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Kristin Joyce Tardif
Dr. Kristin Tardif is the Department Head/Chair of the college of Business and Industry. She is an Associate Professor who teaches in the Organizational Leadership and Business programs at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith. She has three published academic books: “Developing the Creative Economy through Disruptive Leadership”; “Leadership Approaches to Water and Sustainability”; a textbook “Leadership Languages”. In addition, she has several journal and articles. Her creative publishing encompasses an historical work “The History of Poland Spring”; an educational series called “Financial Book Camp”. She is currently working on a murder mystery and a children’s book. Dr. Tardif has lived and worked internationally, and has developed Canadian, Indian and Latin American partnerships, study abroad programs, as well as maymester programs. Her research focuses on two areas: Disruptive creative Leadership igniting the creative economy; dark side of leadership due the anti-intellectualism and lack of creativity in the media and entertainment industries. Dr. Tardif has a PhD in Organizational Leadership from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. A Masters of Liberal Studies in Organizational Leadership from Fort Hays State University, and BS in Geosciences and BA in History from Fort Hays State University. She is an experience educator who brings experience and skills into the classroom; a lifetime of international travel, and long career with a multi-international corporation. Dr. Tardif was an executive with Nestle Foods in the corporate affairs and marketing department. Her background spans over 28 years, in corporate affairs, marketing, plant management, division quality management, project management and natural resource management. She has certificates in Geographic Information Systems, Geo Processing and Leadership. One of her passions was restoring the Poland Spring Historical Bottling plant and spring house, which led her to develop the Poland Spring Preservation Park. Dr. Tardif has four daughters and several grandchildren. When Dr. Tardif is not working, she is writing, gardening, kayaking, biking and hiking. She plays the piano and Native American flute.
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