Laura Morgan Roberts

Dr. Laura Morgan Roberts is a Professor of Practice at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. Laura’s research and consulting focus on the science of maximizing human potential in diverse organizations and communities. She has published over fifty research articles, teaching cases, and practitioner-oriented tools for strategically activating best selves through strength-based development. She has also edited three books: Race, Work and Leadership; Positive Organizing in a Global Society; and Exploring Positive Identities and Organizations. Her influential publications on diversity, authenticity and leadership development have been featured in Harvard Business Review and several other global media outlets.

Laura earned a BA in Psychology (highest distinction & Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of Virginia, and an MA and Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Michigan. She has served on the faculties of Harvard Business School, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, and Antioch University’s Graduate School of Leadership and Change. She has also taught courses in organizational behavior, psychology, negotiations, group dynamics, diversity, leadership and career development as a faculty affiliate of the University of Michigan, the Wharton School of Finance, Tuck, Georgia State University, UCLA Anderson, Simmons School of Management, and AVT (Copenhagen).

SELECTED BOOKS

• Roberts, Laura Morgan, Anthony J. Mayo & David A. Thomas. "Race, Work and Leadership: New Perspectives on the Black Experience." Harvard Business Review, 2019.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Roberts, Laura Morgan, Emily D. Heaphy & Brianna Barker Caza. "To Become Your Best Self, Study Your Successes." Harvard Business Review, May 2019.
  
• Washington, Z. & Laura Morgan Roberts. "Women of Color Get Less Support at Work." Harvard Business Review, March 2019.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) University of Michigan (1996 — 2002)
• BA University of Virginia (1992 — 1996)

Companies

• CEO and Founder The Alignment Quest Enterprise, LLC (2020)
• Professor of Practice University of Virginia Darden School of Business (2019)
• CEO & Co-founder RPAQ Solutions, Inc. (2007 — 2020)
• Faculty Affiliate, Center for Positive Organizations University of Michigan (2007 — 2020)
• Faculty affiliate Antioch University (2010 — 2020)
• Teaching Professor Georgetown University - The McDonough School of Business (2017 — 2019)
• Visiting Research Scholar Harvard Business School (2016 — 2019)
• Professor Antioch University PhD in Leadership and Change (2010 — 2017)
• Associate Faculty AVT Business School (2007 — 2013)