<p>We are delighted to announce that Katie Beavan, adjunct professor of <a href="/content/sps-nyu/about/academic-divisions-and-departments/division-of-programs-in-business/human-capital-management.html" title="Human Capital Management">Human Capital Management</a>, Division of Programs in Business (DPB), has been awarded the prestigious <a href="https://icqi.org/awards/">International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI)&nbsp;2021 Illinois Distinguished Dissertation Award, Experimental Category.</a></p> <p>Her practitioner-scholar dissertation, &quot;(Re)Writing Women in Organization: Portraits of Afflictions, Tales of Resistances, Hopes for Living Differently,&quot; was selected as the winner among distinguished international candidates.</p>

<p>Using an interdisciplinary approach including narrative and poetic discourses,&nbsp; Beavan represented the emotional experiences of herself and colleagues working in the hypermasculine context of global banking. Her aim was to give women—and all who are othered in the workplace—a voice and to innovate methodologically in the Organizational Behavior field.&nbsp;</p> <p>In a commitment to praxis, the dissertation also took the form of a social theater piece, which she performed in front of a public audience at the Quick Center for the Arts in Fairfield, CT. As the winner, Beavan's name will be included in the annual ICQI Conference program starting this year and continuing as the 2021 recipient.</p>

<p>Katie Beavan is a practitioner-scholar with over 30 years of HR experience and deep expertise in executive leadership development and organization development. She has coached many senior leaders, including CEOs and top teams. Beavan holds a PhD in Organizational Behavior from Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, an Executive Master's in Coaching and Consulting for Change from INSEAD, a BA and MA in History from Cambridge University, and a Masters in Fine Arts, Creative Writing from Naropa University.</p> <p>Recently finishing a stint as a research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Beavan's long practitioner career spans global executive roles, including as global CHRO of Russell Investments, senior talent and learning roles in investment banking, and ten years spent in international business consulting.&nbsp;</p> <p>In addition to running a consulting and coaching practice, she teaches in the <a href="/content/sps-nyu/explore/degrees-and-programs/ms-in-executive-coaching-and-organizational-consulting.html" title="MS in Executive Coaching and Organizational Consulting">MS in Executive Coaching and Organizational Consulting</a> program at NYU SPS and is conducting primary research on boards. She is a certified online synchronous and asynchronous course developer and teacher, and she publishes in top academic journals in the field. She also presents her research at international conferences.</p> <p>Beavan's decades of experience and commitment to bringing her industry expertise to the classroom make her an asset to NYU SPS and to the <a href="/content/sps-nyu/explore/degrees-and-programs/ms-in-human-capital-management.html" title="MS in Human Capital Management">MS in Human Capital Management</a>. As the largest division at NYU SPS, DPB has over 2,200 students, 500 faculty, and over 7,000 alumni. The Division comprises four centers of excellence that educate leaders in the functional areas of an enterprise. Offerings like the MS in Human Capital Management serve students at every level of their careers, providing them with the knowledge and skills required to succeed in critical positions in their professional development.</p>