Dr. Erin Makarius is the Management Department Chair and an Associate Professor of Human Resources in the College of Business at the University of Akron. She received her Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. Dr. Makarius has several years of experience in human resources and management, including working at and consulting with a variety of companies in the financial, insurance, and consumer products industries. Her research interests include understanding and facilitating boundaries such as organizational, work-life, technological, and international boundaries, with emphasis on the role of relationships, reputation, and remote work. Her work has been widely published in journals such as the Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management, Organization Science, Academy of Management Perspectives, Journal of World Business, Organization Studies and Harvard Business Review, among others. Dr. Makarius’ research has received international attention and has been covered in the Wall Street Journal, Akron Beacon Journal, Fox News, Financial Management, Forbes magazine, SHRM, NPR, and Financial Times, among others. She is active in professional organizations and sits on the executive board of the regional Society of Human Resource Management and as Secretary for the Careers Division of the Academy of Management.