DAWN EMERSON ADDY, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Labor Research & Studies

University Office:
Florida International University
Center for Labor Research & Studies
University Park
Miami, Florida 33199
(305) 348-2615
e-mail: addyd@fiu.edu

Dr. Addy directs the Center for Labor Research and Studies (CLRS) at Florida International University.  CLRS offers four certificate programs and houses two research institutes: RISEP, the Research Institute for Social and Economic Policy and IEI, the Immigration and Ethnicity Institute.  Dr. Addy not only administrates, but also teaches and conducts workshops and seminars nationally and internationally.   CLRS is housed within the College of Education at FIU and Dr. Addy serves as associate faculty for the Adult Education/Human Resource Development program.   She trains trainers, consults, conducts research and facilitates groups. She has coordinated conferences and workshops nationally and internationally.  Through her research efforts she has designed specialized training programs and materials in areas of:  Strategic Planning and Development, Diversity, Workplace Violence, Conflict Resolution, Harassment, Effective Communication Skills, Problem-solving, Leadership Skills, Electronic Publishing Skills, Labor Law, Americans with Disabilities Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, HIV-AIDS, Stress and Self-Image, Bridging the Gender Gap, Workplace Literacy, Adult Education Techniques.  She has taught in the areas of Collective Bargaining, Industrial Relations, Organizational Development and Labor Studies at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.  She is also certified to administer the Myers/Briggs instrument.

Some of the groups she has worked with include: Miami-Dade County; Baptist Hospital Systems, Miami Chamber of Commerce, South Florida Audubon Society, Miami-Dade County Community Relations Board (CRB), City of Miami CRB, Miami Beach CRB, Northwest Airlines, University of Minnesota School of Law, Lake Superior Area Labor/Management Association, St. Cloud Labor and Management Partnership, George Meany Center for Labor Studies, Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers International, San Francisco State University, Minnesota State Technical College System, Toro Company, Carpenters International Union, General Chairmen’s Association for the Railway Brotherhoods, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, U.S. Postal Service, U.S. West Communications, Graphic and Communications International Union, Northern States Power Company to name but a few.

Her current research efforts focus on Community Building.  Toward this goal, she has served on  boards of Imagine Miami, Mayor Penelas' "MOSAIC- Miamians Working Together" initiative and as President of "Many Voices: One Community."  She has also worked within the Florida Corrections System to build community and enhance inmate communication skills through dialogue.

Dr. Addy was Professional Administrative Faculty at the Labor Education Service of the Industrial Relations Center at the Carlson School of Business, University of Minnesota from 1988-1996.  In 1996 she accepted the position of Assistant Director and in 2002 was promoted to the position of Center Director of the Center for Labor Research and Studies at Florida International University.  She has also been a faculty member of the FIU Women’s Studies Center since 1996.   Dr. Addy served on the Miami-Dade County Equal Opportunity Board for five years.  She chaired the Diversity Subcommittee of the Access and Equity Committee at FIU.  Dr. Addy currently serves as an Ethics Commissioner for Miami-Dade County Commission on Ethics and Public Trust.

 
Publications and Scholarly Work

Addy, D.E.  (forthcoming) Breaking Free:  the Power of Experiential Learning as it Impacts the Development of Self-efficacy in Incarcerated Female Adult Learners, Women’s Literacy, 2008.

Women and the Politics of Place, by Wendy Harcourt and Arturo Escobar.  Bloomfield, CT: Kumerian Press, Inc., 2005  Book review by Addy, D.E.  Labor Studies Journal, Vol 32. No. 4, Dec. 2007.  Sage Press.  Pg.  452.   

UALE Conference Proposal and Review Committee Chair, 2004-2008.

New Horizons Editorial Committee Reviewer, 2004-2008.

Addy, D.E.  (Spring, 2008).  Editor, GSAF Gazette, OPEIU Local 100.

Addy, D.E.  (2008).  CLR&S 2007 – 2008 Annual Report.  Center for Labor Research and Studies, College of Education, FIU.

Addy, D.E.  (Jan. 2007)  FIU Centers and Institutes Review and Self-Evaluation Report, Center for Labor Research & Studies.

Addy, D.E. and Gomez-Burgos, P. (September, 2007).  The Effects of Human Capital on the Department of Corrections and Taxpayers in the State of Florida:  An Analysis of Tangible and Intangible Costs.  (White paper prepared for the Florida Secretary for the Department of Corrections.)

Addy, D.E.  (2007).  CLR&S 2006 – 2007 Annual Report.  Center for Labor Research and Studies, College of Education, FIU.

Addy, D.E.  (2006).  CLR&S 2005 – 2006 Annual Report.  Center for Labor Research and Studies, College of Education, FIU.

Addy, D.E.  (Dec., 2005) Affordable Quality Health as a Human Right: Checking the pulse on Health Care Coverage, Center for Labor Research & Studies, College of Education, FIU.

Addy, D.E.  (2005)  Strategic Planning in Public Sector Unions, South Florida Central Labor Council.

Addy, D.E.  (2005).  CLR&S 2004 - 2005 Annual Report.  Center for Labor Research and Studies, College of Education, FIU.

Addy, D.E.; Howe, J. & Regalado, M. (2004).  Miami-Dade  MOSAIC: A Community Journal 2001-2004. Miami: Miami-Dade County and Many Voices: One Community.  This manual has served as a community action research model and has been distributed globally through the Fulbright Scholars Program.

Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining by Carroll and Heavren.  Simon & Schuster Press.  Text Reviewer, Addy, D.E.  (2004).   

Addy, D.E.  (2004).  CLR&S 2003 - 2004 Annual Report.  Center for Labor Research and Studies, College of Education, FIU.

Addy, D.E.  (2000-2004). FIU Diversity Magazine; Editorial Board.

Addy, D.E.  (2003).  Workers’ Rights Manual.  Miami: South Florida Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice, funded by Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami and the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida.  This manual has served as a community action research model and has been distributed globally through the Fulbright Scholars Program.

Addy, D.E. (2003).  Initial Steward Training Manual, Miami: AFSCME #1363; July, 1997, 2nd Edition June 2003.

Addy, D. E.  (2001). Community Dialogue: A Tool for Social Engagement and Class Awareness.  In Slater, J. J., Fain, S. M., Rossatto, C. A. (Ed.) A Freirian Legacy : Educating for Social Justice  (pp184-197). Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education, Vol 209.  New York, NY: Peter Lang.

Addy, D.E.  (1997-2000). Editor, CLR&S Newsletter.

Addy, D.E.  (1998).  Basic Steward Training Manual; Broward Teachers Union, Ft. Lauderdale: United Teachers of Broward, AFT.

Addy, D.E. (1997).  Labor Movement Futures: Implications for Labor Leaders and Educators: A Case Study of Minnesota Labor Leadership; Ph.D. Dissertation; St. Paul: University of Minnesota; May, 1997.

Cochrane, B. & Addy, D.E.  (Nov. 1996).  Through The Wall of Fire: Class and Identity in Labor Education and Labor Studies. Race, Class, and Gender Journal, Vol. 4 Num. 1.

Addy, D.E. & Muska, C. (1996).  Entering The Building Trades In Minnesota, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Editions (revised); published by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Women In the Trades; Sept. 1991, Sept. 1993, Dec., 1996.

Addy, D.E. (1996).  The Diverse Workplace,  St. Paul: Gender Implementation Project, Minnesota Technical College Press.

Addy, D.E. (1992).  Workplace Cultures, St. Paul: Minnesota State Technical College Press.

Addy, D.E. (1990).  A Union Guide to Representation In Cases of Discrimination and Harassment, St. Paul: University of Minnesota.

Addy, D.E. (1988).  Workforce Literacy:  Today’s Problem? Tomorrow’s Challenge St. Paul: University of Minnesota.

Addy, D.E. (1988).  An Investigation Into the Participation of Women In Their Union Locals M.A. Thesis, St. Paul: University of Minnesota.