• Ph.D. - The University of Iowa - Business Administration, 2007
• M.I.B.S. - The University of South Carolina - International Business, 1995
• B.A. - Florida State University - French; Minor in International Affairs, 1992
• A.A. - St. Petersburg Junior College, 1990

• Professor, James Madison University, 2019-Present
• Department Head, Management, James Madison University, 2018-2021
• Associate Professor, James Madison University, 2013-2019
• Assistant Professor, James Madison University, 2007-2013

Parks-Leduc, L., Mulligan, L. M., & Rutherford, M. (2021). Can Ethics Be Taught? Examining the Impact of Distributed Ethical Training and Individual Characteristics on Ethical Decision Making. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 20, 30-49.

Barrick, M.R. & Parks-Leduc, L. (2019). "Selection for Fit", Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, Vol. 6, pp. 171-193.

Parks-Leduc, L., Rutherford, M.A., Becker, K., & Shahzad, A. (2018). "Examining the Undergraduate Curricula for Human Resource Management:  Is there an agreed-upon body of knowledge?", Journal of Management Education, Vol. 42, pp. 211-238.  

Parks-Leduc, L., Feldman, G., & Bardi, A. (2015). Personality and Values: A Meta-analysis.  Personality and Social Psychology Review, 19: 3-29.

Rutherford, M., Parks, L., Cavazos, D., & White, C.D. (2012). Business Ethics as a required course: Investigating the factors impacting the decision to require Ethics in the undergraduate business core curriculum. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 11: 174-186.

• Madison Scholar Award, 2019
• CoB Foundation Faculty Fellow, 2018-2020
• Teaching & Learning Scholarship Award, 2nd place, 2018
• Paul Bierly Best Publication Award, Management Department, 2015 & 2017
• Dean’s Impact Award, JMU College of Business, 2014-present
• Madison Collaborative Research Grant, JMU, 2014-15; 2015-2016
• Best Education Publication, JMU College of Business, 2013
• Iowa Presidential Fellowship, University of Iowa
• Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Theta Kappa, and Golden Key

• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Managerial Psychology
• Editorial Board Member, Human Resource Management