Laura Rees

Laura's research focuses on emotions and related cognitive and interpersonal influences that often arise spontaneously and without much conscious thought, but profoundly shape decision-making, negotiations, performance, and well-being at work. Her research has been published in journals such as the Academy of Management Review, the Journal of Business Ethics, the Academy of Management Annals, the Journal of Applied Psychology, and others, as well as numerous book chapters.

Laura has taught courses on Negotiations and Organizational Behaviour and Leadership to undergraduate, MBA, and master's students. She has written several negotiation cases and leads negotiation workshops for a variety of audiences. Laura has served as Program Chair for the 2018 International Association for Conflict Management (IACM) annual conference, an IACM Board of Directors member (2018-2020), and a Representative-at-Large for the Academy of Management Conflict Management Division (2020-2022). In 2020, Laura began serving as an Editorial Review Board member for the Academy of Management Discoveries journal.

Prior to Smith, Laura was an Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Vanderbilt University. Laura received her PhD from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and her Bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard University. Before her academic career, Laura was a consultant for The Boston Consulting Group.

Awards

Research and Teaching

• Ross Doctoral Studies Research Grant, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, 2012 and 2013.
• Nominated for business school-wide annual faculty BBA Teaching Excellence Award, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, 2012.
• Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) award for dissertation research support, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, 2012.
• Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant, University of Michigan, 2010.

Reviewing and Conference

• Outstanding Reviewer Award, Academy of Management Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division, 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2019.

• Featured as a Showcase symposium for the OB Division for the symposium “Multi-Cultural, MultiMethod Analyses of Emotion Expression Interpretation in Organizational Life,” Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting, August 2012, Boston, MA.

• Outstanding Reviewer Award, Academy of Management Organizational Behavior Division, 2010 and 2011.

• Nominated for Emerald Best International Symposium Award for the symposium “Wisdom through

• Emotions: Multi-Cultural, Multi-level Analyses of How Emotions Can Make Us Wiser,” Academy of Management Organizational Behavior Division, 2010.

Academic

• Selected for a 2017-2018 University of Missouri system scholarship to participate in the national Faculty Success Program, led by the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD).

• Selected to participate in the University of Missouri system Faculty Scholars Program, 2017-2018.

• Selected as Recent Alumni Speaker for Ross Doctoral Studies Celebration, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, 2016.

• Stark Award for academic excellence, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, 2013.

• Neary Award for academic excellence, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, 2011 and 2012.

Academic Area

• Organizational Behaviour

Interest Topics

• Behaviour & Psychology
• Conflict Management
• Leadership & Teams
• Management
• Negotiations
• Other