Stephanie Creary

Professor Stephanie J. Creary is an organizational scholar with expertise in identity, diversity, inclusion, and workplace relationships. She studies how people manage multiple identities, boundaries, and inclusion in organizations while navigating any tensions associated with doing so. She places particular emphasis on the interplay between organizational systems and practices and the experiences of a variety of organizational stakeholders, including managers and leaders, employees, customers and clients, and board directors. She has studied related dynamics in a variety of organizations, including global firms, corporate board rooms, hospitals, yoga communities, and the US Army. Professor Creary has published her research in leading academic journals, including the Academy of Management Review and Organization Science. Insights from her research have also appeared in top popular press outlets, including Harvard Business Review, strategy+business, the New York Times, Bloomberg, NPR, and Marketplace. Currently, she is on the editorial boards of three leading academic journals: Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.

Prior to joining the Wharton faculty, Professor Creary was on the faculty of Cornell University. Prior to completing her PhD degree, she was a research associate at Harvard Business School and The Conference Board in NYC researching corporate diversity and inclusion practices. She also has extensive work experience in the health care industry. Professor Creary has earned B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Boston University Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences; an MBA degree from Simmons School of Management; and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Boston College Carroll School of Management.

Awards and Honors

• Wharton Teaching Excellence Award, 2020
• Wharton Center for Leadership and Change Management Research Grant, 2019
• Elected Representative-at-Large, Managerial and Organizational Cognition (MOC) Division, Academy of Management, 2017
• Academic Scholar, Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures, 2017
• Faculty Fellow Research Grant, Engaged Cornell, 2016-2017
• Faculty Fellow Research Grant, Engaged Cornell, 2016
• Academy of Management Organizational Behavior (OB) Division Showcase Symposium, Symposium Chair, 2016
• Cornell University Family Fellows Program Honored Guest, 2016
• Cornell University Center for Engaged Learning and Teaching Research Grant, 2016
• Cornell University Center for Teaching Excellence Research Grants, 2016
• Cornell University Center for Teaching Excellence Research Grants, 2015
• Cornell University Small Group Mentoring Program Grant, 2015
• Academy of Management Managerial and Organizational Cognition (MOC) Division Showcase Symposium, Symposium Organizer, 2015
• Academy of Management Managerial and Organizational Cognition (MOC) Division Outstanding Reviewer Award, 2015., 2015
• Academy of Management Gender and Diversity in Organizations (GDO) Division Best Reviewer Award, 2014
• Academy of Management Gender and Diversity in Organizations (GDO) Division Best Reviewer Award, 2013
• Academy of Management Gender and Diversity in Organizations (GDO) Division Best Student Paper Award, 2013
• Boston College Donald J. White Award for Teaching Excellence, 2012
• AHANA Leadership Council and GLBTQ Leadership Council Faculty Recognition Award, Boston College, 2012
• Academy of Management Emerald Award for Best International Symposium, Nominee, 2010
• Simmons College Susan Bulkeley Butler Academic Prize, 2007
• Simmons College Presidential Inauguration Ceremony Graduate Student Speaker, 2007
• Simmons College Graduate Student Award for Civic Engagement, 2007
• Boston University Outstanding Graduating Dance Student, 1998
• Boston University Student Advisor of the Year, 1998
• Boston University Scarlet Key Student Leadership Award, 1998
• Boston University Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Community Service Award, 1997