Denise Lopez
Patricia “Denise†Lopez, PhD, is currently serving as an Assistant Professor in Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Alliant International University, Marshall Goldsmith School of Management. She teaches and conducts research on workforce diversity and cross-cultural management, organizational change and organizational behavior. One of her major areas of expertise and research passions is the leadership and career advancement of women and minorities, including Asian-Americans. She has made several conference presentations on Asian-American advancement issues, most recently at the Asian American Psychological Association and the Los Angeles County Multicultural Conference. In 2009, her work (with Dr. Anna Duran of the Duran Group) on the diversity and inclusion of Hispanics in the C-Suite and corporate boards was published at the Business Journal of Hispanic Research. Currently, Dr. Lopez and Dr. Duran are collecting data on Asian-American leader competencies to assess their business knowledge and identify their professional needs so as to facilitate their advancement to executive and board level positions. Born and raised in the Philippines, Dr. Lopez obtained her Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University, New York. She previously taught at MBA and Executive Education programs as well as served as the Associate Dean for Research at the Asian Institute of Management, Philippines. She has also directed large-scale employee studies in several multinational corporations and government organizations at International Survey Research, a global research survey consulting firm (now part of Towers Perrin Watson). Dr. Lopez has over 18 years of experience consulting to U.S. and Asian organizations on management development, training, organizational change and cross-cultural/diversity initiatives. |
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