Shu Zhou received her Ph.D. in Operations Management in 2007 from Cornell University, the S. C. Johnson Graduate School of Management. Born in Yueyang, Hunan Province, China, she got her bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems from Tsinghua University, China, and a master's degree in Management from Cornell University. Zhou's research interests include supply chain management, inventory control, forecasting, and operations management-marketing interface. She is a member of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), the Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society (MSOM), and the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI).
Lauren Ramsay joined the department of Organization and Management as an Assistant Professor in January 2008. Her research work is guided by her commitment to improving social justice, and addresses issues of selection, diversity, and fairness in the global workplace. More specifically, her interests are in valid and reliable selection processes that are useful predictors of performance in different contexts; the appropriateness of workplace measures for use across race, gender, and cultural groups; and reactions to work-related policies that have important consequences for individuals, organizations, and society. She is lead author on an article published in Psychology Science and a forthcoming book chapter. Lauren has also contributed to research published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, International Journal of Selection and Assessment, and Organizational Research Methods. She is an experienced workplace trainer and had over seven years of full-time experience in industry before pursuing her Ph.D. in industrial/organizational psychology at Michigan State University, which she anticipates completing in 2008. Lauren has lived and worked in South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.