Torrence Sparkman

Ph.D. in Human Resources Education, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012; M.Div. in Urban Ministry, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 2002; B.S. in Management, the University of Illinois at Chicago, 1993. Dr. Sparkman is an associate professor in the Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology. Dr. Sparkman has authored numerous scholarly articles in the subject areas of management, business, and human resource development. He most recently served as contributing author of “Strategies for Attracting, Maintaining, and Balancing a Mature Workforce” (IGI Global, 2019).

Education

BS, University of Illinois at Chicago; M.Div., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Teaching

• Human Resource Management
• Employee Benefits & Compensation
• Human Resource Employment Law and Regulations
• Foundations in Human Resource Development
• Program Evaluation and Design
• Diversity in Global Workplace
• Comprehensive Examination
• Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility

Invited Article/Publication

• Byrd, M., & Sparkman, T. (2021). Reconciling the Business Case and the Social Justice Case for Diversity: A Model of Human Relations. Human Resource Development Review. . .
• Sims, C., Carter, A., Sparkman, T., Morris Jr, L., & Durojaiye, A. (2021). On Black Male Leadership: A study of Leadership Efficacy, Servant Leadership, and Engagement Mediated by Microaggressions. Advances in Developing Human Resources.. . .
• Sparkman, T., (2021). Black Male Executives in Higher Education: The Experience of Ascending the Academic Leadership Ladder. Advances in Developing Human Resources.. . .
• Sparkman, T., (2019). Building leadership capacity: A framework for disruptive events in tourism. Journal of Industrial and Commericial Training. . .
• Sparkman, T., (2019). Exploring the boundaries of diversity and inclusion in Human Resource Development. Human Resource Development Review. . .
• Sparkman, T., (2017). Leader development experiences of church denomination executives. The Journal of Applied Chrisitiona Leadership. . .
• Sparkman, T., (2015). The factors and conditions for National Human Resource Development. European Journal of Training and Development. . .
• Sparkman, T., (2011). The work cognition inventory: Evidence of construct validity. Human Resource Development Quarterly. . .
• Sparkman, T., (2010). Human resource development, organizational development, organizational learning and organizational effectiveness: All needed more that ever. Human Resource Development International. . .

Full Length Book

• (2019). Strategies for attracting, maintaining, and balancing a mature workforce. Sparkman, T.,