Sage Award for Scholarly Contributions

Status: OPEN Nomination-based Outstanding Scholarship Presented at the AOM Annual Meeting

Sponsor: Sage Publications

This award is presented annually to a nominee who has made outstanding and sustained scholarly contributions to the field. It recognizes a current or former member of the DEI Division whose body of work has significantly advanced knowledge of diversity, equity, and inclusion in organizations. The award honors individuals whose scholarship has deepened understanding, influenced critical conversations, and meaningfully shaped theory, research, and practice in DEI.

Scholarly contributions may include the creation, development, and dissemination of new knowledge through empirical research, theoretical innovation, integrative reviews, or applied scholarship that informs organizational practice. This award recognizes an accumulated and enduring body of work that demonstrates sustained impact and long-term influence on the advancement of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Nomination Details

Nomination status: OPEN

To nominate, please submit:

A nomination letter describing the nominee’s contributions to the criteria below (recommended: 2–3 pages)
A copy of the nominee’s curriculum vitae (CV)

Please submit nomination materials to the committee chair via email: yukaf@sunway.edu.my.

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Criteria

Criteria for consideration include:

the overall scope of the nominee’s work with consideration of their contribution to diversity, equity and inclusion
the depth of the nominee’s research in terms of richness in the exploration of one or more diversity, equity and inclusion topics
significance of research in raising important questions and providing direction for future research in the diversity, equity and inclusion domain
enduring contribution to research on diversity, equity and inclusion

Award Details

This award is presented in person at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting.

Contacts

● Award Status: Open

Award Committee
Chair: Yuka Fujimoto (yukaf@sunway.edu.my)

Member: Anyi Ma

Please submit nomination materials to the committee chair via email: yukaf@sunway.edu.my.

Past Recipients

Prior recipients of the SAGE Outstanding Scholarly Contributions Award. Each year includes the award recipient and the committee chair/members as recorded.

2024 Award Recipient

Award Recipient

Herman Aguinis George Washington University

Committee

Chair: Kristin Burton

Member(s): Darryl Rice

2023 Award Recipient

Award Recipient

Amy Randel San Diego State University

Committee

Chair: Aneika Simmons

Member(s): Mikki Hebl, Corinne Post, Maria Baskerville Watkins

2022 Award Recipient

Award Recipient

Corinne Post Villanova University

Committee

Chair: Aneika L. Simmons (Sam Houston State University)

Member(s): Shanna Daniels (Florida State University), Farnaz Ghaedipour (McMaster University)

2021 Award Recipient

Award Recipient

Lisa Leslie New York University

Committee

Chair: Aneika L. Simmons (Sam Houston State University)

Member(s): Mikki Hebl (Rice University), Alice H. Eagly (Northwestern University), Carol Kulik (University of South Australia), Oscar Holmes IV (Rutgers University), Jennifer Kish-Gephart (University of Massachusetts–Amherst)

2020 Award Recipient

Award Recipient

Quinetta Roberson Michigan State University

Committee

Chair: Alexis Smith Washington (Oklahoma State University)

Member(s): Derek Avery (Wake Forest University), Beth Ann Livingston (University of Iowa), Maria Baskerville Watkins (Northeastern University)

2019 Award Recipient

Award Recipient

Eden King Rice University

Committee

Chair: Alexis Smith Washington (Oklahoma State University)

Member(s): Derek Avery (Wake Forest University), Oscar Holmes IV (Rutgers University), Maria Baskerville Watkins (Northeastern University)

2018 Award Recipient

Award Recipient

Alice Eagly Northwestern University

Committee

Chair: Yvonne Benschop (Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands)

Member(s): Caren Goldberg (Bowie State University), Sabrina Volpone (University of New Mexico), Derek Avery (Wake Forest University), Douglas Creed (University of Rhode Island)

2017 Award Recipient

Award Recipient

Derek Avery Wake Forest University

Committee

Chair: Lynn Offerman (George Washington University, USA)

Member(s): Yvonne Benschop (Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands), Mikki Hebl (Rice University, USA), Mareen Kilgour (St. Boniface University, Canada), Aneika Simmons (Sam Houston State University, USA)

2016 Award Recipient

Award Recipient

Nancy DiTomaso Rutgers Business School

Committee

Chair: Lynn Offerman (George Washington University)

Member(s): Yvonne Benschop (Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands), Mikki Hebl (Rice University), Mareen Kilgour (St. Boniface University), Aneika Simmons (Sam Houston State University)

2015 Award Recipient

Award Recipient

David A. Kravitz George Mason University

Committee

Chair: Lynn Offerman

Member(s): Maureen Kilgour, Tara Lockhart, Mikki Hebl, Carol Kulik, Y. W. M. (Yvonne) Benschop

2014 Award Recipient

Award Recipient

Mikki Hebl Rice University

Committee

Chair: David Kravitz

Member(s): Susan Case, Yuka Fujimoto, David Harrison, David Kaplan, Ann Marie Ryan, Aneika Simmons

2013 Award Recipient

Award Recipient

Ann Marie Ryan Michigan State University

Committee

Chair: David Kravitz

Member(s): Susan Case, Jorge Gonzalez, Stella Nkomo, Belle Rose Ragins, Aneika Simmons

2012 Award Recipient

Award Recipient

Dianna Stone University of Texas – San Antonio

Committee

Chair: Stella Nkomo

Member(s): Donna Blancero, Susan Case, Judith Clair, Aneika Simmons

2011 Award Recipient

Award Recipient

David Harrison University of Texas – Austin

Committee

Chair: Diana Bilimoria

Member(s): Beth Chung, Eden King, Patrick McKay, Sean Pichler, Ruth Simpson

2010 Award Recipient

Award Recipient

Debra Meyerson Stanford University

Committee

Chair: C. Douglas Johnson

Member(s): Belle Rose Ragins, Stella Nkomo, James King, Beth Livingston, Eden King

2009 Award Recipient

Award Recipient

Stella Nkomo University of South Africa

Committee

Chair: Gwendolyn Combs

Member(s): Marta Calas, C. Douglas Johnston, Belle Rose Ragins

2008 Award Recipient

Award Recipient

Ellen Kossek Michigan State University

Committee

Committee information not listed for this year.

2004 Award Recipient

Award Recipient

Jeffrey H. Greenhaus Drexel University

Committee

Chair: Donna Chrobot-Mason

2003 Award Recipient

Award Recipient

Karen Lyness Baruch College, CUNY

Committee

Chair: Marian Ruderman

Member(s): Chris Mahoney, David Kravitz, Mary McLaughlin, Robin Church

2002 Award Recipient

Award Recipient

Saroj Parasuraman Drexel University

Committee

Chair: Tony Butterfield

Member(s): Yvonne Benschop (Executive Committee), Debra Meyerson (Executive Committee)

2001 Not Presented

Status:
Not presented

Committee

Committee information not listed for this year.