Kathryn Martell
Associate Dean, Montclair State University

Kathryn Martell received her BA in Economics from the University of Chicago and her PhD in Business from the University of Maryland.  Her major area of study was Strategic Management, and International Business was her secondary area.  She joined the faculty at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) in 1991 as Associate Professor of Management.

Prior to entering academe, Dr. Martell spent 12 years in Washington D.C. as a consultant, government analyst, and lobbyist. She had a political appointment in the Reagan Administration to serve as Director of Congressional Affairs at the Department of Energy. She also served as a senior trade analyst at the Department of Commerce. As a consultant, she specialized in energy and trade issues, and political affairs. Her clients included Exxon, Shell Oil, and Japan Electric Power Company. She also provided consulting advice and analysis to the governments of Mexico, Japan, Italy, and Norway, and provided energy analysis to the U.S. government during the Gulf War.

Dr. Martell teaches the "capstone" strategy class at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. She also teaches International Business courses. In 1997 and 1999 she received two Title VI-B grants from the Department of Education totaling $350,000 to further internationalize the business school curriculum at SIUE. Her curricular work in international topics has been recognized with awards from  AACSB (MidWest Regional Award for Curriculum Innovation), AAUA (American Association of University Administrators) and ACE (American Council of Education). Samples of her teaching were also included in a national videoconference on effective teaching produced by the AASCB.

In 2000, Dr. Martell was promoted to Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the Business School at SIUE. In this capacity, she was Director of the BSBA and MBA programs, and supervised the Office of Student Services (Advisement). In Summer of 2002, she joined the Business School at Montclair State University as Associate Dean.

 Dr. Martell has published in Human Resource Management, R&D Management, Industrial Management, the Labor Law Journal, and Research in Higher Education. She also provides consulting for local small businesses and non-profit organizations on how to develop a workable strategic plan. Her main non-academic interest remains politics.