Background

BACKGROUND

Dr. Sekerka is a faculty member with the Business Management and Liberal Arts Programs at Menlo College, in Atherton, CA, where she is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior. She holds a secondary appointment at Santa Clara University as a Faculty Member of the Business and Ethics Partnership at the Markkula Ethics Center. Previously, Dr. Sekerka served four years at the Graduate School of Business and Public Policy, Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, CA as an Assistant Professor in their Management Group.

She received a B.A. in Business Administration, with an interest in Theater Arts, from Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, OH, graduating Summa Cum Laude. After working in a variety of industries including radio and television, computing, and aircraft manufacturing, she went on to complete her graduate studies. She earned an M.A. in Communication Theory and Methodology from Cleveland State University, where her interest in organizational behavior research was realized. She went on to earn a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior at Case Western Reserve University, with a specific interest in organizational change and development processes in the domains of Positive Organizational Scholarship and Positive Psychology.

Dr. Sekerka's career includes engagement in a variety of fields within both profit and non-profit organizations. She has assumed functional roles and management positions in marketing, accounting, and research and investigation roles in radio and television, service, and manufacturing industries.