Faculty & Staff Directory
Monica Bielski Boris
Assistant Professor, School of Labor & Employment Relations
Labor Education Program
In Brief:
- Ph.D. in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management – Rutgers University, 2005
- Dissertation "Identity at Work: U.S. Labor Union Efforts to Address Sexual Diversity Through Policy and Practice”
- Master of Sciences in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management - Rutgers University, 2000
- Bachelor of Arts in Labor and Trade Union Studies; Government - Oberlin College, 1997
Research Interests
- Unions and diversity
- Unions and community outreach
- Union renewal
- The role of central labor councils and state federations
- Working-class youth culture
Bielski Boris’ research focuses broadly on the study of unions as organizations and as part of the larger labor movement. She has written on how unions have addressed issues of diversity and on unions working with other social movements. As a member of the Building Regional Power Research Group, affiliated with the AFL-CIO’s Office of State and Local Affiliates, she conducts research on state federations and central labor councils. She is a member of the United Association for Labor Education and Labor and Employment Relations Association (LIRA).
Courses Taught
- Introduction and Advanced Steward Training
- Collective Bargaining
- Arbitration
- Union Leadership
- Union Membership Mobilization
- Unions and Political Action
- Union Communication Skills
- Women and Work
- Women and the Labor Movement
- Comparative Labor Movements
Professor Bielski Boris’ curriculum vitae is available online.
See Professor Bielski Boris' areas of expertise.
To reach Professor Bielski Boris:
School of Labor & Employment Relations
504 East Armory Avenue Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-0980; (217) 244-4091 (Fax)
email: mbielski@illinois.edu