Jeanne Brett is the DeWitt W. Buchanan, Jr. Professor Emerita of Dispute Resolution and Organizations.

Professor Brett's research is in the areas of cross-cultural negotiations, the resolution of disputes, and the performance of multicultural teams.  Her current research investigates culture and negotiation strategies. She is also studying the interface between AI and negotiations. She is the author of multiple books, two award winning: Getting Disputes Resolved with William Ury and Stephen Goldberg and the single authored Negotiating Globally; journal articles, and negotiation teaching materials. Her most recent book is Searching for Trust in the Global Economy with Tyree Mitchell. She initiated Kellogg's MBA courses in negotiations in 1981 and in cross-cultural negotiations in 1994. She has received numerous career awards: the David L. Bradford Outstanding Educator Award in Organizational Behavior; the Academy of Management Outstanding Educator Award; the Clarence L. Ver Steeg Graduate Faculty Award, and the International Association for Conflict Management Lifetime Achievement Award.

Cross-cultural, deal making, dispute resolution, mediation, emotions and negotiation, AI and negotiation, negotiating teams, trust and culture, influence and culture, status and culture, communication and culture

• PhD, 1972, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, University of Illinois
• AM, 1969, University of Illinois
• BA, 1967, Southern Methodist University

• Exchange Professor Sciences Po, L'Institut d'etudes politiques (IEP) de Paris, 12/31/2006
• Visiting Professor, Keio University, Yokohama Japan, 12/1/1998
• Institut d'Administration des Entreprises, Universite de Droit, d'Economie et des Sciences d'Aix-Marseille, 12/31/1990
• Professor of Organizational Behavior, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 8/31/1989
• Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 8/31/1983
• Assistant Professor of Organizational Psychology, University of Michigan, 8/31/1976
• Faculty Associate, Organizational Behavior Program, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 8/31/1976
• Assistant Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 8/31/1975
• Director, Dispute Resolution Research Center, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 9/1/2016
• DeWitt W. Buchanan, Jr. Professor of Dispute Resolution and Organizations, Dispute Resolution Research Center, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 9/1/2019
• Department Chair, Management & Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 8/31/2001

• International Association for Conflict Management Lifetime Achievement Award, 2008
• The Clarence L. Ver Steeg Graduate Faculty Award, Kellogg School of Management, 2007
• International Association for Conflict Management Best Paper in 2005 for the Negotiation Dance: Time, Culture, and Behavioral Sequences in Negotiation by Wendy Adair & Jeanne Brett, 2007
• Academy of Management Outstanding Educator Award, Kellogg School of Management, 2003
• International Association of Conflict Management Book Award for Negotiating Globally, 2002
• Kellogg Alumni Choice Award for lasting academic contribution, Kellogg School of Management, 2001
• Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, Outstanding Alumni Award, University of Illinois, 2001
• Outstanding Professor of the Year, the Managers Program, Kellogg School of Management, 1993
• David L. Bradford Outstanding Educator Award in Organizational Behavior, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, 1989

• Editorial Board, Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 1973
• Editorial Board, Negotiation and Conflict Management Review, 2006
• Editorial Board, International Journal of Conflict Management, 1992
• Editorial Board, Negotiation Journal, 1989

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