Ryan Lamare is an Assistant Professor of Labor and Employment Relations. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations and held academic positions at the University of Limerick and the University of Manchester prior to joining Pennsylvania State University . Dr. Lamare’s research interests include: labor and employment arbitration; ADR in the securities industry; the development of ADR systems in organizations; the role of unions in politics; employment relations and HR at multinational companies; and quantitative research methods. He has published extensively on these issues in high-quality journals such as Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Industrial Relations, and Journal of World Business. Dr. Lamare has also worked previously for a non-profit workers’ rights organization, and has held visiting academic appointments in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand.