MARY E. GRAHAM, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Sport Management, has been named associate dean of faculty affairs at Syracuse University’s Falk College, effective Jan. 2, 2024. This newly created leadership position reports to Falk College Dean Jeremy Jordan and is dedicated to faculty development and success. In this role, Graham will guide all […]
MARY E. GRAHAM, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Sport Management, has been named associate dean of faculty affairs at Syracuse University’s Falk College, effective Jan. 2, 2024. This newly created leadership position reports to Falk College Dean Jeremy Jordan and is dedicated to faculty development and success. In this role, Graham will guide all Falk College efforts related to faculty development — from hiring to retirement — and work closely with university offices and leadership in academic affairs, university counsel, equal opportunity compliance, human resources, and office of research. Graham joined the Falk College faculty in 2012 and is also affiliated faculty in the Whitman School of Management. She teaches applied courses in organizational behavior and strategic human-resource management, as well as diversity in sport organizations at the undergraduate, graduate, and executive levels. An expert in gender disparities in employment, she has conducted numerous American Association of University Women salary negotiations workshops for students since 2009. In 2022, Graham was named Syracuse University’s faculty athletics representative (FAR) to the NCAA and the ACC. She previously served as a Syracuse University provost faculty fellow from 2018-2020, where she worked with the provost and University Senate to develop and implement campuswide shared competencies for undergraduate students. Graham has been a university senator since 2018, and she currently serves on the Senate Committee on Athletic Policy. Prior to joining Syracuse University, Graham held faculty positions in business schools at Clarkson University, George Washington University, and Georgia State University. A former CPA, Graham has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Le Moyne College and work experience in public accounting and human-resource management. Graham earned both master’s and Ph.D. degrees in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University, specializing in human-resource management, organizational behavior, and gender studies.