Keith Hunter

Keith Hunter is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Management in the School of Management at the University of San Francisco. His research, teaching, and professional practice focus on helping individuals and organizations better understand and intentionally shape the human systems they inhabit. Drawing on evidence from organizational behavior and related fields, his work explores how relationships, perceptions, and learning expand people's capacity to lead, collaborate, and create meaningful change.

Before entering academia, Hunter served in the U.S. Navy and spent more than a decade as a software engineer in research laboratories and technology startups. These experiences continue to shape his practical and interdisciplinary approach to both research and management education. His scholarship and educational work connect rigorous scholarship with practical, human-centered impact.

He has presented his work internationally and collaborates with organizations and educators seeking to develop leaders, strengthen communities, and help people contribute more effectively within the organizations and communities they serve. Teaching across undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs, Hunter has received multiple awards recognizing excellence in teaching, service, community-engaged learning, and mission-centered leadership.

• Social network analysis
• Leadership and influence
• Management education

• Organizational networks
• Leadership and influence
• Organizational change
• Management education

• Co-Director, Tracy Seeley Center for Teaching Excellence (2024-Present)
• Co-Chair, USF Community Engaged Learning Committee (2019-2024)
• Co-Chair, SOM MBA Program Committee, (2018-2021)
• Chair, SOM High Impact Practices Task Force, (2018-2020)
• Chair, SOM Faculty Governance Council, (2016-2017)

• Carnegie Mellon University, PhD in Organizational Behavior and Management, 2011
• Carnegie Mellon University, MPhil in Public Policy and Management, 2011
• University of Central Florida, MS in Computer Science, 1997
• University of Central Florida, BS in Computer Science, 1994
• Valencia Community College, Associate of Arts, 1992

• LT Technical Staff, Optimization and Uncertainty Estimation, Sandia National Labs
• Software Engineer, Biosgroup LTD
• Full-time Lecturer, School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida
• Machinist Mate First Class, United States Navy

• SOM John Miller Mission Support and Advocacy Award, 2025
• USF Community Engaged Learning Faculty Award, 2022
• Executive MBA Outstanding Faculty Award, 2022
• SOM Outstanding Service Award, 2019
• SOM Outstanding Teaching Award, 2016
• GBA Jesuit Excellence Award, 2013, 2014, 2016
• USF Faculty Team Innovation Award, 2013

• "Really “Thick as Thieves?” Affect and Errors of Commission in Krackhardt Data," presented in the Symposium on the Complexity of Intra- and Inter-group Networks, INSNA Sunbelt Social Networks Conference, Portland, Oregon, 2023.

• Hudson, M. L., & Hunter, K. O. (2020). Hear It Their Way: Micro-Invalidation and the Burden of “Articulateness”. Management Teaching Review, 5(4), pp. 290-301.

• “Using Krackhardt Data Over Time to Assess Egonet Dynamics and Accuracy,” INSNA Sunbelt Social Networks Conference, Cairns, Australia, 2019.

• Hunter, K. O. (2019). Building Exchange Relations and Brokerage Positions Within Groups. In Schwarz, Gavin M., Buono, Anthony F. and Susan M. Adams (Ed), Preparing for High Impact Organizational Change: Experiential Learning and Practice., Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp.179-197.

• Hudson, M. L., Hunter, K. O., & Rogers, P. C. (2017). Hair and Outrospection in the Nonprofit and Public Sectors. Qualitative Research Journal, 17(2), pp.124-139.

• Hunter, K. O., & Wolf, E. M. (2016). Cracking the code of process safety culture with organizational network analysis. Process Safety Progress, 35(3), 276-285.