University of Southern California

Sandra Chrystal
Vice Dean for Online and Executive Education & Professor of Clinical Management Communication

USC Marshall School of Business
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0808

Phone: 
213-740-5011
Education: 
PhD, MA, University of Notre Dame; BS, Miami University

Overview

Sandra Chrystal teaches management communication and is an expert in technology-enhanced learning. She received USC's Teaching Has No Boundaries award, Good Neighbor Faculty award, Marshall's Evan C. Thompson Teaching and Learning Innovation award, and Marshall's Dean?s Award for Community. As Vice Dean, she leads Marshall's efforts in online and executive education and oversees the school's centers and academic information services. She previously served as Director of the Center for Management Communication. Prior to joining USC, Professor Chrystal taught at Clayton State University, Georgia Tech, and the University of Notre Dame. She also worked in corporate marketing and sales and owned her own business. She serves as a member of the Community Based Learning Collaborative, and the Board of Directors of the University Club.

Research

NUDGING ACADEMIC BOUNDARIES 2009
Technology Leverages Collaboration 2008
Review of "Why Business People Speak Like Idiots" 2005
Articles on Edith Wharton, Henry James, Mary Woostonecraft, and Theodore Dreiser 2002
Edith Wharton: Matters of Mind and Spirit 1996
No (Wo)man's Zone: German and American Women Writers, Artists, and Musicians 1994
Review of the DeBartolo Hall Technologies 1994