Ivuoma Onyeador is an Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations. Her research examines how dominant and non-dominant group members reason about group-based discrimination and disparities. Through her research program, she aims to increase people’s understanding of and willingness to address inequality. Professor Onyeador’s research has been published in leading journals such as Psychological Science and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Her work has also been featured in popular press outlets, including The New York Times and The Atlantic.

In recognition of her contributions, she has been named a "Rising Star" by the Association for Psychological Science, selected for the SAGE Early Career Trajectory and Service to SPSP awards by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology and a Mission Award from the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science. In 2022 she was name one of the best 40 under 40 MBA professors by Poets & Quants. 

Professor Onyeador earned her B.S. in Psychology, with distinction, from Yale University, her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from UCLA, and was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Science Foundation.

• Ph.D., 2017, Social Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
• M.A., 2013, Social Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
• B.S., 2011, Psychology, Yale University, with distinction

• Assistant Professor, Management and Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2020-present
• Assistant Professor, Psychology (by courtesy), Northwestern University, 2020-present
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Psychology, Yale University, 2018-2020
• Postdoctoral Associate, Psychology, Yale University, 2017-2018

• Best 40 Under 40 MBA Professors, Poets & Quants
• Best 40 Under 40 MBA Professors, Poets & Quants
• SAGE Early Career Trajectory Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
• Rising Star Award, Association for Psychological Science
• Admired Scholar, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
• Service to SPSP Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
• Mission Award - The SIPS Mission Award is the highest recognition the organization bestows., Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science
• Admired Scholar, Society for Personality and Social Psychology

• Ad-hoc Reviewer, Russell Sage Foundation: Dissertation grants, 2023
• Ad-hoc Reviewer, National Science Foundation: SBE postdoc grants, 2023
• Editorial Board, Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2021
• Referee, Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 2021
• Referee, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nexus, 2021
• Ad-hoc Reviewer, Organization Science, 2021
• Ad-hoc Reviewer, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2021
• Referee, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2020
• Referee, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2020
• Referee, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2020
• Referee, Nature Human Behavior, 2020
• Referee, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 2020
• Referee, Race and Social Problems, 2020
• Referee, Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences, 2020
• Editorial Board, Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2020
• Referee, Psychological Science, 2020
• Referee, Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2019

Special Topics in Management & Organizations: Micro (MORS-521-1)
The course covers classic and recent research topics in micro-oriented areas of Management and Organizations. Topics are drawn from social psychology, organizational behavior, and micro-organizational research methods.

Beyond Diversity

Individual. Interpersonal. Institutional. Intentionally designed to be in-person, this program empowers you as DEI Leaders to take proven concepts and translate them into bold actions, creating meaningful change for yourself, your employees, and your organization.

Leading and Managing Teams (MORS-460-0)
This course examines the design, management, and leadership of teams in organizational settings. The focus is on the interpersonal processes and structural characteristics that influence the effectiveness of teams, the dynamics of intra-team relationships, and sharing of knowledge and information in teams. This class is very practical and hands-on. Each week, students engage in an experiential team challenge (activity or case) pertaining to a key aspect of team and group dynamics. Students are assigned to a group at the beginning of the quarter. This group complete a group project studying and analyzing dynamics and processes of a real client team. There is no final exam, and each group delivers a case study of their client team at the end of quarter.