James Detert

Jim Detert is the John L. Colley Professor of Business Administration in the Leadership and Organizational Behavior area at the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business Administration and a Professor of Public Policy at the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Prior to joining UVA, he taught at Cornell University's Johnson School of Management and was the faculty director for the School's leadership initiative. Detert has written many teaching cases and other curriculum materials and designed leadership and ethics classes taught to thousands of students of all ages around the world in degree and non-degree formats. He has received numerous awards for his teaching in both MBA and Executive MBA programs.

Jim's research focuses on workplace courage, improvement-oriented voice (why people speak up or stay silent at work), ethical decision-making and behavior, and other leadership-related topics. This research, as well as his consulting experiences, has been conducted across a variety of global high-technology and service-oriented industries as well as public sector institutions, including K-12 education. His research has appeared in many outlets, including Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organization Science, Personnel Psychology, Research in Organizational Behavior, and Journal of Business Ethics. Detert's research has won several academic best paper awards and is regularly featured in various online and print media outlets. He is a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review, and the author of the book Choosing Courage: The Everyday Guide to Being Brave at Work, published by Harvard Business Review Press.

Jim received his M.A. in sociology and Ph.D. in organizational behavior from Harvard University. He also holds an MBA from the University of Minnesota and a BBA from the University of Wisconsin.

Companies

• John L. Colley Professor of Business Administration University of Virginia Darden School of Business (2020)
• Henry E. McWane Professor and Associate Dean of Executive Degree Programs and Leadership Initiatives University of Virginia Darden School of Business (2016 — 2016)
• Professor of Management Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University (2007 — 2016)
• Assistant Professor Penn State University Smeal College of Business (2003 — 2007)
• Instructor Carlson School of Management (1997 — 1999)

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Harvard Business School
• Master’s Degree Harvard University
• Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management
• Bachelor’s Degree University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Nanzan University (1991 — 1991)