Ella L.J. Edmondson Bell
Associate Professor of Business Administration
BA, Mills College of Education, 1971; MA, Columbia University, 1973; PhD,
Case Western Reserve University, 1987 Areas of expertiseOrganizational behavior
Current research topicsRace, gender, and social class in organizations; organizational change
Selected Publications"The Bicultural Life Experience of Career-Oriented Black Women," Journal of
Organizational Behavior, 11(6), 1990; "Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill: Comment
on a Personal Reflection," Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 28, 1992;
"Armoring: Learning to Withstand Racial Oppression," Journal of Comparative
Family Studies, 2, 1999; "Postcards from the Borderlands: Building a Career from the
Outside/Within," Journal of Career Development, 1999; "What Does It Mean to Be
an Intellectual Woman? A Comparative Essay," Journal of Management Inquiry, 9(2),
2000; Our Separate Ways: Black andWhite Women and the Struggle for Professional
Identity, Harvard Business School Press, 2001; with D. Meyerson, S. Nkomo, and M.
Scully, "Interpreting Silence and Voice in the Workplace: A Conversation About
Tempered Radicalism Among Black and White Women Researchers," Journal of
Applied Behavioral Science, 39(12), 2003; Career GPS: Women's Strategies for
Navigating the New Corporate Landscape, HarperCollins, 2010
AwardsAmerican Sociological Minority Fellowship, American Sociological Association,
1983–86; Bunting Fellow, Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College, 1993–94; McGregor Award for Best Paper, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 2001; Compass Award, Women's Leadership Exchange, 2005; Legacy of Leadership Award, Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement, 2005
Professional Activities
Academic positions: Assistant Professor, School of Organization and
Management, Yale University, 1986–90; Faculty, Summer Institute, Smith
College, 1988–90; Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
1990–91; Research Fellow, School of Organization and Management, Yale
University, 1990–91; Visiting Professor, Sloan School of Management,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991–92; Assistant Professor, Sloan
School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992–96;
Associate Professor, Belk College of Business Administration, University of
North Carolina at Charlotte, 1996; Tuck School of Business, 2000–present
Nonacademic positions: President, Organizational Behavior Teaching Society, 1999–2001; Founder and President, ASCENT: Leading Multicultural Women to the Top, 2004–present
Board memberships: Advisory Board Chairperson, Best Companies for Women of Color, Working Mother Media, 2002–05; Advisory Board Member, National Women’s Leadership Summit, The White House Project, 2005
Editorial positions: Journal of Applied Behavior Science, 2002–present
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