EDUCATION
cornell University
PhD in Industrial & Labor Relations
Expected Spring 2021
cornell university
MS in Industrial & Labor Relations
Fall 2018
Rhodes college
BA in History summa cum laude & Phi Beta Kappa with Honors Thesis
Spring 2014
BOOK CHAPTERS & REVIEWS
Avgar, A., Owens, S. & Strom, P. (In press). “Mutual gains and employee voice.” In Adrian Wilkinson, Jimmy Donaghey, Tony Dundon and Richard Freeman (Eds.) The Handbook of Research on Employee Voice. Edward Elgar Press.
Strom, P. (2019). “Uncertain jobs, uncertain futures: Review of Precarious Lives.” Perspectives on Work.
RESEARCH REPORTS & WHITE PAPERS
Avgar, A., Fitzpatrick, M. & Strom, P. (2019). “A report on potential effects of New York State’s proposed minimum nurse staffing legislation.” Prepared for the New York State Department of Health.
Strom, P. & Avgar, A. (2019). “The association between health information technology and patient-provider conflict: Implications for practice.” Prepared for The Beryl Institute.
Katz, H., Avgar, A., Strom, P., August, J. & Litwin, A.S. (2018). “Findings of the Cornell research team regarding DSRIP-promoted change in the SI PPS.” Prepared for the Staten Island Performing Provider System.
SELECTED CURRENT PROJECTS
*indicates graduate student
** indicates undergraduate student
“Giving health IT a checkup: Information technology, collaboration, and conflict” (with Ariel Avgar & Harry Katz)
“Clinical integration and implications for employee wellbeing” (with Ariel Avgar, Harry Katz, John August and Adam Seth Litwin)
“Drawing the line: How workplace experiences influence individual perceptions of sexual harassment” (with **Katherine Ryan and Ariel Avgar)
“Catfight or contention? Gender bias and third-party perceptions of organizational conflict” (with **Vanessa Roga, Ariel Avgar & Eric Neuman)
“Transmission & transformation: Psychological pain in organizations” (with Matthew Cronin, Emily Rosado-Soloman & *Jessica Francavilla)
AWARDS & GRANTS
2019
Theme Project Grant: Inequality & Work, Cornell University School of Industrial & Labor Relations ($2,000)
2019
International Experience Travel Grant, Cornell University School of Industrial & Labor Relations ($1,151)
2019
Graduate Seed Grant, Cornell Center for the Study of Inequality ($1,000)
2019
2018
Patient Experience Grant, The Beryl Institute ($1,000)
Teaching Assistant Excellence Award, Cornell University School of Industrial & Labor Relations
2017
Theme Project Grant: Technology & the Evolution of Work, Cornell University School of Industrial & Labor Relations ($5,000)
2014
National History Scholar Award, The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
2014
Douglas W. Hatfield Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research, Rhodes College Department of History
2010-2014
Morse Scholarship, Rhodes College ($38,500/year)
2010-2014
Rhodes College Fellow (~$40,000)
2010-2014
National Merit Scholar ($2,000/year)
2013
Best Papers (World History Category): 2nd place, Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference
2010
United States Presidential Scholar
INVITED TALKS
2019
“Drawing the line: How workplace experiences influence individual perceptions of sexual harassment.” Labor Relations, Law & History Workshop Series, Cornell University School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Ithaca, New York.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
* Indicates Graduate student
** indicates undergraduate student
2020 (Accepted)
june
Avgar, A., Strom, P., Katz, H., Litwin, A.S. & August, J. “Clinical integration and implications for employee wellbeing.” International Labour & Employment Relations Association Regional Conference of the Americas, Toronto, Ontario
2019
october
Wagner, K.C., Strom, P., Pinto, S. & West, Z. “The ‘promotora’ model: A peer education approach for confronting sexual harassment in a low-wage service industry.” Interuniversity Centre on Globalization and Work (CRIMT) Institutional Experimentation for Better (or Worse) Work Meeting, Magog, Quebec.
September
Strom, P., Avgar, A. & Katz, H. “Giving information technology a check up: How HIT shapes conflict and collaboration in healthcare.” Wharton People & Organizations Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
July
Strom, P., Avgar, A. & Katz, H. “Giving information technology a check up: How HIT shapes conflict and collaboration in healthcare.” International Association of Conflict Management Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
*Ellis, L., *Katz, J. & Strom, P. “Dances with thieves: How stealing ideas versus money influences coworkers’ management of conflict with a thief.” International Association of Conflict Management Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
JUNE
Strom, P., **Ryan, K. & Avgar, A. “Drawing the line: How workplace experiences influence individual perceptions of sexual harassment.” Labor & Employment Relations Association Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio.
May
Strom, P., Avgar, A. & Katz, H. “Giving information technology a check up: How HIT shapes conflict and collaboration in healthcare.” Industry Studies Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.
2018
july
Strom, P., Avgar, A. & Neuman, E. “The effects of gender on task and relationship conflict: A multi-level approach.” International Association of Conflict Management Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
June
Strom, P., Avgar, A. & Katz, H. “Debugging evolving workplace relationships: How technology influences interpersonal conflict and collaboration in healthcare.” Labor & Employment Relations Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland.
May
Avgar, A., Strom, P., Katz, H., Litwin, A.S. & August, J. “Clinical integration and implications for employee wellbeing.” Industry Studies Conference, Seattle, Washington.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2018
Fall
Perceptions of Workplace Conflict: The Role of Team Composition & Racial Bias
Independent Study Co-Instructor with Ariel Avgar, Cornell University
SPring
Research Methods & Theory Development in Conflict Management
Directed Study Co-Instructor with Ariel Avgar, Cornell University
2017
Spring
Introduction to Labor History
Teaching Assistant with Louis Hyman, Cornell University
Evaluation: 4.9/5
2016
fall
Introduction to Labor History
Teaching Assistant with Allison Elias, Cornell University
Evaluation: 4.5/5
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2019-2020
Research Assistant, Supervisor: Ariel Avgar
2018-2019
Research Assistant, Supervisors: Sanjay Pinto & K.C. Wagner
2017-2019
Research Assistant, Supervisor: Harry Katz
2017-2018
Research Assistant, Supervisor: Sean Rogers
2018
Research Assistant, Supervisor: Michael Sturman
RESEARCH SUPERVISION
Undergraduate senior honors thesis students
2019-2020
Ishan Sharma, B.S., Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University
With Ariel Avgar, “Colored lenses: How racial stereotypes affect third-party observations of conflict”
Theme Project Grant: Inequality & Work (2019), Cornell University School of Industrial & Labor Relations ($2,000)
2018-2019
Eric Bailey, B.S., Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University
With Ariel Avgar, “Rewired: An examination of workers’ perceptions of precarity and conflict”
Theme Project Grant: Technology & the Evolution of Work (2019), Cornell University School of Industrial & Labor Relations ($4,000)
UNdergraduate research fellows
2018
Katherine Ryan, B.S., Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University
With Ariel Avgar, “Drawing the line: How workplace experiences influence individual perceptions of sexual harassment”
Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship, Cornell University School of Industrial & Labor Relations ($4,350)
Theme Project Grant (2019): Inequality & Work, Cornell University School of Industrial & Labor Relations ($2,000)
2018
Vanessa Roga, B.S., Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University
With Ariel Avgar, “The presence of implicit gender bias in the classification and perception of conflict at work”
Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship, Cornell University School of Industrial & Labor Relations ($4,350)
WORKSHOPS, TRAININGS & CERTIFICATIONS
2019
Mediation, Moderation & Conditional Process Analysis | Statistical Horizons, Ithaca, New York
2019
Teaching & Learning in the Diverse Classroom | Cornell University Center for Teaching Innovation, Ithaca, New York
2018
Structural Equation Modeling | Cornell University Statistical Consulting Unit, Ithaca, New York
2014
Certification in Volunteer Management | Rollins College Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership Center, Winter Park, Florida
OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE
2019-2020
2018-2019
Research Consultant, Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
Research Consultant, Futures Without Violence
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2019
Chair, “Labor Relations and Technology: Past, Present, and Future.” Labor & Employment Relations Association Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio.
2019
Chair, “Markets, Institutions, and Economic Performance.” Industry Studies Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.
2018-2019
Worker Institute Executive Committee, PhD Student Representative
2018
Conflict Resolution Faculty Search Committee, PhD Student Representative
2017-2018
Academy of Management Conference New Doctoral Student Consortium (NDSC) Marketing & Logistics Committee, Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, Illinois.
2018
Co-Organizer & Presenter, “Emerging Perspectives on Conflict Management in Organizations.” Labor & Employment Relations Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland
reviewer
Academy of Management Conference | Conflict Management, Healthcare Management, Organizational Communication & Information Systems, Teaching & Learning Conference
International Association of Conflict Management Conference
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
2019-
Cornell Center for the Study of Inequality, Graduate Affiliate
2018-
Interuniversity Centre on Globalization and Work (CRIMT)
2018-
International Association of Conflict Management
2018-
Industry Studies Association
2017-
Academy of Management
2017-
Labor & Employment Relations Association