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Name:- Keiko Krahnke
- Title:
- Associate Professor of Management and Business Communications
- College:
- Monfort College of Business
- Program:
- Management and marketing
- Years Teaching:
- More than 30 (13 at UNC)
- Degrees:
- B.A. in English from Doshisha Women’s College,
- M.A. in English from Colorado State University
- Ph.D. in Human Resource Development from Colorado State University.
- Areas of expertise/Research interests:
- Include spirituality and business, systems thinking, Appreciative Inquiry (discovering what gives life to a living system), and corporate citizenship. Currently interested in learning about human consciousness and teaching empathy and compassion.
- You might not know that I …
- make up songs and sing to my dogs.
- When I let my hair down, I can be found …
- playing with my dogs.
- My welcome-to-teaching moment that I’ll never forget was …
- When I received a card from one of my former students saying, “You have opened my eyes to the world around me and changed my life. I will forever be grateful.”
- I chose UNC because …
- I really saw something different from other universities, something that UNC has, a character that I really value.
- Confucius would say my teaching philosophy is …
- let the inner wisdom of students come out.
- If I’m not teaching a class, or in my office, you can find me on campus …
- walking outside.
- I cannot live without …
- my animal friends.
- If I hadn’t become a teacher, I would be a …
- veterinarian.
- Yearbook quote (advice you like to give to students or best advice you’ve received):
- “Be the change that you would like to see in the world” and “Leave everything you touch a little bit better than you found it.”
- Links
- University spotlight
- Faculty Web page
- Professional activity