Jean M. Bartunek is the Robert A. and Evelyn J. Ferris Chair and Professor of Organization Studies at Boston College. She is a fellow and past president of the Academy of Management, and an associate editor of theJournal of Applied Behavioral Science, as well as a member of the editorial boards of several other journals. Her research interests focus around organizational change and academic-practitioner relationships. She is the 2009 recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Academy of Management.