Speakers for 2019
**Information on 3 more speakers coming soon!**
Dean's Research Lecture Series
Dean's Research Lecture Series
The Technology Management Program Dean’s Research Lecture Series is the premier event that brings accomplished and inspiring professors to campus to explore topics related to the field of technology management and organizations. The lecture series provide a forum for the academic community to learn from and engage in conversations with outstanding scholars on cutting-edge research findings.
Each quarter will feature several preeminent speakers. Lectures will last approximately one hour starting at 12:00pm and take place in the TMP Executive Learning Center, Phelps Hall 1410. For a full listing of the lectures, please see below. Lunch is provided for all guests who RSVP.
Attendees are required to register prior to the event for lunch and space reservation. For more information, contact Amanda Higham via email or by phone at 805-893-7577.
To read a past article about the Dean's Research Lecture Series in the UCSB Current, click here. Take a look at our speakers for 2018-2019!
Kinko's Founder, Business Leader, Visionary, Philanthropist
Read more at: https://www.bigspeak.com/speakers/paul-orfalea/
Kinko's Founder, Business Leader, Visionary, Philanthropist
Read more at: https://www.bigspeak.com/speakers/paul-orfalea/
Kinko's Founder, Business Leader, Visionary, Philanthropist
Read more at: https://www.bigspeak.com/speakers/paul-orfalea/
Melissa Schilling - February 8, 2019
Herzog Family Professor of Management, New York University Stern School of Business
David Krackhardt - March 1, 2019
Professor of Organizations, Heinz School of Public Policy and Management and Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University
Professor of Management, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
Siobhan O'Mahony- March 31, 2019
Associate Professor in Strategy and Innovation at the Boston University Questrom School of Business and the Academic Director of Research and Curriculum for Innovate at Boston University Questrom School of Business
Past Research Talks
Speakers for 2017-2018
January 29. 2018 Brian Uzzi, Professor of Sociology and Engineering at Northwestern University Knowledge and Social Networks that Predict Breakthroughs and Professional Success in Science and Technology |
March 2, 2018 Geof Bowker, Professor at the University of California, Irvine How the West was Won by Data |
April 6, 2018 Sarah Kaplan, Distinguished Professor, University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management Acceleration as Mitigation: Whether and When Process Solutions Can Address Gender Bias in Entrepreneurship |
May 4, 2018 Heather Haveman, Professor of Sociology and Business at the University of California, Berkeley The Political Economy of Innovation in China |
Speakers for 2016-2017
October 7, 2016 Melissa Valentine, Assistant Professor of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University Flash organizations: Crowdsourcing complex work via reconfigurable organizational structures |
Scott Poole, David L. Swanson Professor of Communication, University of Illinois Low-Overhead, Action-Oriented Team Science in International Contexts |
Beth Bechky, Jacob B. Melnick Term Professor of Management and Organizations, New York University The specter of testifying: Forensic scientists as advocates for the evidence |
Samer Faraj, Professor of Technology, Management & Healthcare, McGill University The reconstitution of work practices during a radical hospital transformation |
Brad Staats, Associate Professor of Operations, University of North Carolina |
Linda Argote, David M. Kirr & Barbara A. Kirr Professor of Organizational Behavior and Theory, Carnegie Mellon University |
Melissa Mazmanian, Associate Professor of Informatics, University of California, Irvine |
Ron Burt, Hobart W. Williams Professor of Sociology and Strategy, University of Chicago |
Janet Vertesi, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Princeton University |
Speakers for 2015-2016
Kimberly Elsbach, Professor of Management and Associate Dean for Instruction, Stephen G. Newberry Endowed Chair in Leadership, UC Davis Graduate School of Management Giving Ideas That Won’t Get Rejected: How Personal Identity Relates to Idea-Taking in Creative Collaboration |
 May 17, 2016 Andrew Hargadon, Professor of Technology Management, Charles J. Soderquist Chair in Entrepreneurship, UC Davis Graduate School of Management Between conception and creation: Uncertainty, commitment, and the innovation of penicillin |
 March 11, 2016 Amy Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School The Advocacy Trap: When legitimacy-building inhibits organizational learning |
 November 13, 2015 Daniel Cable, Professor, Organisational Behaviour, London Business School Putting your Best Self to Work: How Best-Self Activation Influences Emotions, Physiology, and Employment Relationships |
May 27, 2016