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Jessi Hinz
Dr. Jessi Hinz
Assistant Professor
Management & Marketing
Williamson Hall 3347
phone: (330) 941-3079
Bio
Jessi is an assistant professor in the Williamson College of Business at Youngstown State University. Her research examines positive relationships at work, personal development and growth, and the intersection of grief and work. Her research has been published in Management Learning and Human Resource Management Review.
Jessi is also formally trained as an executive coach. She completed the Executive Coaching Certificate program through Weatherhead Executive Education at Case Western Reserve University and is a Board Certified Coach (BCC). Her coaching practice informs her teaching and research, offering a practitioner’s lens on leadership development, compassionate leadership, and the relational skills that shape effective workplaces.
Dr. Hinz earned her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Case Western Reserve University, M.S. in Leadership and Organizational Psychology from BI Norwegian Business School, and B.S. in Management and Leadership from Christopher Newport University.
Research Interests
Positive Relationships at Work
Personal Development and Growth
Grief-Work Interface
Listening
Teaching Interests
Leadership
Organizational Behavior
Leadership Coaching
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2022
Ph D, Organizational Behavior
Case Western Reserve University
Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Meeting Grievers Where They Are: The Effects of Interactions at Work Following a Personal Loss on Grievers’ Sense of Connection, Meaning at Work, and Growth"
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2014
MS, Leadership and Organizational Psychology
BI Norwegian Business School
Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Growth Through Connectivity"
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2007
BS, Business Administration - Management
Christopher Newport University
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2025
Youngstown State University
YSU Research Professorship
Awarded 3 credit hour release for research during 2025-2026 academic year. One of seventeen faculty chosen (out of 29 total applicants) to receive a research professorship for the 2025-2026 academic year.
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2024
Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division of Academy of Management
MOC Outstanding Reviewer Award
Recognized by the AOM Managerial and Organizational Cognition (MOC) Division for exceptional contributions in reviewing articles and symposia submissions for the Academy of Management annual conference.
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2021
Case Western Reserve University
Don Wolfe Scholarship
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2019
Case Western Reserve University
Weatherhead School of Management Undergraduate Teaching Award Nominee
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2019
Case Western Reserve University
Sherm Grinnell Scholarship
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2022
"Citizenship ambivalence: Its nature, causes and consequences"
T. Kelemen, W. Turnley, D. Bergeron, K. Rochford, J. Hinz
Human Resource Management Review, volume 32, issue 4
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2021
"Toward a pedagogy of connection: A critical view of being relational in listening"
J. Hinz, J. Stephens, E. Van Oosten
Management Learning, volume 53, issue 1, p. 76-97