Christina Lacerenza

Dr. Christina N. Lacerenza is an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her work focuses on identifying effective leadership and teamwork practices for the 21st century and beyond, with an emphasis on team emergent states, plural leadership, evidence-based leadership development, and diversity within teams and organizations. Her work appears in outlets such as Journal of Applied Psychology and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes and has been presented at various professional meetings, including the National Academy of Sciences workshop on Science Team Dynamics and Effectiveness.

In addition to her academic work, Dr. Lacerenza has consulted on projects related to leadership and teamwork across multiple industries, worked at Amazon on the Talent Assessment Team, and worked for the Orlando Magic NBA Team in the Premium Services department.

She earned her Ph.D. from Rice University, where her dissertation focused on deep- and surface-level leader traits within self-managed engineering teams. Media outlets featuring Dr. Lacerenza’s work include: Forbes, Science Daily, and Association for Psychological Science.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Rice University
• Bachelor of Science University of Central Florida
• Master of Science (MS) University of Central Florida

Companies

• Research Advisor Prime Chief of Staff (2019)
• Assistant Professor University of Colorado Boulder - Leeds School of Business (2018)
• Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow University of Colorado Boulder - Leeds School of Business (2017 — 2018)
• Consultant Schmidt Harvey Consulting (2017 — 2017)
• Graduate Associate - Doerr Institute for New Leaders Jones Graduate School of Business (2016 — 2017)
• Organizational Consultant and Research Associate Rice University (2015 — 2017)
• Adjunct Professor University of Houston-Downtown (2017 — 2017)
• Talent Assessment Team Amazon (2016 — 2016)
• Graduate Consultant and Research Associate: Institute for Simulation and Training University of Central Florida (2012 — 2015)