The Leadership Research Colloquium provides a forum for leading experts and faculty to present developing, extant and cutting-edge new research as it affects leadership in organizations and in our communities. The colloquium features the work of the recipient of The Center’s prestigious Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Outstanding Dissertation Award and hosts faculty members from other universities.
Colloquium
2023 Presenters
- Dr. Michelle K. Lee
Dr. Michelle K. Lee
Assistant Professor of Strategy and Organizations at the Smith School of Business, Queen's University
Dr. Michelle K. Lee is an Assistant Professor of Strategy and Organizations at the Smith School of Business, Queen's University. Dr. Lee received her Ph.D. in strategic management from the University of Washington. Dr. Lee is the recipient of the 2022 Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Outstanding Dissertation Award. Her dissertation research studies how the social class background of executives influences career outcomes including selection to the chief executive position and the class pay gap. More broadly, her research interests include social class, strategic leadership, shareholder activism, and corporate social responsibility. Her research has been published in the Academy of Management Journal and Journal of Management Inquiry and covered by the Wall Street Journal. Prior to academia, she worked for Deloitte and Mazars in New York City.
- Dr. Cynthia Maupin
Dr. Cynthia MaupinAssistant Professor of Management, School of Business Administration, University of Mississippi
Dr. Cynthia Maupin is an Assistant Professor of Management for the School of Business Administration at the University of Mississippi, and she earned her Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from the University of Georgia. Dr. Maupin is the recipient of the 2021 Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Outstanding Dissertation Award.Her dissertation titled "The Costs and Benefits of Leader-Driven Communication Structures for Promoting Rapid System Recovery after Exogenous Shocks" not only advances leadership science by highlighting the conditions under which leader-driven communication is effective (and ineffective), but also provides actionable recommendations for real-world leaders who are tasked with helping their organizations to recover in the aftermath of a crisis.
Her research investigates the factors that promote effective leadership, leadership development, and teamwork processes, and has been published at outlets including the Journal of Applied Psychology, The Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Management, Organizational Dynamics, Human Relations, Group and Organization Management, Small Group Research, and Industrial and Organizational Psychology Perspectives on Science and Practice.