Office Hours
WITH GREG BERKA, PH.D. Associate Professor in the McColl School of Business
Master of Science in Talent and Organization Development (MSTOD) program director
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Don't let its simple aesthetic fool you. Tucked away on the third floor of Dana Hall, McColl School of Business Professor Greg Berka's office holds intentional pieces that boast the creative and complex nature of his day-to-day work at Queens. Since becoming a faculty member in August 2014, Berka has taught classes at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. In January 2022, he was named program director for the recently rebooted Master of Science in Talent and Organization Development in the McColl School of Business. Te Bucknell University and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte alumnus has found a home under the oaks of the academic quad where he meets up with students for coffee and conversations about their futures.
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1. A CORNER TO CONVENE On occasions where Berka's meetings require a computer screen and cannot be conducted outdoors on campus, he offers students a seat at his table for undergraduate advising appointments or graduate school sync-ups. Although advising students requires time and energy outside of his research, Berka thoroughly enjoys this role and believes his job as an advisor is often to pose meaningful questions and lend a listening ear as students fine-tune their career aspirations and academic goals.
2. INSPIRING OWNERSHIP In a creative rut and running out of inspiration? Stop by Berka's office for some books to help you reimagine the idea generation process. He teaches an undergraduate course called Creativity and Ideation and a graduate course called Creative Connections. "Both class designs hinge upon the idea that without intrinsic
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