Hillary Anger Elfenbein

Hillary Anger Elfenbein is the John and Ellen Wallace Distinguished Professor of Organizational Behavior at Washington University in St. Louis, known for her research on emotion in the workplace and cross-cultural differences in emotion.

Hillary Anger Elfenbein
Known forResearch on recognizing emotions across cultures and emotion in the workplace
Academic background
EducationHarvard University
Alma materHarvard University
ThesisAccuracy in communicating emotion in the workplace : a field research investigation (2001)
Academic work
InstitutionsWashington University in St. Louis; University of California, Berkeley; Monitor Company

Education edit

Elfenbein received undergraduate degrees from Harvard University in physics, and Sanskrit and Indian studies. She earned an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Harvard.[1]

Career edit

After graduating with her bachelor’s degrees, Elfenbein took a position as a management consultant at Monitor Company in Cambridge (1994–1996).[1] Following her Ph.D. Elfenbein was a Senior Researcher at the Harvard Business School (2001–2003) and an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley (2003–2008). In 2008 she moved to Washington University in St. Louis, where she was promoted to professor in 2010 and to the John and Ellen Wallace Distinguished Professor in 2016.[2]

Research edit

Elfenbein is known for her research in emotion in the workplace, negotiation, and the recognition of emotion across cultures. Her early work described cultural differences in emotions,[3] and how that controls people's ability to evaluate emotions.[4] She has reviewed emotions in the workplace,[5] how emotions impact negotiations,[6] and individual's perceptions of negative feelings.[7] Her research includes investigations into people with high emotional intelligence,[8] and she has testified before the Congress about the value of basic research.[9]

Personal life edit

Elfenbein has been performing stand-up comedy in St. Louis since 2016.[10]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Faculty". olin.wustl.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  2. ^ "Five Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Professorships". Women in Academia Report; Bartonsville. September 9, 2016 – via Proquest.
  3. ^ Elfenbein, Hillary Anger (January 2013). "Nonverbal Dialects and Accents in Facial Expressions of Emotion". Emotion Review. 5 (1): 90–96. doi:10.1177/1754073912451332. ISSN 1754-0739. S2CID 147512640.
  4. ^ Elfenbein, Hillary Anger; Ambady, Nalini (2002). "Is there an in-group advantage in emotion recognition?". Psychological Bulletin. 128 (2): 243–249. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.128.2.243. ISSN 1939-1455. PMID 11931518.
  5. ^ Elfenbein, Hillary Anger (2022-09-14). "Emotion in Organizations: Theory and Research". Annual Review of Psychology. 74 (1): 489–517. doi:10.1146/annurev-psych-032720-035940. ISSN 0066-4308. PMID 36104000.
  6. ^ Curhan, Jared R.; Elfenbein, Hillary Anger; Xu, Heng (2006). "What do people value when they negotiate? Mapping the domain of subjective value in negotiation". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 91 (3): 493–512. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.91.3.493. hdl:1721.1/18234. ISSN 1939-1315. PMID 16938032. S2CID 10166193.
  7. ^ Elfenbein, Hillary Anger; Eisenkraft, Noah; Ding, Waverly W. (September 2009). "Do We Know Who Values Us?". Psychological Science. 20 (9): 1081–1083. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02396.x. ISSN 0956-7976. PMID 19572970. S2CID 26736042.
  8. ^ Elfenbein, Hillary Anger; Ambady, Nalini (2002). "Predicting workplace outcomes from the ability to eavesdrop on feelings". Journal of Applied Psychology. 87 (5): 963–971. doi:10.1037/0021-9010.87.5.963. ISSN 1939-1854. PMID 12395820. S2CID 670253.
  9. ^ Issues (2011-10-01). "From the Hill - Fall 2011". Issues in Science and Technology. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  10. ^ Shane Mauss (2022-08-05). "Episode 390: Emotional Intelligence, Hillary Anger Elfenbein". Here We Are Podcast (Podcast).