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Laura Kray

Professor | The Ned and Carol Spieker Chair in Leadership | Faculty Director, Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership | Management of Organizations | Sustainability | Haas School of Business

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Laura Kray is a leading expert on the social psychological barriers influencing women’s career attainment. Kray is the recipient of multiple research awards from the Academy of Management, the International Association of Conflict Management, and the California Management Review. Kray is a fellow to both the Association for Psychological Science and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. From 2017 to 2018, she was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Some of her current research seeks to debunk popular myths about the gender pay gap and to identify solutions to gender inequality in the workplace.

Kray’s research has been supported multiple times by the National Science Foundation and has been featured in a wide range of media outlets, including the Washington Post, New Yorker, National Public Radio, Harvard Business Review, New York Times, Financial Times, Slate, Forbes, Huffington Post, Daily Beast, Scientific American, Businessweek, and Time.

In addition to research and teaching, Kray consults frequently with global organizations seeking to develop the next generation of leaders who are committed to addressing issues of diversity and inclusion. Kray founded the Women’s Executive Leadership Program of Berkeley Executive Education in 2008 and she remains the faculty director today. She is also the faculty director of the Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership.

Expertise and Research Interests

  • Gender Bias
  • Motivated Cognition
  • Mindsets
  • Groups and Teams
  • Ethics and Morality
  • Negotiations and Conflict Resolution

Papers, Articles and Publications

Awards & Honors
  • Best Practitioner-Oriented Paper Award, Academy of Management Organizational Behavior Division, August, 2018
  • Best Empirical Paper Award, International Association of Conflict Management Meeting, New York, NY, June, 2016
  • Most Influential Paper Award: 2000-2003; Conflict Management Division, Academy of Management Meeting, Anaheim, CA, 2008
  • Faculty research grants, University of California, 2005, 2006
  • Junior Faculty Research Grant, University of California, 2004
  • Schwabacher Fellow, Highest honor for Assistant Professors, Haas School of Business,, 2004-2005
  • “Club 6,” Recognition for Excellence in Teaching, Haas School of Business, 2003-present
  • Office of the President’s Academic Enrichment Grant, University of California, 2002
  • Best Empirical Paper Award, International Association of Conflict Management Meetings, Cergy, France, June 2001
Academic Background
  • PhD, Psychology, University of Washington
  • BA, Organization Studies, University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Women's Executive Leadership Program
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COBE Eligible

Women's Executive Leadership Program

Understand women's perspectives and strengths in business to improve your problem-solving skills, negotiation tactics, and leadership.

Format
In-Person
Length
4 Days
Cost
$6,900.00