Dr. Gráinne Fitzsimons

Biography

Gráinne M. Fitzsimons holds the George C. Lamb Jr. University Professorship of Business Administration at Duke's Fuqua School of Business. She received her Ph.D. in Psychology from New York University in 2004. Prior to joining Duke in 2010, she was on the faculty at Stanford University and the University of Waterloo. Professor Fitzsimons conducts research in self-regulation and interpersonal relationships, publishing her work in esteemed academic journals such as the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Psychological Science. In 2016, she and her colleagues received the Society for Personality and Social Psychology's Wegner Theoretical Innovation Award for their article in Psychological Review, which discussed the interpersonal nature of goal pursuit through Transactive Goal Dynamics. Additionally, she has received several early career awards, including the Caryl E. Rusbult Young Investigator Award from the Relationship Researchers Interest Group for her early contributions to the field of interpersonal relationships, and the SAGE Young Scholar Award from the Foundation for Personality and Social Psychology for her early contributions to the broader field of social psychology. Professor Fitzsimons teaches a core Daytime MBA course in Leadership, Ethics, and Organizations, as well as elective courses in Leadership and Negotiations, and was awarded for Excellence in Teaching in the Core Course of the Daytime MBA Program in 2016.

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