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David Cowan

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Management


David Cowan

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Academic Background

  • Ph.D. University of Kansas, Organization and Administration, 1984
  • M.B.A. Arizona State University, Marketing, 1977
  • B.B.A. University of Notre Dame, Marketing, 1975

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Professor, Department of Management, Miami University (1996-Present).
  • Associate Professor, Department of Management, Miami University (1991-1996).
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Miami University (1988-1991).
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Management, University of Notre Dame (1984-1988).
  • Instructor, University of Notre Dame (1983-1984).
  • Assistant Instructor of Organizational Behavior and Marketing, University of Kansas (1979-1983).
  • Associate Instructor, Arizona State University (1978-1979).
  • Assistant Instructor of Marketing, University of Kansas (1977-1978).
  • Research Assistant, Arizona State University (1975-1976).

Recent Publications

  • Cowan, D. A. (2010). Embedded spirituality as a leadership foundation for sustainable innovative learning. Revision: A Journal of Consciousness and Transformation, 30(3&4), 89-97.
  • Cowan, D. A., & Darsoe, L. (2008). Wisdom: A backdrop for organizational studies. In D. Barry and H. Hansen (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of New Approaches in Management and Organization, 332-343. London: Sage.
  • Cowan, D. A. (2008). Profound simplicity of leadership wisdom: Exemplary insight from Miami Nation Chief, Floyd Leonard. International Journal of Leadership Studies, 4(1), 51-81.
  • Cowan, D. A., & Adams, K. M. B. (2007). Talking circles, leadership competencies, and inclusive learning: Expanding the frame of business education. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching. 19(2&3), 135-166.
  • Cowan, D. A. (2007). Don't move until you see it: Searching for intellectual maturity. Journal of Management Inquiry, 16(2), 174-178.
  • Rogers, J. L., Roberts, D., C., & Cowan, D. A. (2006). Integral multidisciplinary leadership learning. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 10(2), 141-152.
  • Cowan, D. A. (2005). Translating spiritual intelligence into leadership competencies. Journal of Management, Spirituality, and Religion, 2(1), 3-38.
  • Cowan, D. A. (2005). Learning to diversify yourself. World Futures - the Journal of General Evolution, 61(5). 347-369.

Honors & Awards

  • Farmer School Teaching Excellence Award, 2004

Professional Interests

  • Research: mindfulness; integrative learning & knowing; wisdom & the development of increasingly inclusive levels of consciousness; non-traditional leadership development; cross-cultural understanding; art and leadership; nontraditional learning
  • Teaching: leadership & learning; integrative thinking; cross-cultural management; alternative ways of organizing; spirituality & organizing; multinational teams; creativity, transformation, and renewal

Other Activities

  • Editorial Review Board, Journal of Management Inquiry, 2005 - present
  • Editorial Review Board, Academy of Management Journal, 1991 - 1997; 2000 - 2010

Areas of Expertise

  • Integrative thinking
  • Mindfulness
  • Diversified forms of knowing and learning
  • Leadership development
  • Aesthetics and leadership
  • Wisdom and other forms of inclusive consciousness

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