Management Department Chair
Pinkney C. Walker Professor of Teaching Excellence
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403 Cornell Hall
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573-882-3819
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700 Tiger Avenue
Columbia, MO 65211

Chris Robert currently serves as the Management Department Chair and Pinkney C. Walker Professor of Teaching Excellence in the Trulaske College of Business. He served as the interim dean of the Trulaske College of Business from 2021 to July, 2023, and as the associate dean for graduate programs and research from 2017 to 2021. He received his PhD from the University of Illinois in industrial/organizational psychology. He studies humor at work, as well as cross-cultural management, workplace conflict, and work groups and teams. His research has appeared in publications such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Management, Human Relations, Journal of Business and Psychology, and Group and Organizational Behavior. He is the editor of the book The Psychology of Humor at Work (2017, Psychology Press).

Education

Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1998; M.A. University of Illinois, 1995; B.A. University of Vermont, 1992
Image: Christopher Robert