Assistant Professor
Tingting Zhang
Research interests – Professor Zhang is interested in industrial and employment relations. Within industrial relations, she focuses on the role of social media communication in labor movements and union renewal, and how labor unions respond to workplace changes in the context of the future of work. In employment relations she is interested in training and development mechanisms within and outside organizations, such as occupational regulation and the emergence of non-degree credentials, shape individuals’ career outcomes, especially marginalized groups such as women and immigrants.
Courses
HR Training and Development, Negotiation in HR Decisions
Program Coordinator, Labor Education Program
Nadja Robot
Nadja joined the School in March 2021. Her role assists in the management of the Labor Education Program, including planning and executing summer union programs on campus, marketing all LEP programing, managing external outreach to LEP constituents, and overseeing work for the Project for Middle Class Renewal.
Prior to joining LEP, Nadja provided support to La Casa Cultural Latina on campus for nearly a decade. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Eastern Illinois University, and was president of the AFSCME local 3700 for six years.
Tingting Zhang
Assistant Professor
Research interests – Professor Zhang is interested in industrial and employment relations. Within industrial relations, she focuses on the role of social media communication in labor movements and union renewal, and how labor unions respond to workplace changes in the context of the future of work. In employment relations she is interested in training and development mechanisms within and outside organizations, such as occupational regulation and the emergence of non-degree credentials, shape individuals’ career outcomes, especially marginalized groups such as women and immigrants.
Courses
HR Training and Development, Negotiation in HR Decisions
Nadja Robot
Program Coordinator, Labor Education Program
Nadja joined the School in March 2021. Her role assists in the management of the Labor Education Program, including planning and executing summer union programs on campus, marketing all LEP programing, managing external outreach to LEP constituents, and overseeing work for the Project for Middle Class Renewal.
Prior to joining LEP, Nadja provided support to La Casa Cultural Latina on campus for nearly a decade. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Eastern Illinois University, and was president of the AFSCME local 3700 for six years.