About Lisbeth Claus, Ph.D., SPHR, GPHR

Professor of Global Human Resources, Atkinson Graduate School of Management of Willamette University

Lisbeth Claus, Ph.D, SPHR, GPHR, is a Professor of Global Human Resources at the Atkinson Graduate School of Management of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. Prior to joining Willamette University, she held faculty and administrative positions at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and managed positions at Safety Inc. and Maritz Inc.

Dr. Claus has been widely published in academic and professional journals on subject matters related to a wide variety of global HR management issues. She is recognized as a leading expert on global and cross-border employee issues. Claus is the co-author of a leading textbook, Briscoe, Schuler and Claus, International Human Resource Management (3rd edition), Routledge, 2009.

Additionally, she was the 2003 President of SHRM Global (then known as the international division of the Society for Human Resource Management). In 2004, SHRM commissioned her to design the GPHR (Global Professional in Human Resources) Certification Preparation Course™. Claus also served as a subject matter expert for the development of the SHRM Global Learning System and was a member of the SHRM Global HR Special Expertise panel (2005-2008).

A native of Belgium, she speaks Flemish, French and English, and has a solid working knowledge of German. When not traveling around the world for speaking engagements, she divides her time between Silverton and Joseph, Oregon and Bredene, Belgium.