Nitya Chawla

Dr. Nitya Chawla is an Assistant Professor of Work and Organizations at the Carlson School of Management. She earned her Ph.D. in Management from the University of Arizona in 2020, after which she worked at Texas A&M University (2020-2023). Broadly, Nitya's research explores how we can create positive and safe organizational workspaces that celebrate employees' work and non-work identities and experiences. In service of this goal, Nitya’s work often explores issues tied to diversity and inclusion within organizations as well as the importance of employee well-being. Recognizing that employees’ abilities to thrive in their careers long-term is intricately tied to their early work experiences, Nitya's research also examines the factors that prompt successful job searches. Nitya’s dissertation work—which focused on women’s experiences of sexism while searching for a job—was awarded the 2019 Society for Human Resource Management Foundation’s Dissertation Grant, the 2020 Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Hebl Grant for Reducing Gender Inequities in the Workplace Award, and the 2021 SIOP S. Rains Wallace Dissertation Award. Her research on understanding the experiences of Black police officers was awarded the 2023 Responsible Research in Management Award. In addition, Nitya was recognized as a Poets & Quants Top 50 Undergraduate Business School Professors in 2022.

Nitya’s research has been published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Organization Science, Personnel Psychology, Research in Personnel and Human Resource Management, and Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives in Science and Practice. She is an editorial review board member of the Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Personnel Psychology. Nitya is currently a guest editor at the Journal of Organizational Behavior for the special issue on women’s reproductive health and work as well as the special issue on advancing our understanding of grief in organizations. Within the Academy of Management, Nitya has previously served as the Social Media Director of the Research Methods Division and the Human Resource Division. Currently, she serves as a Co-Chair of the Organizational Behavior Division’s Making Connections Committee.