Dr. Debra L. Nelson is an emeritus professor of management at Oklahoma State University. In addition, she was awarded the Spears School of Business endowed chair. She received her doctorate from the University of Texas at Arlington, where she was the recipient of the R. D. Irwin Dissertation Fellowship Award. Dr. Nelson is the author of over 120 journal articles focusing on organizational stress management, gender at work and leadership. Her research has been published in the ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE, ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW, MIS QUARTERLY, ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS, JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR, and others. In addition, she is coauthor/coeditor of several books, including ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR: SCIENCE, THE REAL WORLD, AND YOU; POSITIVE ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR; ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP; GENDER, WORK STRESS, AND HEALTH; ADVANCING WOMEN IN MANAGEMENT; and PREVENTIVE STRESS MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIZATIONS. Dr. Nelson has also served as a consultant and executive coach to several organizations including AT&T, American Fidelity Assurance, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Chesapeake Energy, Conoco/Phillips, Mariner Wealth Advisors, NOV, Inc., Sonic, and Williams Companies. She has been honored with the Greiner Graduate Teaching Award, the Chandler-Frates and Reitz Graduate Teaching Award, the Regents' Distinguished Teaching Award, the Regents' Distinguished Research Award, and the Burlington Northern Faculty Achievement Award at OSU. Dr. Nelson has served on the editorial review boards of the JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR, JOURNAL OF LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES, and LEADERSHIP.
