Teresa A. Daniel, JD, PhD serves as Dean & Professor-Human Resource Leadership Programs at Sullivan University (www.sullivan.edu) based in Louisville, KY. She also teaches courses focused on human capital in the university’s PhD in Management program.
Dr. Daniel has a significant body of research in HR with an emphasis on two primary areas of inquiry: (1) counterproductive work behaviors (focused on workplace bullying, sexual harassment, and toxic leadership), and (2) HR’s unique role and its impact on individual and organizational effectiveness (focused on the management of toxic workplace emotions, responding to situations of workplace bullying and harassment, dealing with toxic leaders, and the management of people during mergers and acquisitions).
Her work has been actively supported by the national Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) through the publication of her research in numerous articles, interviews, and two books: Stop Bullying at Work: Strategies and Tools for HR, Legal & Risk Management Professionals (SHRM, 2009/2nd edition, 2016).
She is also the author of The Management of People in Mergers & Acquisitions (Quorum Books, 2000); Organizational Toxin Handlers: The Critical Role of HR, OD, & Coaching Practitioners in Managing Toxic Workplace Situations (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020); and Toxic Leaders and Tough Bosses: Organizational Guardrails to Keep High-Performers on Track (DeGruyter, 2024), a Finalist for the 2024 Goody Business Book Award in the highly competitive category of Leadership-HR & Employee Development.
Dr. Daniel received the Distinguished Alumnus Award at Centre College in 2002 and was honored as an Initial Fellow of the International Academy on Workplace Bullying, Mobbing, and Abuse in 2014. She was the Grand Prize Winner of the national SHRM HR Haiku contest in 2019, and received the President's Award of Excellence from Sullivan University in 2023.