John W. Budd

John W. Budd is a university professor who researches and teaches about diverse aspects of work, employment, and related institutions (e.g., labor unions) from a multidisciplinary perspective drawing on scholarship in industrial relations, economics, law, sociology, psychology, ethics, theology, and other disciplines. Professor Budd has been at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management since 1991 where he is now the Industrial Relations Land Grant Chair. He is a graduate of Colgate University and received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Princeton University. In addition to authoring several books, Professor Budd is the author of numerous journal articles, the recipient of several teaching awards, and President of the Labor and Employment Relations Association. He has also served as Director of the Center for Human Resources and Labor Studies and as Director of Graduate Studies for Minnesota's graduate program in Human Resources and Industrial Relations, one of the preeminent HR graduate programs in the United States.