Best Student Conference Paper Award

Sponsor: Emerald's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal

This award is given to a student author for the best conference paper on gender and diversity in organizations.

Award Recipients

2024
Paper Title: Occupational devaluation, but organizational revaluation: Understanding gendered pay
Award Recipients

Sophie Johanna Moser, University of Konstanz

Runner up:

Language of change: Building an inclusive culture through diversity rhetoric and narrative

Xue Xiang, University of Toronto
Soo Min Toh, University of Toronto

Committee

Chair: Jamie Gloor
Members: Waheeda Lillevik

2023
Paper Title: Confronters can cause harm by soliciting marginalized employees’ voice when confronting prejudice
Award Recipients

Merrick Osbourne, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
Andrea Villafuerte, Hypothesis Group
Eric Anicich, University of Southern California
Cydney Dupree, UCL School of Management

Runner Up

Edith Pick, Queen Mary, University of London

Paper Title: Race, Whiteness, and the Diversity Discourse: Lessons from UK Jewish Organizations

Committee

Chair: Jennifer Bishop and Rachel Hahn
Members: Lex Washington, Darryl Rice, Estelle Archibold

2022
Paper Title:Constraints, Competencies, or Choices? How Lay Theories of the Gender Gap Shape Diversity Initiative Support
Award Recipient

Elinor Flynn / Ph.D. candidate NYU Stern

Committee Member

Brent Lyons, York University

2021
Paper Title: Am I Next? The Spillover Effects of Mega-Threats on Identity Threat, Identity Labor, and Withdrawal at Work
Award Recipient

Angelica Leigh, Duke University
Shimul Melwani, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Committee Members

Mukta Kulkarni (Chair, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore)
Brent Lyons, York University
Galina Boiarintseva, Niagara University

2020
Paper Title:Taking Another Look at Race and the American Leadership Prototype: A Direct Replication of Rosette, Leonardelli, and Phillips (2008)
Award Recipient

Adaora Ubaka, University of Illinois – Chicago
Xinxin Lu, University of Illinois – Chicago
Lyangela Gutierrez, UCLA

Committee Members

David Dwertmann (Chair, Rutgers U.)
Nkosana Mafico, U. of Queensland
Kristie McAlpine, Rutgers U.
Sanjee Perera, U. of South Australia
Max Reinwald, U. of Konstanz
Hans van Dijk, Tilburg U.
Ariane Froidevaux, U. of Texas at Arlington

2019
Paper Title: “Immigrant Social Entrepreneurs: Managing Organizational Tensions with Cross-Cultural Experience”
Award Recipient

Nkosana Mafico, U. of Queensland
Anna Krzeminska, Macquarie U.
Charmine Hartel, U. of Queensland

Committee Members

David Dwertmann (Chair, Rutgers U.)
Oscar Holmes IV, Rutgers U.
Ravi Kudesia, Temple U.
Brent Lyons, York U.
Kristie McAlpine, Rutgers U.
Sanjee Perera, U. of South Australia
Max Reinwald, U. of
Konstanz Hans van Dijk, Tilburg U.

2018
Paper Title:More Than the Average: Examining the Variability in Employee Perceptions of Diversity Climate
Award Recipient

Max Reinwald, U. Konstanz

Committee Members

Eddy Ng (Chair), Dalhousie U.
Charlice Hurst, Notre Dame
U. Becky Paluch, Cornell U.
Chris Stamper, Western Michigan U.

2017
Paper Title:A Multi-Level Process Model for Understanding Diversity Practice Effectiveness
Award Recipient

Becky Paluch
Lisa H. Nishii
Jasmien Khattab
Meir Shemla

Committee Members

Eddy Ng (chair)
Robin Church
Charlice Hurst
Dana Kabat-Farr
Sanjee Perera

2016
Paper Title:Faculty gender diversity and university performance: The role of diversity climate
Award Recipient

David Mendelsohn
Elissa Perry

Committee Members

Jennifer Berdahl (chair)
Brent Lyons
Keimei Sugiyama

Year	Recipient	Paper Title	Committee Members
2015	Huisi Jessica Li Y. Connie Yuan Natalya Bazarova Bradford Bell	“Talk and Let Talk: Effects of Language Proficiency on Speaking Up and Expertise Recognition in Teams”	Beth A. Livingston (chair) Sarah Walker Angelica Gutierrez Beena Salim Alberto Ramierez Melgoza
2014	Raphael Silberzahn Eric Luis Uhlmann Lei Zhu	“Pay as she goes: For stereotypically male jobs, women tend to be hired by the hour.”	Corinne Post (chair) Apoorva Ghosh Angelica Gutierrez Oscar Holmes IV Tiffany Johnson Eden King Arlise McKinney Tiffany Trzebiatowski Sabrina DeeAnn Volpone
2013	Stephanie Creary Brianna Barker Caza Laura Morgan Roberts	“Out of the Box: Identity Expansion and the Building of Positive Manager-Subordinate Relationships.”	C. Douglas Johnson (chair) Raymond Trau Apoorva Ghosh Angelica Gutierrez Arlise McKinney Tiffany Johnson
2012	Geoffrey C. Ho Margaret Shih Daniel J. Walters Todd Lowell Pittinsky	“The Psychological Stigma of Unemployment: When Joblessness Leads to Being Jobless.”	C. Douglas Johnson (chair) Raymond Trau Apoorva Ghosh Angelica Gutierrez Arlise McKinney Tiffany Johnson
2011	Erin Reid	“Passing as Superman: The Ideal Worker and Men’s Professional Identities.”	C. Douglas Johnson (chair) Carolyn Block Deretta Cole Linda Hite Corrine Post
2010	Sebastian Doering Melanie Schreiner Hendrik Huettermann	“Constructing a Collective Identity in Diverse Teams.”	Mustafa Ozbilgin (chair) Alexandra Beauregard Deborah Blackman Yuka Fujimoto Mine Karatas-Ozkan Iris Koa Linley Lord Isabel Metz Layne Paddock Jawad Syed Susan Vinnicombe
2009	Muhammad Ali Carol Kulik Isabel Metz	“The Impact of Gender Diversity on Performance in Services and Manufacturing Organizations.”	Ashleigh Shelby Rosette (chair) Mary Graham Kathy Duncan Judith Clair Lori Snyder
2008	Alexandra Niessen Stefan Ruenzi Michaela Baer	“The Impact of Work Group diversity on Performance.”
2007	Lindred Greer Karen Jehn	“Where Perception Meets Reality: Effects of Different Types of Faultline Perceptions and Realities.”	Ashleigh Shelby Rosette (chair) Alexandra Beauregard Donna Chrobot-Mason Amy Randel Mustafa Ozbilgin Bev Sauer