Biography
Diana Bilimoria, Ph.D. holds the KeyBank Professorship and is Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University. She received her Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Michigan. She is the 2011-12 Chair of the Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division of the Academy of Management. She is a co-author of Gender Equity in Science and Engineering: Advancing Change in Higher Education (Taylor & Francis, 2012), Handbook on Women in Business and Management Management (Edward Elgar, 2007; 2009) and Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: International Research and Practice (Edward Elgar, 2008). She has published extensively in leading journals, and has contributed to several edited volumes. She has received multiple grants from the National Science Foundation to advance women faculty in science and engineering. She serves on the editorial boards of five journals in business and management fields. She has served as the editor of the Journal of Management Education.
Dr. Bilimoria’s research focuses on gender and diversity in governance and leadership, and organizational transformation. Her studies have helped corporate, educational, and nonprofit organizations reinvent themselves and establish practices that attract and retain a high-performance, diverse workforce. Topics she studies include: How do individuals achieve their fullest potential as leaders and contributors in organizations? What facilitates women and minority group members becoming full participants in organizations, top management teams, and boardrooms? How can workplaces tap into all the capabilities of leadership and diversity?
Dr. Bilimoria is an expert in how leadership development can transform individuals, groups, and organizations. Her teaching and executive education activities focus on executive leadership and gender, diversity and inclusion in organizations. She has served as an organizational consultant and management educator for private, public, and nonprofit organizations, and as an advisor and coach for executives, focusing on the areas of leadership development, gender and diversity in organizations, board effectiveness, and institutional transformation.
Dr. Bilimoria received the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women’s Spotlight Series Prize for Women’s Scholarship at Case Western Reserve University in 2007, and the Weatherhead School of Management’s Doctoral Teaching Excellence Award in 2002. She has been internationally recognized for her scholarship, leadership and service, including the 1999 Anbar Golden Page Award for her editorship of the Journal of Management Education, and Academy of Management Conference awards in 2010 (Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division), 2009 (Careers Division), 2006 (Careers Division), 1999 (Organizational Behavior Division) and 1997 (Organization and Management Theory Division).
