Allison Elias

Assistant Professor Allison Elias teaches courses about communication and negotiation in Darden's MBA and EMBA programs. Her research investigates historical and contemporary issues of gender and diversity in organizations, with a focus on the influence of social movements on corporate practices. Her forthcoming book (History of U.S. Capitalism series, Columbia University Press), at the intersection history and management studies, charts the trajectory of modern feminism at work through the lens of the secretarial profession.

Before coming to Darden, Elias taught at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; the Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University; the SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University; and the ILR School, Cornell University.

Companies

• Assistant Professor of Business Administration University of Virginia Darden School of Business (2021)
• Senior Fellow and Lecturer The Wharton School (2019 — 2021)
• Fellow, Provost's Office for Inclusive Excellence Vanderbilt University (2017 — 2019)
• Postdoctoral Research Scholar Vanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management (2017 — 2019)
• Visiting Assistant Professor Cornell University ILR School (2014 — 2017)
• Research Associate, Institute for Business in Society Darden School of Business (2012 — 2014)
• Ph.D., History University of Virginia (2005 — 2013)
• Research Assistant University of Virginia (2005 — 2012)
• Graduate Assistant University of Virginia (2006 — 2011)

Education

• Ph.D. History, University of Virginia (2013)
• M.A. University of Virginia (2004 — 2005)
• B.A. with Distinction University of Virginia (1998 — 2002)
• Certificate McIntire Business Institute at the University of Virginia