Pillar 4 (2022)

Rice Business faculty are advancing academic knowledge and managerial practice related to diversity, equity and inclusion.*

Finance

Alex Butler and James Weston

Jesse H. Jones Professor of Finance and Harmon Whittington Professor of Finance, respectively

• “Racial Disparities in the Auto Loan Market"

Marketing

Ajay Kalra

Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Marketing

• “It's Good to be Different: How Diversity Impacts Judgments of Moral Behavior"

Vikas Mittal

J. Hugh Liedtke Professor of Management – Marketing

• “Investigating the academic performance and disciplinary consequences of school district internet access spending”

Organizational Behavior

Sora Jun

Assistant Professor of Management – Organizational Behavior

• “Chronic frames of social inequality: How mainstream media frame race, gender, and wealth inequality”
• “Barriers and boosts: Expanding the lens on mechanisms of demographic inequity in organizations”
• “The equal opportunity jerk defense: Rudeness can obfuscate gender bias”
• “Why benefitting from discrimination is less recognized as discrimination”
• “Words that hurt: Leaders’ use of anti-Asian communication and employee outcomes”

Daan van Knippenberg

Houston Endowment Professor of Management – Organizational Behavior

• “A diversity mindset perspective on inclusive leadership”
• “Team leadership and team cultural diversity: The moderating effects of leader cultural background and leader team tenure”
• “Minority status, access to distributed information, and individual performance”
• “How diversity promotes team creativity: Two bumpy roads to collective inspiration.”
• “Racial biases in the publication process: Exploring expressions and solutions”

Siyu Yu

Assistant Professor of Management – Organizational Behavior

• “The role of resources in the success or failure of diverse teams: Resource scarcity activates negative performance-detracting resource dynamics in social category diverse teams"

Michelle “Mikki” Hebl

Professor of Psychology and Management – Organizational Behavior

• “Post-traumatic stress disorder and hiring: The role of social media disclosures on stigma and hiring assessments of veterans”
• “The Influence of Social Norms on the Expression of Anti-Black Bias”
• "The impact of organizational statements of support for the Black community in the wake of a racial mega-threat on organizational attraction and revenue”
• “A call to action: The imperative of supporting women scholars in academia through pregnancy, postpartum, and caregiving demands” (in press)
• “Social inequalities in leadership: shifting the focus from deficient followers to destructive leaders"
• “Do employees’ tattoos leave a mark on customers’ reactions to products and organizations?"
• “Now protected or still stigmatized? A 25 year outlook on the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act”
• “Subtle discrimination overtakes cognitive resources and undermines performance”
• “Experimental sleep loss, racial bias, and the decision criterion to shoot in the police officer’s dilemma task”
• “How behavior science can inform policies to prevent discrimination against the Asian community in the era of COVID-19.”
• “Anti-racist actions and accountability: Not more empty promises”

Strategy and Environment

Douglas Schuler

Professor of Business and Public Policy

• “Addressing the Interlinkages of Social Problems: Food For Change as Social Entrepreneurship”

Laszlo Tihanyi

William Alexander Kirkland Professor of Strategic Management

• “Publishing practical and responsible research in AMJ."

Duane Windsor

Lynette S. Autrey Professor of Management – Strategic Management
Ph.D. Area Advisor

• “The Ethics of Employee Diversity in Different Kinds of Businesses"

^{*Note: Rice Business faculty are highlighted in this section but many publications are co-authored with non-Rice Business faculty. Click the links below each listing to see a full list of authors and other publication details.}

Senior Associate Dean for DEI Constance Porter: “Fostering Allyship Within ERG's” a presentation delivered to AECOM’s AAPI Employee Resource Group (MOSAIC) at the 2022 Heritage Month Event.

Sparking Success, our diversity, equity and inclusion conference, is designed to provide a forum for awareness, dialogue and skill-building around issues of diversity and inclusion as it relates to the business world.

At Rice Business, we endeavor to create a rich learning environment that considers and appreciates a multitude of perspectives that lead to enhanced decision-making. We consider this mindset a critical leadership skill in today’s increasingly global and inclusive workplace.

Rice Business Partners is a committed, partnership-based group of business professionals working to open doors, increase collaboration and build ties between Rice Business and the Houston business community.

The Fall 2021 Welcome Reception featured our former provost, now president, Reginald DesRoches, who reinforced Rice’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to Rice Business and Houston community stakeholders.

The Rice Business External Relations team recently expanded gift options allowing alumni to donate to one of the 38 student clubs and associations of their choosing, including affinity groups such as Black Business Students Association, Latino Business Students Association, Rice Business Women’s Organization, Veterans in Business Association etc.

The Rice Business Black alumni network is abound with talented and accomplished professionals across industries and sectors. As the network grows each year, there is an increased desire to intentionally connect students with the black alumni network. To address this need, Black Business Student Association (BBSA) and Black alumni leadership worked together to launch the Rice Business Black Alumni Gateway, a website featuring an easy-to-search directory of Black alumni profiles by industry and career, along with highlights of Black excellence, leadership and accomplishment.

“The Rice Business black alumni network's achievements are extraordinary, and our expanding network is a powerful asset to alumni, as well as current and prospective students. The Black Alumni Gateway, launched in 2021, is a great way to make our network more visible for ongoing inspiration, collaboration and engagement. Working on this project was a labor of love. I remember how important it was for me to see others who looked like me during the MBA application process. I appreciate Dean Peter Rodriguez, Senior Associate Dean Constance Porter, and the Rice Business staff for their support in bringing this vision to fruition, and I look forward to seeing its utility grow.” Patra Brannon-Isaac ’11

Owl Have You Know is Rice Business’ podcast created to share the experiences of alumni, faculty, students and other members of our business community – real stories of belonging, failing, rebounding and, ultimately, succeeding. Owl Have You Know strives to exhibit our global, diverse and inclusive Rice Business community. During meaningful conversations, we dive deep into how each guest has built success through troubles and triumphs before, during and after they set foot in McNair Hall.

Subscribe to Owl Have You Know on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you find your favorite podcasts.

DEI programming was provided virtually to the alumni population via a panel discussion on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace in Summer 2022.

• Moderator: Lina Bell, Executive Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Rice Business
• Panelist: Pranika Sinha ’04 – Managing Director, DEI and Organizational Development, Greystone
• Panelist: Tracie Hall ’03 – Senior Director, Global Talent Management, McCormick
• Panelist: Julie Beaudoin ’02 – Global Associate Brand Director, Novartis

The marketing and communication team partners with students, staff, faculty and alumni to highlight the diversity in our community. Through digital advertising, videos, podcasts, blogs and print pieces we share the story of Rice Business: that you belong here and that diverse groups make the best decisions.

In fiscal year '22, 31.25% of top-performing social media posts highlighted diversity. The team produced nine admissions blogs that include diversity in programs, cultures, people and Houston. With the alumni board and external relations team, we produced 11 podcast episodes that touched on topics of diversity such as Brandy Hays Morrison starting the Black Business Student Association at Rice Business, Casey Sherrod saving pets with her wife and son, and Abbey Donnell working to keep moms in the workforce. This authentic approach to storytelling generates awareness of the diverse experiences and perspectives of members of our community.

For our digital advertisements, the team launched a new “if you believe” campaign, which connects students to Rice Business by highlighting mutual values, such as the value of diverse groups for decision-making.

These ads were served 862,962 times, were clicked on 1,865 times and reached 313,034 people. They received high interactions with 698 reactions, 62 comments, 72 post saves and 89 shares.

We endeavor to highlight the great diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives of the Rice Business community and embody our motto — You Belong Here.