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Associate Professor Other Titles Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior (by courtesy) Faculty Co-director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society Contact Info Phone:  (650) 725-5510 Email:  debram@stanford.edu Office Location:  CE 427 Admin. Support Lauren Ellison Program Affiliations SHIPS (PhD): Administration and Policy Analysis SHIPS (PhD): Organization Studies SHIPS (MA): POLS SHIPS (MA): MA/MBA Research Research Summary:  Professor Meyerson's research has focused on conditions and change strategies that foster constructive and equitable gender and race relations in organizations. Her more recent projects investigate scaling and innovation in the charter school field, the role of philanthropy in shaping educational innovation, and conditions that foster learning and distributed leadership in organizations. Current Research:  Debra Meyerson conducts research in five areas: a) gender and race relations in organizations, specifically individual and organizational strategies of change aimed at removing inequities and fostering productive inter-group relations; b) the role of philanthropic organizations as intermediaries in fostering change within educational institutions; c) leadership and entrepreneurship in education; d)going to scale in the charter school field; and e)accessibility and the construction (and destruction) of work-life boundaries through communication technologies. Research Interests:  Feminism Gender Studies Identity School Leadership Intergroup Relations School Reform Issues Charter Schools Statistical Issues in Educational Accountability and Large-Scale Assessment Minorities Dispersed Leadership Multiculturalism Diversity Organizational Change Organizations Educational Equity Women and Management / Work Principal Training Ethnography Quote "By taking on the quality of uncontestable truth, dominant narratives in organizations keep existing arrangements in place. Alternative narratives open the way for experimentatio