

Tracy F. H. Chang
- Associate Professor, Labor Studies and Employment Relations (LSER)
Education
Ph.D., University of Iowa
M.B.A., New York University
Expertise
- Organizational Behavior, Work and Organizations, Leadership and Teams
- Mindfulness in Higher Education, Work, and Organizations
- Social Entrepreneurship
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Dr. Tracy F. H. Chang is an Associate Professor of Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Iowa and M.B.A. from New York University. She is also a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher trained at the Center for Mindfulness at University of Massachusetts Medical School.
She teaches Organizational Behavior, Senior Seminar on Reinventing the Self and Work, and Social Entrepreneurship undergraduate courses. Her research interests include mindfulness in higher education, work, and organizations. She is available for consulting services and teaching executive education courses in mindfulness-based stress management, communication, team dynamics, leadership, and entrepreneurship.
Read a Q&A with Dr. Chang as published by Authority Magazine: How Dr. Tracy Chang, a Professor at Rutgers University is helping her students live their best lives
Current Research:
- The effect of yoga and meditation on stress and wellbeing for medical students
Upcoming Presentation:
- Speaker on Conscious Approach to Leadership and moderator of the Conscious Leadership Panel at the Consciousness: Science, Spirituality, and Social Impact Conference at Harvard Medical School, October 26-27, Boston, MA.
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Baelen, Rebecca, and Tracy F. H. Chang. “Getting to the Essence of Leadership Yoga as Foundational Framework,” in Satinder K. Dhiman (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Leadership and Change. New York, NY: Routledge, 2023.
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Chang, Tracy F. H., Sheetal Pundir, Akila Rayapuraju, and Pradeep Purandare. “Inner Engineering for Success – A Complementary Approach to Positive Education,” Frontier in Education, October 13, 2022.
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Chang, Tracy F. H., Rebecca N. Baelen, Triya T. Ramburn, and Pradeep Purandare (2022), “Developing Positive Self-Leadership through ‘Inner Engineering,’” Journal of Management Development, vol. 41, no. 7/8, pp. 405 – 416.
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Chang, Tracy F. H., Triya T. Ramburn, Sheetal Pundir, Pradeep Purandare, and Balachundhar Subramaniam. "The Effect of the Inner Engineering Online Program as a Positive Intervention on Subjective Well-Being and Positive Work Outcomes." Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine, 2022 28:3, 278-282.
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Chang, Tracy F. H., Barbara Ley, Triya T. Ramburn, Sangheeta Srinivasan, Sepideh Hariri, Pradeep Purandare, and Balachundhar Subramaniam. 2022a. "Online Isha Upa Yoga for Student Mental Health and Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic - A Randomized Controlled Trial.- A Randomized Controlled Trial." Applied Psychology: Health and Wellbeing, 1-21.
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Upadhyay, P., Chang, T. F. H., Hariri, S., Rallabandi, S., Yathavakilla, S., Novack, V., & Subramaniam, B. (2022). "The Effect of Inner Engineering Online (IEO) Program on Reducing Stress for Information Technology Professionals: A Randomized Control Study." Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2022, 9001828. doi:10.1155/2022/9001828.
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Chang, T. F. H. (2021). "An Emerging Positive Interventionn - Inner Engineering Online (IEO)" Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 63(9), e657-e659. doi:0000000000002270
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Chang, T. F. H. (2021). Energy, Joy, Mindfulness, and Engagement at Work - A Pilot Study of an "Inner Engineering" Approach In S. Dhiman (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Mindfulness at Work (pp. 448-462). New York, NY: Routledge.
- Inner Engineering Practices and Advanced 4-day Isha Yoga Retreat Are Associated with Cannabimimetic Effects with Increased Endocannabinoids and Short-Term and Sustained Improvement in Mental Health: A Prospective Observational Study of Meditators
- "Building Mindfulness into Management Curriculum" Presented at the 2016 Academy of Management Teaching and Learning Conference
- The State of NJ Labor, Tracy F.H. Chang and Jeffrey H. Keef
- Local Union Leaders' Conception and Ideology of Stewards' Roles, Tracy F.H. Chang
- Globalizing Union Organizing for the 21stCentury, Edwin L. Brown and Tracy F.H. Chang
- “How to Bust Stress With Online Yoga,” Research & Innovation, Rutgers Today, June 21, 2022.
- “Researchers Confirm Online Yoga Improves Wellbeing,” by Em Sloane, Longevity Magazine.
- “Yoga Helps College Students Destress. We Need Your Help to Study It.” Thrive Global Campus.
- “It is time to talk about inner PPE,” Thrive Global.
- AINx: Face Off: AI to AI in Higher Education (video)
- Yoga Tools for Realizing Inclusiveness, Rutgers Inclusion Summit, September 29, 2023.