Julia DiBenigno

Julia DiBenigno is an organizational ethnographer and field researcher. Professor DiBenigno’s scholarship seeks to advance our understanding of topics related to the sociology of work and occupations, collaboration between professional groups, upward influence and voice, and culture change in nonprofit and government organizations. Her research has appeared in Administrative Science Quarterly and the Academy of Management Annals and has won multiple best paper and best dissertation awards.

Professor DiBenigno specializes in qualitative, ethnographic methodologies (e.g., observation and interviewing). Using these methods, she immerses herself in the social worlds of those she studies to develop novel organizational theories while addressing pressing problems ranging from improving soldier mental healthcare delivery to supporting frontline caregivers combating COVID-19.

She received her PhD and MS in Work and Organization Studies from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Before that, she worked as a consultant for Deloitte's Organization and Change practice and received a BA in psychology from Columbia University.

Education

• PhD, MIT Sloan, 2016
• MS, MIT Sloan, 2014
• BA, summa cum laude, salutatorian, Columbia College, 2006

Faculty Discipline

• Organizational Behavior

Expertise

• Collaboration
• Diversity And Inclusion
• Health Care
• Leadership
• Organizational Behavior
• Organizational Design
• Organizational Ethnography
• Work and Occupations