JoDee Goracke

  • Title: Associate Professor, Program Director
  • College: College of Arts and Sciences
  • Email Address: [email protected]
  • Office Phone: 1.402.557.7831
  • Office Location: #538 Learning Center
  • Subject(s):
    • Psychometrics
    • DEI
    • Design Thinking
    • Empathy
    • Statistics
    • Practicum
    • Applied Projects
  • Degrees Awarded:
    • BS in Cognitive Psychology, emphasis in Quantitative Psychology - University of Kansas
    • MS in Industrial/Organizational Psychology - University of Nebraska Omaha
    • SPHR Certified
  • Experience:
  • Research and applied work with various private organizations, universities, and state-based centers, as well as STRATCOM, Department of Homeland Security, and IBM Center for the Business of Government. Curriculum design, teaching, and community and international partnership development centered on sustainable, inclusive, applied learning practices. Chair member of the Bellevue University Internal-Institutional Review Board, Committee co-chair for the Society of Industrial-Organizational Psychology Women’s Inclusion Network. Developed a design thinking community problem-solving course that is taught in the U.S. and Tanzania, co-founding the MAHZY Project non-profit that encourages the incorporation of youth perspectives in community planning, is a founding council member of the Benson creative district, and a council member of the Omaha Chamber’s Young Professional Council.

  • Goracke, J., & Ross, J. (2021). Employee Engagement: Crisis Effects on Remote Office Personnel. The Bellwether, Vol. 13.
  • Presnell, A., & Goracke, J. (2021). Employees with Visible Tattoos: The Impact of ‘CoverUp’ Policies on Their Feelings of Inclusion. The Bellwether, Vol. 13.
  • O’Brien, M., & Goracke, J. (2021). Examining Performance Management and its Relationship with Leader Behavior and Employee Engagement. The Bellwether, Vol. 13.
  • Friedly (Goracke), J., Ligon, G.S., & Kennel, V. (2014). Best Practices for Succession Planning in Federal Government STEMM Positions. IBM Center for The Business of Government. www.businessofgovernment.org/report/best-practices-succession-planning-federal-government-stemm-positions.
  • Ligon, G. S., Friedly(Goracke), J., Harris, D. J., & Harms, M. (2014). Key performance indicators of violence: An alternative perspective in the assessment of organizational violence. Psychology of Violence.
  • Ligon, G.S., Breazeale, M., & Friedly(Goracke), J. (2014). Organizational Performance and Violence: An Empirical Investigation. Panel submitted by START to ISA Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada.
  • Ligon, G. S., Breazeale, M., Pleggenkuhle-Miles, E., Harms, M., Harris, D. J. & Friedly(Goracke), J. (2014). Using a consumer-brand relationship framework to examine VEO notoriety. Journal of Consumer Research.
  • Ligon, G.S., Friedly(Goracke), J., & Kennel, V. (2014). Securing the leaky STEMM pipeline: Succession planning best practices for leaders of innovation in the Federal Government. IBM Center for The Business of Government.
  • Ligon, G.S., Harris, D.J., Harms, M., Friedly(Goracke), J. (2013). Organizational determinants of violence and performance: Introducing the START L.E.A.D.I.R. study and dataset. Department of Homeland Security
  • Ligon, G.S., Harris, D.H., Harms, M., & Friedly(Goracke), J. (2012). Using historiometry to empirically study antecedents and consequences of violence in ideological organizations. Special Issue on Methods for Psychology of Violence Journal.
  • Excellence in Innovation Award- Bellevue University (2021)
  • Best Paper Award: Consumer-Brand Relationships Conference, Boston, MA. -Ligon, G.S., Breazeale, M., Pleggenkuhle-Miles, E., Harms, M., Harris, D.J., & Friedly (Goracke), J. (May, 2013).
  • Branding destruction: Notoriety predictors of performance in violent groups
  • Grant award winner­ Department of Homeland Security
  • Grant award winner-IBM Center for the Business of Government