Laurie Weingart

Laurie R. Weingart is the Richard M. and Margaret S. Cyert Professor of Organizational Behavior and Theory at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business and co-leads the Collaboration and Conflict Research Lab. She has served as Chair of CMU’s Faculty Senate and as CMU’s Provost/Chief Academic Officer (Interim) where she was responsible for the academic mission of the university. She has also served as Senior Associate Dean of Education, as Interim Associate Dean - Masters Programs, and as Director of the Accelerate Leadership Center within the Tepper School.

Coauthor of The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women’s Dead-End Work, her research and teaching examines collaboration, conflict, and negotiation, with a focus on how differences across people both help and hinder effective problem solving and innovation. A recipient of the Joseph E. McGrath Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Study of Groups, Professor Weingart has published over 70 articles and book chapters in the fields of management, psychology, and economics. She is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Management, the Society of Organizational Behavior, and the Society for Experimental and Social Psychology. Her award-winning research has been covered by major news outlets in the US and around the world.

Professor Weingart’s influence extends to her profession having served as president of the International Association for Conflict Management, founding president of the Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research, and as editor of the highly influential Academy of Management Annals. Dr. Weingart earned her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.