Janet Duck

Janet Duck is a Clinical Professor in the Management and Organization Department at the Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University. She serves as Director of Excellence in Teaching & Learning and Faculty Chair for the Online MBA (OMBA) program. Her roles include overseeing academic innovation through the Creative Team Model, collaborating with faculty and instructional designers, and developing graduate courses on team performance, change management, and leadership communications. Her work emphasizes data-driven learning analytics to enhance online education quality.

Education: Ph.D. in Workforce Development from Penn State (1997), MBA from Lebanon Valley College. She has been teaching at the graduate level since 1997 and online since 2003. Her industry experience spans 15 years in change management, team development, and organizational culture across domestic and international markets.

Research focuses on virtual teamwork, online learning effectiveness, and trust in digital environments. Key themes include collaborative teaching models, learning analytics applications, and bridging academic-industry gaps. Recent work emphasizes portfolio-wide integration of innovative educational strategies.

Awards include repeated recognition as Outstanding Faculty and New York Times feature for early online classroom contributions. She leads academic and steering committees for Smeal’s Professional Graduate Programs and participates in various educational initiatives like the MBA Roundtable and GMAC conferences.

Her teaching and leadership span multiple programs including OMBA, PGP, and World Campus initiatives. Collaborative projects often involve cross-functional teams and cutting-edge instructional design methodologies.