Life at SAIT
Kristene Coller is the Academic Chair for the BBA Program and Economics. She has previously taught in the BA and BBA programs and has been at SAIT since August 2022.
Kristene’s journey through her education, teaching and management careers has been one of perseverance, determination and grit. She has an incredible ability to encourage students and faculty to welcome these traits into their lives. Kristene exemplifies challenging the status quo and is an excellent coach and mentor to all who like to think outside the box. She also believes there is a leader in all of us and works hard with her faculty and those around her to ensure their leadership skills are exercised and developed for an increasingly changing world.
She redesigned the Organizational Behavior course with her colleagues and is continuing to iterate the course to respond to ongoing organizational trends. She also serves in the Teaching and Learning Catalyst group which is working hard to create an applied teaching and learning framework for the School of Business faculty.
Education
She has a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's degree in management from the University of Lethbridge, as well as a PhD in Management from St. Mary’s University, Halifax.
Professional accomplishments
Kristene was awarded the 2017 Instructor of the Year at the University of Lethbridge and has received the 2018 Outstanding Reviewer Award (Emerald Literati Awards). Most recently, she received the Best Reviewer Award at ASAC for the Management Education division (2023). Her commitment to higher education is evident through several professional service contributions, including serving as a Business History Divisional Chair for the Administrative Sciences Association in Canada and a Journal Reviewer for seven academic journals. She is currently the Program Coordinator for the Management Education Division of ASAC.
Notably, she published a chapter titled Choosing Kindness: Finding Kindness in Management and Organization Studies in the 2022 book Kindness in Management and Organization Studies. Kristene has further published several articles in recognized journals.
Research interests
- Workplace health promotion
- Organizational change
- Management history
- Management education
- Ethics
- Healthcare
- Organizational behaviour
- Coller, K. E., Thurlow, A., Deal, N. (revise and resubmit). Goffman, relationalism and the backstage.
- Coller, K. E., Helms Mills, J. Mills, A. J. (2016). The British Airways Heritage Collection: An ethnographic ‘History’. Business History, 58(4), p. 547-570.
- Cherim, S., Williams, B., Coller, K. (2012). Radical change in health care organization: Mapping content, mechanisms, and process of transition between templates. Journal of Health Organization Management, 26(12), p. 215-236.
- Mills, A. J., Helms Mills, J., Weatherbee, T., Coller, K. E., Durepos, G., Genoe McLaren, P., Thurlow, A. (Forthcoming). Management and Organization Theory over Time: Development, Dissemination and Context. United Kingdom: Emerald.
- Coller, K. E., Weigand, H. (2024). The Recent History of ASAC: 2000 – 2020. In Williams, K., Mills, A. J., and Weigand, H. (Eds.) The History of Management Education in Canada. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press.
- Coller, K. E. (2022). Choosing Kindness: Finding Kindness in Management and Organization Studies. In Thomason, M. (Ed.) Kindness in Management and Organization Studies. Toronto: Emerald.
- Coller, K. E. (2016). The Language of an Imposter. In Prasad, A. (Ed.) Contesting institutional hegemony in today's business schools: Doctoral students speak out. Bingley, UK: Emerald.
- Coller, K. E., McNally, C., Mills, A. J. (2015). “The inner circle: Canadian management history and Canadian contributors to new institution theory” In McLaren, T., Mills, A. J., Weatherbee, T. (Ed’s), Routledge Companion to Management and Organizational History (pp. 342-359). New York: Routledge.
- Downey, A.M., Dastmalchian, A., Kelley, H., Sharp, D., D’Agnone, K. E. (2010). “Shifting Responsibility for Health and Healthy Lifestyles: Exploring Canadian Trends” In Blyton, P., Blundson, B., Reed, K., and Dastmalchian, A. (Ed.), Ways of Living: Work, Community and Lifestyle Choice (pp. 288-309). Great Britain: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Cooke, B., Alcadipani, R., Willmott, H., Faria, A., Mills, A. J., Marens, R., Banerjee, A., Barros, A., Coller, K. E., Kumar, A. (2014). The problem of the United States of America and USAM for management scholarship: A witness seminar (Critical Management Studies division), Philadelphia, PA.
- Coller, K. E., McNally, C., Mills, A. J. (2013). The inner circle: Key Canadian contributions to New Institution Theory. Paper presented at the Academy of Management (Management History division), Orlando, FL.
- Kanewischer, B., Coller, K. E. (2023). “Representations of diversity in management textbooks” Paper presentation at the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (Management Education Division), Toronto, ON.
- Coller, K. E., Dever, R., Johnston, S. “AI in management: Resist, submit, or embrace?” Symposium presentation at the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (Management Education Division), Toronto, ON.
- Coller, K. E. (2022). “As Canadian as….possible”: Canadian Textbooks and Management Knowledge. Paper presentation at the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (Business History Division), Halifax, NS.
- Coller, K. E., Thurlow, A. (2017). Goffman, relationalism and the backstage. Paper presentation at the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (Business History Division), Montreal, QC.
- Coller, K. E., Mills, A. J., Helms-Mills, J. (2016). The Administrative Sciences Association of Canada and Canadian Business Schools. Paper presentation at the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (Business History Division), Edmonton, AB.
- Coller, K. E., Helms-Mills, J., Mills, A. J. (2015). The British Airways Heritage Collection: An ethnographic ‘History’. Paper presentation at the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (Business History Division), Halifax, NS. Awarded Best Paper in the Business History Division.
- Coller, K. E., McNeil, R., Mercer, D. M., Dever, R., McNally, C. (2015). Is management research a stacked deck? Addressing publication bias, hypothesis picking and irreproducible results. Panel symposium at the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (Organization Theory/Strategy Divisions), Halifax, NS.
- Coller, K. E., Hudson, K., Loughlin, C. (2014). Bringing voice to women’s participation in public sector leadership: A case study of women in local government. Paper presented at the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (Gender and Diversity division), Muskoka, ON.
- Coller, K. E., Mills, A. J. (2014). Untold History: Identifying the influence of management scholars on Canadian management theory. Paper presented at the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (Business History division), Muskoka, ON.
- Downey, A., Kelly, H., D’Agnone, K., Sharpe, D., Dastmalchian, A. (2008, May). Growth of Worksite Health Promotion in Canada. Paper presented at the Administrative Science Association of Canada Annual Conference (Health care management division), Halifax, NS.
- Coller, K. E., Johnston, S., Kanewischer, B. (2023). “Use, implementation, and design of open educational resources in post secondary institutions” Symposium presentation at the Atlantic School of Business Annual Conference (Open track), Halifax, NS.
- Coller, K.E., Deal, N. (2023). “Exploring AI and its impacts to society, post-secondary institutions and the role of the business school” Symposium presentation at the Atlantic School of Business Annual Conference (Open track), Halifax, NS.
- Coller, K. E., Kanewischer, B., Lee, C. (2024). Organizations at the crossroads: An examination of the history of industrial revolutions, technological change and the impact to employees in contemporary society. Presentation at European Group of Organization Studies, Milan, ITA.
- Cherneski, J., Dever, R., Coller, K. E. (2024). ‘A-ha’! How do we do conscious-raising? Presentation at Gender, Work and Organizations, Cape Breton, NS.
- Cherneski, J., Dever, R., Coller, K. E. (2024). ‘A-ha’! Moving toward conscious-raising. Workshop presented at Gender, Work and Organization, Cape Breton, NS.
- Coller, K. E., Johnston, S., Lee, C. (2023). “Use, implementation and design of open educational resources in post-secondary institutions. Round table presentation at the Mokakiiks Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Canmore, AB.
- Exploring the Implications of Pedagogical Approaches on Certification Results. Presentation at STLHE, Niagara Falls, ON.
- Lee, C., Coller, K. E., Johnston, S. (2024) INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF OERS AND OPEN PEDAGOGY ON STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION. Presentation at STLHE, Niagara Falls, ON.
- Coller, K.E., Johnston, S. (2023). Implementation and Use of Open Educational Resources. Mount Saint Vincent University.
- D’Agnone, K. E. (2003). Service integration in a health care unit: A case study of radical change (Master’s project). Retrieved from the University of Lethbridge Institutional Repository.
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SAIT is located on the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the people of Treaty 7 which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Îyârhe Nakoda of Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney.
We are situated in an area the Blackfoot tribes traditionally called Moh’kinsstis, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River. We now call it the city of Calgary, which is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta.