Claretha Hughes

Claretha Hughes, Professor, Human Resource Development and Workforce Development, University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Her research interests include valuing people and technology in the workplace, technology development, diversity intelligence, learning technologies, and ethical and legal issues. She has published numerous articles and chapters in peer-reviewed journals, books, and conferences and has 13 books. She serves as a book proposal reviewer for SAGE, Emerald, IGI Global, Palgrave Macmillan, and CyberTech Publishing. She is currently involved in a National Science Foundation Research in Formation of Engineers project as a Co-PI. She is owner of Diversity Intelligence™ (DQ), LLC. www.diversityintelligencellc.com.

She has served in manufacturing leadership roles for Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated, Abbott Laboratories, and Burlington Industries. She is a national member of ATD and has twice presented at the ATD International Conference and Exposition. Dr. Hughes is a Langevin Certified Master Trainer, Harvard Management Development Fellow, and a Darden School of Business Minority Executive Education Scholar. She has a PhD in Career and Technical Education from Virginia Tech, Master of Textiles in Textile Technology Management from NC State University, B.A. in Chemistry from Clemson University, and MBA in Management from the Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas.

She is the 2009 University Council of Workforce and Human Resource Education Outstanding Assistant Professor. She has publications in journals such as Human Resource Development Review, Workforce Education Forum, the International Journal of Human Resource Development and Management and the Journal of the North American Management Society. Her book Valuing people and technology in the workplace: A competitive advantage framework (http://www.igi-global.com/book/valuing-people-technology-workplace/59747) won the 2013 R. Wayne Pace Book of the Year award from the Academy of Human Resource Development.