Biography
Alison R. Fragale is currently the Mary Farley Ames Lee Fellow and Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior and Strategy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School. Alison's research focuses on the determinants and consequences of power, status, and influence in organizations, conflict resolution and negotiation, and verbal and nonverbal communication. Her work has appeared in Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
At Kenan-Flagler, Alison teaches courses on both effective leadership and negotiation skills to undergraduates, graduate students and executives. An award-winning teacher, Alison is currently the instructor for the required Leading & Managing course in the full-time MBA program at Kenan-Flagler. In addition, she has served as an instructor or consultant on leadership and negotiation for executives in numerous organizations, including ExxonMobil, Bayer CropScience, Eastman Chemical, the National Multi-Housing Council, AvalonBay, Post Properties, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Navy.
Alison received her B.A. in Mathematics and Economics, magna cum laude, from Dartmouth College, where she now sits on the Board of Visitors of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences. She also holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Prior to pursuing her Ph.D., Alison worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company, Inc. Based in Chicago, IL, she advised numerous companies in the automotive and financial services industries on issues of corporate strategy and change management.