Robert McGrath
Professional Title: Assistant Professor of Management
Areas of Academic Focus and Expertise:
Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Ethics, First Year Seminars, Experiential Learning, Business/Management Education
Area of Work and Concentration at Lesley: Faculty in the Division of Business Management and Communication, Experiential Learning, First Year Seminars, Business/Management Education; Faculty Advisor to the Management Student Association
Representative List of Recent Courses Taught:
Strategic Management, Senior Internship and Seminar, Organizational Behavior, Foundations of Management, Seminar: Contemplating Courage
Education: BA, Boston College; MBA,Boston College; PhD, Lesley University
Representative List of Recent Publications / Exhibitions:
- McGrath, R. (2010). Integrating Theory and Practice in teaching Organizational Behavior to Undergraduate Students. Eastern Academy of Management. Annual Conference, Suffolk University, Boston MA.
- McGrath, R. (2008). Integrative Leadership Practice: An Examination of How Eight Organizational Leaders Across Varied Institutional Sectors Create Communities of Collaborative Inquiry and Moral Action. Doctoral Dissertation. Ludke Library, and UMI Proquest.
Fun Facts: Professor McGrath resides on the North Shore of Boston with his wife and two children.
Prior to his work in academia, Bob held numerous officer positions in the banking industry. Before joining the faculty at Lesley, he was Director of the MBA program and Assistant Professor of Business at Endicott College in Beverly, MA. He has held faculty appointments at Northeastern University, Salem State College, and North Shore Community College.