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10 Years In! Assessing Opportunities and Challenges in the "Big Tent" of Stigma and Organizations
Professional Development Workshop
2025 Academy of Management Annual Meeting
25-29 July 2025 - Copenhagen, Denmark

We are excited to announce the continuation of the Professional Development Workshop focused on stigma research at the Academy of Management Meeting sponsored by the Organization and Management Theory division. Celebrating the 10th edition of this PDW, we aim to assess the opportunities and challenges in the "big tent" of stigma and organizations. This year's PDW consists of three parts:

1. An introduction that defines the topic and opens the 10th edition of the PDW

2. Presentations and discussions by distinguished speakers – Bryant Hudson, Cynthia Devers, and Milo Wang. The discussion will conclude with an open discussion amongst all workshop facilitators.

3. Thematic roundtables, each facilitated by well-known scholars, which will also focus upon "challenges" that researchers are experiencing in positioning, conceptualizing, and publishing their work. Participants need to submit a 1-2-page document with an abstract of a project and a challenge statement that outlines which issue(s) they would like to discuss at the roundtables.

Date/Time/Location

• Date/Time: Saturday, 26 Jul 2025 2:30PM - 4:30PM CEST (GMT+2/UTC+2)

• Location: Bella Center in Hall C- C3-m2

More information on AOM 2025 can be found here: https://aom.org/events/annual-meeting

*The feature presentations/discussions are open to anyone attending AOM, but the roundtables will be limited to those that have applied with submissions and been accepted.

Roundtable Facilitators (Organizersº, Speakers*, and Additional Scholars)

• Alessandro Piazza, Rice University

• Ana Aranda, University of Amsterdamº

• Bryant Hudson, IESEG School of Management*

• Christian Hampel, Imperial College London

• Cynthia Devers, Virginia Tech

• Gerardo Okhuysen, University of California, Irvine

• Kam Phung, Simon Fraser Universityº

• Karen Patterson, University of New Mexicoº

• Kisha Lashley, University of Virginia

• Madeline Toubiana, University of Ottawa

• Milo Wang, Arizona State University*

• Mohamad Sadri, Simon Fraser University

• Olga Khessina, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

• Rongrong Zhang, University of Sydney

• Thomas Roulet, University of Cambridge

• Trish Ruebottom, McMaster University

• Wesley Helms, Brock Universityº

• Yuri Mishina, Imperial College London

Schedule

• Part 1 - Introduction to the PDW - 5 Min

• Part 2 - Presentations/Discussion ft. Bryant Hudson, Cynthia Devers, and Milo Wang - 55 Min

• Part 3 - Roundtables/Breakout sessions with expert facilitators (open to participants with pre-accepted submissions only) - 60 Min

Apply now 

Applications to participate in research development roundtables are now open. If you're interested in participating, please submit a short (1-2 page) document with an abstract of a research project and a challenge statement that outlines which issue(s) you would like to discuss in the round table session. Your statement will be shared with the facilitator and participants at your assigned table. Please send statements to: aomstigma@gmail.com

The deadline to apply is 1 July, 2025  but applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We have a limited number of spots available, so we encourage you to apply early. A waitlist will be maintained. Any updates to this call for applications will appear here: https://bit.ly/4jAT5Ko 

We look forward to seeing you!

Kam Phung, Ana Aranda, Wesley Helms, and Karen Patterson

Organizers, Stigma Professional Development Workshop

2025 Academy of Management Meeting