16604: The Ripple Effect: Examining DEI Backlash from Individual to Institutional Levels

Organizer(s)

• LH

  LaStarr Hollie

  UMass Amherst, United States
• MW

  Marla White

  Virginia Tech, United States
• CH

  Courtney Hart

  U. of Texas At Arlington, United States
• CJ

  Catrina Johnson

  Kent State U., United States

Discussant(s)

• DR

  Darryl Rice

  Farmer School of Business, Miami U., United States

Presenter(s)

• NS

  Naomi Samuel

  Fuqua School of Business, Duke U., United States

Participant(s)

• AK

  Aaron Kay

  Duke University

Presenter(s)

• JD

  Jorge Delgado

  UMass Amherst, United States

Participant(s)

• OR

  Orlando Richard

  UMass Amherst, United States
• MD

  Maria Del Carmen Triana

  Owen Graduate School of Management Vanderbilt U.

Presenter(s)

• HJ

  Howard Jean-Denis

  Pepperdine U., United States

Participant(s)

• MM

  Mzamo Mangaliso

  U. of Massachusetts, Amherst, United States

Presenter(s)

• SB

  Sekou Bermiss

  U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States

Participant(s)

• JH

  John Hand

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• JG

  Jeremiah Green

  Texas A&M University

Presenter(s)

• CH

  Courtney Hart

  U. of Texas At Arlington, United States

Participant(s)

• MW

  Marla White

  Virginia Tech, United States
• LH

  LaStarr Hollie

  UMass Amherst, United States
• CJ

  Catrina Johnson

  Kent State U., United States

Presentations:

• 13:45 - 15:15 CEST (GMT+2)

  16604 Presentation 1: Anacyclosis and Red Summers: What DEI Backlash’s Predecessors Can Predict Towards the Future
  

  Author: Courtney Hart – U. of Texas At Arlington

  Author: Catrina Palmer Johnson – Kent State U.

  Author: Marla White – Virginia Tech

  Author: LaStarr Hollie – UMass Amherst
• 13:45 - 15:15 CEST (GMT+2)

  16604 Presentation 2: Political Divides in Perceptions of DEI-Driven Culture Change and Divergent Consequences for DEI Resistance
  

  Author: Naomi Samuel – Fuqua School of Business, Duke U.

  Author: Aaron Kay – Duke University
• 13:45 - 15:15 CEST (GMT+2)

  16604 Presentation 3: Board Of Directors’ Racial Diversity. A Stakeholder Perspective on Firm Performance Effects
  

  Author: Jorge Delgado – UMass Amherst

  Author: Orlando C. Richard – UMass Amherst

  Author: Maria Del Carmen Triana – Owen Graduate School of Management Vanderbilt U.
• 13:45 - 15:15 CEST (GMT+2)

  16604 Presentation 4: Resistance To DEI. An Upper Echelons Perspective From Corporate CEOs
  

  Author: Howard Jean-Denis – Pepperdine U.

  Author: Mzamo P. Mangaliso – U. of Massachusetts, Amherst
• 13:45 - 15:15 CEST (GMT+2)

  16604 Presentation 5: DEI Backlash at the Top: Analyzing Chief Diversity Officer Appointments from 2020-2024
  

  Author: Sekou Bermiss – U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  Author: Jeremiah Green – Texas A&M University

  Author: John Hand – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill