About the Authors
Gary Namie (PhD, Social Psychology) has extensive experience as an instructor and professor in college departments of management and psychology, including the University of Southern California, Scripps College, and other colleges. He has won both national American Psychological Association and University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), campus teaching awards. At Western Washington University, Namie developed and taught the first university course on bullying at work. He was also a corporate manager for two regional hospital systems and served as the expert witness in the nation's first “bullying” trial in Indiana.
Ruth Namie (PhD, Clinical Psychology) was training director for Sheraton Hotels before her clinical training led to helping chemically dependent individuals and families. Ruth's personal experience was the impetus for the U.S. workplace bullying movement. She has since become an expert on the devastating effects of bullying on targeted workers.
In 1997, the Namies began the research and education organization that became the Workplace Bullying Institute (WBI) based in Bellingham, Washington. They wrote two previous books (The Bully at Work and BullyProof Yourself at Work). WBI regularly conducts research, including the 2010 and 2007 U.S. surveys of bullying representing all adult Americans. The Namies' research articles are published in the Journal of Consulting Psychology, International Journal of Communication, Employee Rights and Employment ...
