Laura Wallace
Assistant Professor of Organization & Management Emory University, Goizueta Business School
- Atlanta GA
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Biography
Laura Wallace is an incoming assistant professor of organization and management at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. She is coming from a role as a principal researcher (postdoc) at Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. She completed her PhD in social psychology at Ohio State University and her bachelor’s degree in organizational communications at Xavier University.
Her research program examines how people and organizations can foster trust, with consequences for their ability to address societal disadvantage, change minds, and foster growth.
Her research has been published in top scientific outlets, including the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JPSP), and Journal of Experimental Psychology: General® (JEP:G). She has been awarded competitive funding, including a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship and a Presidential Fellowship from The Ohio State University. She has also received multiple honors, including the Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP) Dissertation Award Finalist, Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Outstanding Research Award, and International Association for Conflict Management (IACM) Outstanding Conference Paper Award. Her work has been featured in leading media outlets including Chicago Booth Review, The Times, Newsweek, New York Post, and U.S. News & World Report.
Her research program examines how people and organizations can foster trust, with consequences for their ability to address societal disadvantage, change minds, and foster growth.
Her research has been published in top scientific outlets, including the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JPSP), and Journal of Experimental Psychology: General® (JEP:G). She has been awarded competitive funding, including a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship and a Presidential Fellowship from The Ohio State University. She has also received multiple honors, including the Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP) Dissertation Award Finalist, Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Outstanding Research Award, and International Association for Conflict Management (IACM) Outstanding Conference Paper Award. Her work has been featured in leading media outlets including Chicago Booth Review, The Times, Newsweek, New York Post, and U.S. News & World Report.
