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Delaney Kirk, Ph.D.
Associate Professor - Management

Phone 941-359-4245
Fax: 941-359-4367
Office: SMC-C216
Email: dkirk@sar.usf.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Delaney J. Kirk, Ph.D., SPHR, has almost 30 years of teaching experience, including 18 years as a tenured full professor at Drake University before coming to the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee in 2007. She received her Ph.D. from the University of North Texas in 1988. Prior to teaching, she worked in marketing research, accounting, and training and development. She teaches a variety of courses in management including Employment Law, Labor Relations, HR Management, Managing Diversity, Organizational Behavior, and Leadership.  (more...)

Dr. Kirk's research interests include employment discrimination and procedural and distributive justice. She has authored articles in Labor Law Journal, Human Relations, SAM Advanced Management Journal, Journal of Business & Entrepreneurship, and the Journal of Management Education. Recently she has become interested in the use of social networking sites for recruiting, marketing, and customer service and wrote a book chapter on social media in Digital Product Management, Technology and Practice: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (IGI Global Publishing, 2011).

Dr. Kirk has taught workshops on classroom management and teaching effectiveness at numerous academic conferences and schools including Columbia University, Duke University, University of Washington, Graceland University, University of Nebraska, and St Petersburg College. Her book, Taking Back the Classroom: Tips for the College Professor on Becoming a More Effective Teacher (Tiberius Publications, 2005, 2008), is currently in its 3rd printing.

On a personal note, Dr. Kirk enjoys art, live music, traveling, writing short stories, and her two cats, "James T. KirkCat” and “Mouse.” She is very proud of her two successful and independent children: Tiffany who owns her own small business in education/training and Chris who is a Software Design Engineer at Microsoft.  (hide...)

Publications

Kirk, Delaney J., (2011, in press). “Using Social Media to Build Brand Loyalty: Insights from the Designer Shoe Industry.” Drake Management Review.

Kirk, Delaney J., (2011). “It’s all about the relationship: Interviews with the experts on how digital product companies can use social media.” Book chapter in Digital Product Management, Technology and Practice: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Troy J. Strader, editor, IGI Global Publishing, 96-112.

Kirk, Delaney J. (2011). “The Promising Use of Blogs in Master’s Education Programs.” Regional Business Review, 11-31.

Teaching

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Courses for Spring 2012
Ref # 20246 MAN 6055 Sec: 521    Human Behavior & Organization, S 1:30pm-5:00pm
   Professional MBA - Session 1: Meets 01/14-03/03
Ref # 27770 MAN 6147 Sec: 521    Leadership Concepts, S 1:30pm-5:00pm
   Professional MBA - Session 2: Meets 03/10-05/05. [Spring Break: 03/17]
Ref # 26233 MAN 6930 Sec: 522    Selected Topics: "Managing Social Media", S 8:00am-12:30pm
  Professional MBA Session 1: Meets 01/14/-03/03

Courses for Fall 2011
Ref # 82093  MAN 3301, Sec: 591  Human Resource Management, M 6:00pm-8:50pm
Ref # 84578  MAN 6930, Sec: 521  Selected Topic: Managing Social Media,  S 1:30pm-6:00pm
   MBA Cohort VIII - Session 1 meets: 8/20-10/08

Courses for Spring 2011
Ref # 15105 MAN 6055 Sec: 521   Human Behavior & Organization, S 1:30pm-5:00pm
Ref # 18005 MAN 6930 Sec: 521   Sel Topics: Leadership Concepts, S 1:30pm-5:00pm