Training & Development (ASTD) - Golden Gate Chapter
• Association of Business Communicators (ABC)
• Bay Area Applied Psychologists (BAAP)
• Bay Area Organizational Development Network (BAODN)
• International Association of Business Communication (IABC)
• Northern California Human Resource Association (NCHRA)
• Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology (SIOP)
• Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM)
• American Management Association (AMA)
• National Educational Association (NEA)
• National Association for Female Executives (NAFE)
• International Association of Business and Economics (IABE)
• American Association of University Women (AAUW)

Scholarly Presentations  

• Fellows, B., Penetrating the iron door: Horizontal communication barriers impeding women’s movement to leadership status in corporate America. Association of Business Communication National  Conference, Cambridge, MA.
• Fellows, B. Mentoring: Building your network of advisors and advocates, Santa Clara University Women in Business & The Committee of 200 MBA Outreach Conference, Santa Clara, CA.
• Fellows, B. Crushing the Concrete Ceiling:  Communication Barriers impacting women in the  workplace, Association of Business Communication Regional Conference
• ellows, B. Crushing the concrete ceiling: The value of mentoring Black women, embracing difference and increasing the corporate bottom line, National Association of African American Studies Annual Conference, Houston, TX.
• Fellows, B., San Jose State University, Leadership Today: Creating community in
  a diverse world, Monterey, CA.
• Fellows, B. Presentation for New Members, Association of Business Communication National Conference, Cambridge, MA.

Public Speaking

• Fellows, B., Williams, L., Creating leadership that works, Institute of Transformative Thought & Learning, Phoenix, AZ.
• Fellows, B., Partnering for success:  Attrition, the critical workplace issue, Institute of Transformative Thought & Learning, Phoenix, AZ.
• Fellows, B., Williams, L., Employee Commitment: Measuring your company’s organizational health, Institute of Transformative Thought & Learning, Phoenix, AZ.
• Fellows, B., Moderator, The Diversity Roundtable: A focused discussion on important diversity issues facing corporate America today, Crown Plaza,
  New York, N.Y.
• Fellows, B., Williams, L., Creating leadership that works, Institute of Transformative Thought & Learning, Phoenix, AZ.
• Fellows, B., Partnering for success:  Attrition, the critical workplace issue, Institute of Transformative Thought & Learning, Phoenix, AZ.
• Fellows, B., Williams, L., Employee Commitment: Measuring your company’s organizational health, Institute of Transformative Thought & Learning, Phoenix, AZ.
• Fellows, B., Ware, L., Employee retention risks, short term hiring projections, and long-term work force trends, Retention Forum, Redwood Shores, CA.
• Fellows, B., Ware, L., HR Systems, Metrics and Measurement, Retention Forum, Redwood Shores, CA, March, 2004. 
• Fellows, B., Ware, L., Your employees are leaving: Do you know why? Retention Forum, Redwood Shores, CA.
• Fellows, B., Attracting and retaining top talent, Institute of Transformative Thought and Learning, Phoenix, AZ.
  

Conferences Attended

• MGM Mirage Corporation:  Diversity Forum 2006, Las Vegas, NV.
• MGM Mirage Corporation:  Diversity Forum 2006, Las Vegas, NV.
• Congressional Legislative Weekend, The Psychological Impact of Hurricane
  Katrina on Employees, Washington, D.C..
• Harlem Chamber of Commerce Conference, New York, N.Y.
• MGM Mirage Corporation:  Diversity Forum 2005, Las Vegas, NV.
• New York Post Conference, Waldorf Astoria, New York, N.Y.
• National Association of African American Studies Conference, Houston, TX.
• San Jose State University, Leadership Today: Creating community in a diverse world, Monterey, CA.
• Association of Business Communication Conference, Exploring the impact of technology on business communication practice and pedagogy, Cambridge, MA.
• Santa Clara University Women in Business & The Committee of 200 MBA Outreach Conference, Santa Clara, CA.
• Association of Business Communication Conference, LaJolla, CA.

Community Activities

• Volunteer Mentor and Executive Coach for Women Unlimited, a nationally known organization that cultivates women’s leadership excellence for female middle managers and senior executives.

Publications

Articles

• Fellows, B., Thomas, C.S. (2007). Partners in the boardroom:  Mentoring women
  and emotional intelligence.  Harvard Educational Review. (Acceptance pending with revisions).  Acceptance Rate 12%.
• Williams, L., Fellows, B. (2007).  Congruent Mergers:  An Assessment of Casino Mergers in Las Vegas – What is truly going on during the past three years.  Article in development for submission to the Journal of Applied Hospitality Management and/or the Journal of Organizational Psychology.
• Williams, L & Fellows, B. (2007).  Executive Leadership Development – Creating Sustainabilty in Casino Leadership., Article in development for submission to the Journal of Applied Hospitality Management.
• Fellows, B., Thomas, C.S. (Winter 2004/2005). Changing roles: Corporate mentoring of Black women: A review with implications for practitioners of mental health,
  33(4), International Journal of Mental Health. ISSN 0020-7411/2005.  Acceptance Rate 18%.
• Williams, L. & Fellows, B. (2006).  Southeast Asian Management:  The Influence of Culture on Global Leadership.  Article in Development for the Journal of
  Consulting Psychology.
• Williams, L & Fellows, B. (2006).  Executive Leadership Development – Creating Sustainabilty in Casino Leadership., Article in development for submission to the Journal of Applied Hospitality Management.

Newspaper Feature

• New York Post, December 13, 2004, Corporate Diversity, Bronx, New York.

Trade Publications

• McGlowan-Fellows, B. (April 2006). Beyond Ordinary. Personal Excellence Magazine, 11(4), p. 15.

Books

• Fellows, B., and Thomas, C. S. (May, 2008). The “I” in Company: A guide for surviving today’s corporate environment, Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers.

Dissertation

• Fellows, B. M. (2003).  The differential perception for the ability to be hired and promoted in the workplace based on race and gender.  UMI (2004), Proquest Information and Learning, Ann Arbor, MI.