Julia Bear Named Interim Dean of the College of Business

Julia Bear has been named interim dean of the Stony Brook University College of Business, effective Monday, January 19.

Provost Carl Lejuez made the announcement in a message to the campus community on January 16.

Bear, a full professor of organizational behavior, is currently associate dean for research at the College of Business, where she has led several key initiatives including the revision of the college's promotion and tenure guidelines. Nationally, she is the president of the International Association of Conflict Management.

Bear is a leading researcher at the intersection of gender and negotiation and the dynamics underlying gender gaps in organizations. Her research findings have been published in premier management and psychology journals, and she is the author of a book published by Oxford University Press. She is the author of The Caregiving Ambition: What It Is and Why It Matters At Home and Work (with T. Pittinsky), published by Oxford University Press.

Bear's research has been published in journals and books, including Academy of Management Review, Psychological Science, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Psychology of Women Quarterly, Social Psychological and Personality Science, Academy of Management Discoveries, and Group Decision and Negotiation.

She is also the recipient of multiple best paper awards from the Academy of Management and the International Association of Conflict Management, as well as a Fulbright Fellowship and a Marie Curie Fellowship. Bear is currently serving as president-Elect (2023-24) and President (2024-2026) of the International Association of Conflict Management. She received her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.

"I look forward to working with Dr. Bear and thank her for taking on this role," Lejuez said. I am also grateful to the College of Business faculty and staff for their input and feedback.

Lejuez said the process of identifying a search committee and searching for a new dean for the college will begin in the coming weeks.