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Meyerson,
Debra
Associate Professor of Education and (by courtesy) Organizational Behavior
Faculty Co-director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
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By taking on the quality of uncontestable truth, dominant narratives in organizations keep existing arrangements in place. Alternative narratives open the way for experimentation, but the reverse is also true. Small local innovations can provide the occasion to question existing understandings and create competing narratives, which in turn provoke learning and further adaptation.
From her book, Tempered Radicals: How People Use Differences to Inspire Change at Work
Professor Meyerson’s research has focused on conditions and change strategies that foster constructive and equitable gender and race relations in organizations. Her more recent projects investigate scaling and innovation in the charter school field, the role of philanthropy in shaping educational innovation, and conditions that foster learning and distributed leadership in organizations. |
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* Ph.D. Organizational Behavior, Stanford University (1989)
* M.S. Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1980)
* B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1979) |
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* 1997-2002, Professor of Management, Center for Gender in Organizations, Graduate School of Management, Simmons College;
* 1994-1996, Visiting Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University;
* 1990-1994, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, University of Michigan Business School;
* 1994, Visiting Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. |
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* Since 2003.
* 2003, Associate Professor of Education;
* 1998-2002, Visiting Professor of Organizational Behavior, Center for Work, Technology, and Organization, School of Engineering, Stanford University;
* 1999-2002, Visiting Professor of Organizational Behavior, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. |
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| * Debra Meyerson conducts research in five areas: a) gender and race relations in organizations, specifically individual and organizational strategies of change aimed at removing inequities and fostering productive inter-group relations; b) the role of philanthropic organizations as intermediaries in fostering change within educational institutions; c) leadership and entrepreneurship in education; d)going to scale in the charter school field; and e)accessibility and the construction (and destruction) of work-life boundaries through communication technologies. |
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* 1) Organizing for Diversity: Opportunities and Challenges, 2) Social Change Processes and Organizations, Stanford School of Education;
* 3) Leading Social Change: Cases in Educational Entrepreneurship, 4) Organizing for Diversity, Graduate School of Business, Stanford. |
| Current Syllabus: OB393_F08_student.doc |
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* Meyerson, D. (2007). "Tempered Radicals as Institutional Change Agents: The Case of NSF's Gender Equity Project in Higher Education," Harvard Journal of Law and Gender.
* Meyerson, D and R. Ely (2007). "Disrupting Gender, Revising Leadership," in D. Rhode and B. Kellerman (eds.), Gender and Leadership, New York: Jossey Bass.
* Darling-Hammond, M. LaPointe, D. Meyerson, and T. Orr (2007). "Preparing Leaders for a Changing World," Policy Monograph.
* Ely, R. and D. Meyerson (2006). "Beyond Political Correctness, Harvard Business Review.
* Meyerson, D. (2003). Tempered Radicals: How Everyday Leaders Inspire Change at Work, Harvard Business School Press. |
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* Co-director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Socieety
* Co-director, Stanford Educational Leadership Institute
* Director, Envision Schools;
* Represntative, Stanford University Senate;
* Editorial Board, Organization: Interdisciplinary Journal of Organization, Theory, and Society;
* Advisory Board, Learning as Leadership;
* Affiliated Faculty, Center for Social Innovation;
* Affiliated Faculty, Center for Comparative Studies on Race and Ethnicity; Center for Poverty and Inequality; Institute for Research on Women and Gender;
* Public Policy Program. |
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* Phone: (650) 725 5510
* Email: debram@stanford.edu
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