Rate My Professor Joseph Westlin

Joseph Westlin is an Assistant Professor of Management in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship at the College of Business, Minnesota State University, Mankato. He earned his PhD in Industrial Organizational Psychology from the University of Oklahoma, Master of Arts from Western Kentucky University, and Bachelor of Psychology from the University of Wisconsin. Westlin is certified as SHRM-CP, reflecting his professional expertise in human resources. In his role, he teaches management courses and contributes to the department's academic programs, including involvement in student honors societies such as Tau Sigma National Honor Society.

Westlin's scholarly work centers on learning processes, performance dynamics, and organizational psychology. His key publications include 'Emotion-Performance Relationships in the Acquisition and Adaptation of a Complex Skill: Are Relationships Dynamic and Dependent on Activation Potential?' co-authored with Jorgensen, A. G., Day, E. A., Huck, J. T., Richels, K., and Nguyen, C., published in Human Performance, which investigates how emotional activation influences skill acquisition and adaptation. Another significant contribution is 'Relating Epistemic Curiosity to Complex Skill Acquisition and Adaptation: A Piecewise Latent Trajectory Analysis' (Huck, J. T., Day, E. A., Lin, L., Jorgensen, A. G., Westlin, J., & Hardy, J. H., 2020) in Simulation & Gaming, exploring curiosity's role in learning trajectories. He also co-authored 'Learner-Controlled Practice Difficulty in an Active-Learning Gaming Environment' (Westlin, J., Day, E. A., Hughes, M., 2019) in Simulation & Gaming, examining self-regulation in gamified training. Recent research includes studies on ethical leadership's impact on employee stress and anxiety. Westlin serves as the Business representative on the Faculty Research Committee, supports graduate theses as a committee member, and presents at conferences like the Academy of Human Resource Development and Academy of Management, advancing knowledge in human resource development, management education, and organizational behavior.