Women@Anderson

Transformative Leaders
 

Sofia Mandel (’24)

President, Women’s Business Connection

When I enrolled at Anderson, I joined the leadership of the Women’s Business Connection because of my strong belief in its mission to cultivate a network of influential and inclusive business leaders. This year, we’ve stepped up our awareness of what it means to be inclusive, partnering with the school’s other identity and professional groups to appeal to a wider audience by highlighting our members’ far-reaching cultural and professional perspectives and encouraging greater awareness of the issues affecting women worldwide.

Learn about WBC

Velocity is a celebration of the power and impact of women. In 2024, current and future leaders of all backgrounds explore ideas for a more equitable future in business and society under the theme Empower. True to tradition, the summit will inspire our passionate and forward-thinking community to continue its learning, growth, leadership and empowerment through all stages of life and career.

We Share Success

 

Success Stories

 
UCLA Anderson students, alumnae, faculty and staff are paving the way to success and inclusion for future generations of women worldwide.

Conducting research is often solitary. Even the welcome opportunities for collaboration can be limited to fellow academics whose work falls within similar lines of interest. One of the great pleasures of serving as UCLA Anderson’s dean is that it’s afforded me the opportunity to widen my circle and develop important relationships with a multitude of strong and creative students. Among the standouts are women leading some of Anderson’s most ambitious initiatives.
The women in our alumni network include the CEOs of tech giants and innovative health care companies who continually redefine what accounts for possibility. The women on our Board of Advisors and my colleagues within Anderson’s faculty and administration are crucial to the school’s mission of education, research and service. Most important, the women in our student body reinvigorate and reenergize our scholastic and professional experience. I’m proud to serve as their colleague and ally.

Tony Bernardo

— Tony Bernardo,
Dean and John E. Anderson Chair in Management

Research Spotlight: Gender Bias

 
UCLA Anderson faculty across our areas of study publish research that empowers people and their organizations to understand and address bias in the workplace. Read about their findings in UCLA Anderson Review, where leading journalists report on Anderson faculty’s latest and most provocative work.

How the World Works

 
UCLA Anderson faculty influence markets, industry, consumer behavior and public policy. Listen to lively conversations with researchers who are confronting the greatest challenges in business today.

One of the Most Important Findings in Cancer Research

Featuring:  Jennifer Kao, Assistant Professor of Strategy
Jennifer Kao shows that a high percentage of cancer studies don’t publicly share trial results, despite the federal disclosure requirements

STRATEGY 

You May Be Experiencing Time Poverty, A Root Cause of Unhappiness

Featuring: Cassie Mogilner Holmes, Professor of Marketing and Behavioral Decision Making at the UCLA Anderson School of Management
Cassie Holmes’ research and book reveal the methods to control your happiness

MARKETING 

Here’s Why Conspiracy Theories Work So Darn Well

Featuring: Jennifer Whitson, Associate Professor of Management and Organizations
Jennifer Whitson discovered that believers feel they are losing control, so bad information can feel elegant and validating

M&O 

What If We Could Measure How Good A Corporation Is for Society?

Featuring: Magali Delmas, Professor of Management; Faculty Director, Center for Impact
Magali Delmas’ new transparency study shows change is possible when companies truthfully report ESG metrics

M&O 

In a Nation of Increasing Extreme Behavior, a Case for Moderation

Featuring: Aimee Drolet Rossi, Professor of Marketing; Marion Anderson Chair in Management
Aimee Drolet Rossi's discoveries indicate great potential for change

Marketing 

Marketers Connect Better With Consumers Using Headphones

Featuring:  Alicea Lieberman, Assistant Professor of Marketing
Alicea Lieberman found that people feel the material more than content through speakers

Marketing 

The Way the FDA Approves Vaccines Should Be Different Now

Featuring: Fernanda Bravo, Assistant Professor of Decisions, Operations and Technology Management

As Fernanda Bravo tells Warren Olney, it should be risk versus reward.

DOTM 

Are You a Woman Applying for a Job? Choose Words Carefully

Featuring:  Joyce C. He, Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations
Using masculine words for male-dominated positions will backfire, according to Joyce He

M&O 

Women Consider Jobs Differently, and Employers Know It

Featuring: Melanie Wasserman, Assistant Professor of Economics

Warren Olney navigates hours, work/life balance and pay with Melanie Wasserman.

ECONOMICS 

Curriculum Innovation

 
UCLA Anderson faculty bring the kind of research and industry expertise that turn classrooms into launch pads for management careers.

UCLA Optimists

 

Fellowship Spotlight

 
Nicole Gebriel

Nicole Gebriel (’23) Receives the Second Jenessa Shapiro Fellowship

The award commemorates a UCLA Anderson professor’s groundbreaking research on prejudice and stereotype threats

To honor and advance the legacy of Professor Jenessa Shapiro (1980–2018), the UCLA Anderson community established the Jenessa Shapiro Fellowship Fund, now totaling more than $200,000, through the generosity of students, faculty, staff and friends. The second Jenessa Shapiro Fellowship was presented in fall 2021 to Nicole Gebriel (’23). Like Professor Shapiro, Gebriel is a champion of inclusivity. She serves in leadership roles in the Black Business Students Association and AnderTech, and as a Riordan MBA Fellow. She is headed toward a consulting career with a focus on driving societal impact.

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