Emily Heaphy
Associate Professor & John F. Kennedy Faculty Fellow
Management
Education
PhD in Management and Organizations, University of Michigan, 2008
BA in Women’s Studies, minor in Economics, Magna cum laude, Wellesley College, 1997
Academic Appointments
Associate Professor of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2021-Present
Assistant Professor of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2018-2021
Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, University of Rhode Island, 2016-2018
Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, Boston University, 2008-2016
Assistant Professor of Organizational Behaviour, McGill University, 2007-2008
Instructor, Management and Organizations, University of Michigan, 2007
Recent Honors / Awards
Isenberg College Outstanding Teacher Award, 2021
Outstanding Reviewer Award, Organization Science / - Best Paper Finalist, Academy of Management Review for “The Geography of Strain: Organizational Resilience as a Function of Inter group Relations”, 2019
Outstanding Reviewer Award, Organization Science / - Best Reviewer Award, Academy of Management Review / - Developmental Reviewer of the Year Finalist, Academy of Management Review / - Full-time MBA Favorite Professor (Elective) Award, Boston University, 2016
PhD Distinguished Faculty Mentor Award, Boston University, 2014, Nominee
PhD Distinguished Faculty Mentor Award, Boston University, 2015
Research Interests
Work Relationships
Emotions
Human Body at Work
Voice
Teaching Interests
General
- Negotiations
- Organizational Behavior
- Human Resource Management
Selected Publications
Lawrence, T.B., Schlindwein, E., Jalan, R., Heaphy, E.D., Organizational Body Work: Efforts to Shape Human Bodies in Organizations. Academy of Management Annals, In Press.
Gottfredson, R., Wright, S., Heaphy, E.D. A Critique Review of Relationship Quality Measures: Is a Fresh Start Needed? An Agenda to Move Forward." Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, In Press.
Heaphy, E.D., Lilius, J., Feldman, E. (2022) Moved to Speak Up: A Model of Compassion-driven Voice. Human Relations, 75(6): 1113-1139. https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267211007539
Waters, L., Algoe, S.B., Dutton, J.E., Emmons, R., Fredickson, B.L., Heaphy, E.D., Moskowitz, J.T., Neff, K., Niemiec, R., Pury, C. & Steger, M. (2021) Positive psychology in a pandemic: buffering, bolstering, and building mental health, The Journal of Positive Psychology, DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2021.1871945
Heaphy, E.D., Byron, K., Ballinger, G.A. Gittell, J.H., Leana, C., Sluss, D.M. (2018). Introduction to Special Topic Forum: The Changing Nature of Work Relationships. Academy of Management Review, 43(4): 558-569.
Kahn, W.A., Barton, M., Fisher, C., Heaphy, E.D., Reid, E., Rouse, E. (2018). “The Geography of Strain: Organizational Resilience as a Function of Intergroup Relations.” Academy of Management Review, 43(3): 509-529.
