Personal Motto: “Leave no stone unturned in pursuit of what you seek.”
Dr. Greg Galardi began his career at Peru State College in 2004 as an instructor.
Currently, he is an Associate Professor of Business Administration. Galardi teaches
courses in Organizational Communications, Marketing Research, Consumer Behavior, Risk
Management, and Insurance, Transition Strategies, and the Prior Learning-Life Experience
Portfolio course for non-traditional learners.
Dr. Galardi received his Doctorate of Business Administration from Northcentral University
in 2008. He completed an M.B.A. from Northcentral University, an M.S. in Human Resources
from Central Michigan University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration
from Bellevue College.
Dr. Galardi is the recipient of both the 2010 Nebraska State College System Teaching
Excellence Award and the 2009-2010 Peru State College Teaching Excellence Award. In
concert with Dr. James Nevitt, they were awarded the 2006 Peru State College School
of Professional Studies Innovational Instructional Award for their work in the initial
Honors Analysis of Evil course, which continues to this day.
Dr. Galardi’s research interests focus on consumer behavior with an emphasis on employee
and consumer satisfaction across the business and public administration segments.
In 2019, Dr. Galardi was appointed as Editor of Lambda Alpha Epsilon - Journal of
the American Criminal Justice Association, where he has served as an Associate Editor
since 2006.
Dr. Galardi’s teaching experiences include traditional classroom, online, and hybrid
courses. Past undergraduate courses taught include Introduction to College, Survey
of Criminal Justice, Introduction to Corrections, Policing, Criminal Law, Criminal
Procedures, Courts and Judicial Processes, Victimology, Criminology, Research Methods,
Organization and Administration of Justice, Criminalistics, and the capstone course
Seminar in Criminal Justice. Graduate courses taught in the MSOM program include Study
Design and Data Collection and Statistical Methods Data Analysis. Dr. Galardi has
supervised undergraduate and graduate internships and worked with graduate students
on their research projects in the Master of Science in Organizational Management program.
Beyond teaching, Dr. Galardi served in a wide variety of roles at Peru State College.
Galardi was the Dean of Professional Studies from 2009 to 2018, Dean of Graduate Programs
from 2007 to 2008, Director of Community Engagement from 2006 to 2007, and served
in the Athletics Department as an assistant coach/recruiter for Women’s Basketball
(2007-2008) and Men’s Basketball (2008-2010).
Dr. Galardi retired from the Papillion Police Department in 2004 after a very successful
law enforcement career for the City of Papillion, Nebraska, and before that, the City
of LaVista, Nebraska. Assignments included Acting Chief of Police, Police Lieutenant
(Administration, Investigations, and Operations Commander), Police Sergeant, DARE
officer, Police Field Training Officer, and Police Officer. He was a traffic radar
instructor and pepper mace instructor. His career included numerous commendations
for his exemplary performance in the investigation and arrest of felony criminal suspects,
lifesaving, hostage negotiation, community policing, and grant writing. Galardi was
awarded Employee of the Year three times during his public service career.
Dr. Galardi’s community service projects include working with the Special Olympics
and Jaycees. In 1998 and 1999, Galardi received State of Nebraska Governor’s awards
for his contributions to the Special Olympics. Galardi volunteered as a youth basketball
coach for over 25 years in Auburn, Bellevue, Omaha, Papillion, Wahoo, and Weston,
Nebraska.
Dr. Galardi is a past advisor for the Psychology-Sociology-Criminal Justice club at
Peru State College.
Dr. Galardi enjoys attending new student orientations and working with students during
their time at Peru State College. Galardi frequently attends on-campus events and
enjoys supporting student-centered activities.
Dr. Galardi considers the ultimate reward of an educator to be students calling to
advise they successfully started their professional career or are continuing progress
towards graduate education degrees.
Current Professional Affiliations:
Member of the American Marketing Association (AMA)
Member of SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management)
Member of Lambda Alpha Epsilon - American Criminal Justice Association
Past Professional Affiliations: Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS)
American Evaluation Association (AEA)
International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
Nebraska Chapter of International Association for Identification (NEIAI)
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT)
North American Case Research Association (NACRA)
Police Executive Research Forum (PERF)
