About
Ph.D., Management, Dissertation: "Structuring Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Resource Mobilization in Biotechnology and Nanotechnology Teams", Lally School of Management and Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
M.Sc., Technology and Organizational Behavior, Lally School of Management and Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
B.Sc. (Honors), Major: MIS, Minor: Social Psychology, Lally School of Management and Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Research
Recognition
Schacht Faculty Research Grant, The Sage Colleges, “Structuring an Interdisciplinary Classroom: How Students Collaborate in a Biotechnology Course.”
The Women of Distinction Faculty Award, The Sage Colleges (Russell Sage College Business and Communications Club & School of Management
Rensselaer Master Teaching Fellowship
PhD Senior Fellowship, Lally School of Management and Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rensselaer Graduate Fellowship, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Publications
Conference Presentations and Publications:
Hirsa, A., Harper, T., (2017) “Who are you? Where are you from? From Self-Identity to Social Identity to Organizational Identity “, Management and Organizational Behavior Teaching Society (MOBTS)
“Leading a Culture of Empathy, Compassion and Gratitude in the Workplace” (2016), Program Presentation at the Capital Region Human Resource Association (CRHRA - An Affiliate of Society of Human Resource Management), Clifton Park, NY ** Presentation approved by the HR Certification Institute and SHRM for General Credit.
Hirsa, A., Szabo, Z., Kalsher, M., Plopper, G. (August 2013), “Building an Interdisciplinary Classroom environment: Integrating Sociological, Psychological, and Pedagogical elements to Train Biologists and Engineers”, AAAS Vision and Change in Biology Undergraduate Education: Chronicling Change, Inspiring the Future Conference, Washington, DC
Half the Sky: Turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide – Salon screening and discussion, (2013), The Sage Colleges, Troy, NY
Hirsa, A., Restivo, S. (2008) “Nanotechnology” in S. Restivo and P. H. Denton (eds.) Battleground: Science and Technology, Vol. 2, pp. 307-310, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Baron, R.A., Markman, G.D., Hirsa, A., “Perceptions of Women and Men as Entrepreneurs: Evidence for Differential Effects of Attributional Augmenting.” Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 86 (5) October 2001, pp. 923 – 929