Derek Crews, EdD

Professor, Merrilee Alexander Kick College of Business and Entrepreneurship
Program Area: Human Resources

Professional Preparation

• EdD, Nova Southeastern University, Concentration in Business Education
• MBA, University of North Texas, Concentration in Personnel and Industrial Relations
• BBA, University of North Texas, General Business

Profile

Derek Crews, EdD, has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Human Resource Management since 1993. He is a graduate of Harvard University’s Institute for Management and Leadership in Education, a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources with the Human Resources Certification Institute (SPHR), a Senior Certified Professional with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM-SCP), and a certified Master Trainer for AchieveGlobal and Development Dimensions International.

He has been awarded the Texas Woman’s University Mary Mason Lyon Award for excellence in teaching and scholarship, the Alderson-Broaddus University Student Government Association Outstanding Faculty Award, a Research Excellence Award for his dissertation study in workforce training at Nova Southeastern University, and was twice nominated for West Virginia Professor-of-the-Year.

He currently serves as President-Elect for the North Texas Society for Human Resource Management.

Representative Publications

Russ, M,R., & Crews, D. (2014). A survey of multitasking behaviors in organizations. International Journal of Human Resource Studies, 4(1), 137-153.

Crews, D., & Nugent, N. (2013). A case study in direct assessment of learning outcomes. Social Science Research Network. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2248873.

Crews, D., and Richard, S. (2013). Aligning organizational culture with human resource strategies, International Journal of Business & Social Sciences, 4(15), 71-74.

Crews, D., & Russ, M.R. (2012). The impact of multitasking on human and organizational efficiency. Leadership & Organizational Management Journal, 2012 (3), 54-68.

Crews. D., and Bhatia, D. (2012). Supervisory practices in the transportation/logistics Industry. Advanced Management Journal, 77(1), 38-47.