Associate Clinical Professor
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Businesswomen in the workplace, Work-Life Balance
Nicole Coomber is on the faculty in the Management & Organization area at the Robert H. Smith School of Business. Dr. Coomber completed her PhD in Education Policy and Leadership in May of 2012 at the University of Maryland’s College of Education. Her research interests include leadership, team dynamics, and experiential learning. Dr. Coomber teaches a variety of courses including Managing People and Organizations, Leadership in Action, Non-Profit Consulting, and Cross-Cultural Challenges in Business. Before joining the faculty at Smith, she worked with the QUEST program leading efforts in curriculum and corporate development.
Director of Master of Applied Positive Psychology Program and Clinical Associate Professor
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineDepression and Anxiety, Empathy, Gratitude, Job Satisfaction, kindness, Meditation, Mindfulness, positive parenting, Self Care, Stress Management, Work-Life Balance
Scott Glassman, PsyD, is a nationally recognized expert in positive psychology, health behavior change, and motivation, as well as a licensed psychologist and author of A Happier You: A Seven-Week Program to Transform Negative Thinking into Positivity and Resilience. He directs the Master of Applied Positive Psychology program at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and has received numerous grants for developing patient-centered healthy lifestyle interventions. His seven-week wellness program, A Happier You ®, has been featured on SiriusXM and NPR. He is also in the process of adapting the program for youth athletes. Dr. Glassman is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers and has been a speaker and trainer at many national and regional organizations, including the American Psychological Association, the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance. He contributes to Psychology Today and the health section of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Dr. Glassman has been interviewed and/or cited by Forbes, AARP, Prevention Magazine, Well+Good, The Hill, KATU-TV Portland, NBC10 Philadelphia, CBS3 Philadelphia, Academic Minute, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and other print and online outlets.
Business Law, Labor Law, remote work, WFH, Work From Home, Work-Life Balance, working remotely
Joshua E. Bienstock has been a practicing employment and labor lawyer for 30 years, and a mediator for over 10 years. His research focuses on conflict resolution in the world of higher education and how different cultures contrast in their approach to conflict resolution. For over a decade he has been an invited lecturer at Cornell University and the City University of New York (CUNY), addressing business, governmental and educational delegations from Vietnam, Korea, and China on the topics of conflict resolution and collective bargaining. He has been an invited international speaker, presenting a series of lectures in China related to conflict resolution, collective bargaining, negotiation, mediation, and arbitration to faculty, students, and lawyers in seven universities and three law firms/non-governmental organizations in 2013 and 2014. Recently, he was invited by CUNY to speak to a group of visiting civil servants from Jinlin, China.
Bienstock is also certified by the New York State Office of Court Administration to provide Continuing Legal Education (CLE) courses to members of the New York State Bar. In the past, he has conducted CLE courses on “Alternative Dispute Resolution for Lawyers” and “Negotiating Techniques and Strategies for Lawyers” and recently developed a CLE course on the topic of “Mediation Skills for Lawyers.”
The author of a monthly article in the Queensboro News Magazine of the Queens Chamber of Commerce on topics related to labor and employment law and conflict resolution, Bienstock has published a series of articles on doing business with international business partners and effectively negotiating in a culturally diverse world. Articles cover China, South Korea, Jamaica, Germany, and the United Arab Emirates.