Crystal Farh

Education

• PhD University of Maryland, College Park (2012)
• BA Harvard University (2005)

Academic Expertise

• creativity
• global business
• leadership
• organizational behavior
• teamwork

Current Research

• Voice and creativity
• Teams and leadership
• Cross-cultural interfaces

Positions Held

• At the University of Washington since 2015
• Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, 2012-2015
• Research Assistant, University of Maryland, 2007-2012
• Teach for America Corps Member, 2005-2007

Honors and Awards

• Professor of the Quarter, Winter, Foster MBA Class of 2019, 2018
• Western Academy of Management Ascendant Scholar Award, 2017
• Editorial Board Outstanding Reviewer Award, Academy of Management Journal, 2016
• Winner of Emerald Citations of Excellence for,
• Psychological Antecedents of Promotive and Prohibitive Voice Behavior: A Two-Wave Longitudinal Examination, 2015
• Office of Naval Research grant ($292,063) for understanding gender integration in tactical decision-making teams – co-investigator, 2015
• S. Rains Wallace Dissertation Award: Recognizing the best doctoral dissertation research germane to the field of I-O psychology, Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology, 2014
• Frank T. Paine Doctoral Award for Academic Achievement: Recognizing outsanding academic achievement during doctoral studies, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, 2011
• Top 15% Teaching Award: Recognizing outstanding contributions to learning, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, 2010
• Best International Paper Award: Recognizing best paper with international management implications, Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management, 2009
• Outstanding Reviewer Award: Recognizing outstanding reviewer contributions to the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management, 2009
• Dean''s Research Fellowship: Supporting doctoral studies at University of Maryland, 2007-2012
• Fairbank and Asia Center Research Award: $3,000 supporting undergraduate thesis research, Harvard University, 2004

Academic Service

• Editorial board member, Academy of Management Journal
• Editorial board member, Journal of Applied Psychology
• Reviewer, Administrative Science Quarterly
• Reviewer, Organization Science
• Reviewer, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Courses Taught

• I teach MGMT 500 Management and Leadership and MGMT 545 Leading and Managing High-Performance Organizations, both at the MBA level.
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• MGMT 500 - Management and Leadership
• The ability to effectively manage oneself, others, and groups of people is an important source of competitive advantage in today''s organizations. This course introduces students to the field of organizational behavior (OB), an evidence-based body of concepts, knowledge, and frameworks intended to help organizations manage their people in a way that maximizes the organization’s success and enhances the meaningfulness of work for all involved. In this course, we cover OB topics such as motivation, decision-making, teams, and organizational culture and change. This objectives of this course are to develop students'' knowledge of OB frameworks and their ability to analyze OB-related issues pertaining to the individual, team, and organization; provide students with opportunities to practice evidence-based behavioral strategies to address management problems; and increase students'' understanding of their own strengths and weaknesses as a manager and leader. To accomplish these objectives, I use a mix of readings, short lectures, in-class exercises, simulations, cases, and class discussion. Through these approaches, I strive to create an engaging class environment where students can learn from each other and gain a personalized understanding of the material.
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• MGMT 545 - Leading and Managing High-Performance Organizations
• This elective course addresses leadership as a topic separate from management. Leadership sets a tone, a focus, and a direction for an organization, its members, and other stakeholders. In contrast, effective management involves executing against the direction and tone set by the leadership. Individuals are not either leaders or managers, but a mixture of leadership and management, and the exact mix depends upon the situation, the role, and the person. This is a “hands-on” course that focuses on developing students'' leadership skills required to be successful in organizations. A major premise of this course is that leadership begins with the self and works from the inside out. This course is designed to provide you with opportunities for reflection, study, debate, and practice through which you can learn about leadership and enhancing effectiveness – both your own and that of other individuals and groups in organizations. This is a course for students who wish to take the time and exert the effort required to confront and reflect on their own leadership strengths and weaknesses.