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 Karen Linkletter is receiving her Ph.D. in History today and previously was awarded the Master of Business Administration Degree from CGU. Her life combines the transdisciplinary elements CGU holds dear. A cellist and cello teacher, she lectures in American Studies, has served as an archival research assistant, worked as a financial consultant for an international investment firm, and managed marketing functions for several corporations.
An English graduate of U.C. Berkeley, she has performed with numerous chamber groups and symphony orchestras, including a concert tour in China. She has played with the Long Beach Ballet, Berkeley Symphony, Laguna Playhouse, Capistrano Valley Symphony, and other regional orchestras. She has also been a member of the orchestras for performers Sara Vaughan, Jose Feliciano, Juan Gabriel, Smokey Robinson, and Buddy Ebsen. She has written and performed for several contemporary rock, jazz, salsa, Christian, and New Age recordings, as well as movie soundtracks. She works with Music for All Seasons, an organization founded by Dudley Moore, which seeks to bring music to those who, because of hospitalization, incarceration, or other reasons are unable to attend live concerts.
Her dissertation, however, has focused on the work of Peter F. Drucker and her doctoral studies have centered on modern U.S. intellectual history, the history of capitalism and economic theory, and the history of American management practices. In her dissertation, “Drucker Redux: Management as Intellectual and Philosophical Product,” she analyzes Drucker’s management and social writings in terms of how they reflect his own European background and his unique vision of American Society.
Dr. Linkletter has been honored with CGU’s Fernandez Prize in History, the Hillcrest Transdisciplinary Research Award, the Jean Kearney Fellowship, and the Paul and Bernice Albrecht Fellowship while pursuing the M.B.A. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Alpha Theta honor societies. |
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