Sr. Jean M. Bartunek RSCJ, professor at the Carroll School of Management at Boston College, has been awarded the Boston College Distinguished Research Award for 2002. The award, which consists of a $4,000 cash prize and a grant of $2000 for support of teaching and research, is given annually to recognize outstanding scholarly accomplishments of full-time faculty. 

Sr. Bartunek, whose primary area of research is organizational change, has received numerous grants and honors and is listed in the International Who’s Who of Business and Professional Women, 2001. She is the outgoing president of the Academy of Management, a leading professional association of scholars who specialize in organizations and management. The academy has nearly 12,000 members representing 75 countries.

Sr. Bartunek is the author of dozens of articles on organizational behavior and author or co-author of five books, including the soon-to-be-published Organizational and Educational Change: the Life and Role of a Change Agent Group by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Mahwah, N.J.

She has taught at Boston College since 1977. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Maryville University and masters and doctoral degrees from the University of Illinois at Chicago.