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Announcing the 2026 DEI Conference Award Winners

  • 1.  Announcing the 2026 DEI Conference Award Winners

    Posted 3 hours ago
    Edited by Shoshana Schwartz 3 hours ago

    Please see the following message posted on behalf of Katerina Bezrukova, Ph.D.; DEI Division, 2026 Awards Committee Chair:

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    Dear DEI Members and Friends,

    I am delighted to invite you to the 2026 DEI Celebration of Success, held during the Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. Please join us as we honor the outstanding scholarship and dedication of our members.

    Event Details:

    • Date: Sunday, August 2, 2026
    • Time: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    • Location: Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Congress A

    2026 Conference Award Recipients

    Dorothy Harlow/McGraw Hill Best Conference Paper

    • Winner: "Is Sameness Stifling? How Group Racioethnic Homogeneity Impacts Individual Performance Decay" by Derek R. Avery, Enrica Nicole Ruggs, Larissa R. Garcia, Horatio Traylor, & Curtis Wesley
    • Runner-Up: "Women's Representation in Top-Income Positions and Gender Pay Equity in Firms" by Gonzalo Valdes, Lorena Reyes, Andrea Bentancor, & Tomas Reyes
    • Committee: Shoshana Schwartz (Chair) and Sujana Adapa

    Best Paper Based on a Dissertation Award

    • Winner: "Gendered Meritocracy: Why Women Leaders Outperform Men in Nigeria's Patronage Bureaucracy" by Michael Roll
    • Runner-Up: "Voice Climate and Concealable Stigma: A Multilevel Examination of Identity Management Behavior" by Mehreen Aslam, Nosheen Sarwat, & Javaria Abbas
    • Committee: Florence Villeseche (Chair) and Mya Kirkwood

    Best Student Paper Award

    • Winner: "Rebalancing Power: A Theory of Inclusion as Responsive Co-Creation" - Ruba Ezzeddine, Anne Burmeister, & Stephanie J. Creary
    • Committee: Jamie Gloor (Chair) and Ashley Flowers

    Global Voices in DEI Award

    • Winner: "Diaspora and Homeland at Work: Israel-Palestine and the Jewish Organization" by Edith Pick
    • Committee: Charlotte Karam (Co-Chair), Florence Villeseche (Co-Chair), and Renata Casado

    We look forward to seeing you all in Philly to celebrate these remarkable achievements!

    Warm regards,

    Katerina Bezrukova, Ph.D. DEI Division, 2026 Awards Committee Chair

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    Shoshana Schwartz
    Christopher Newport University
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