Themes of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are central pillars of thought leadership at Michigan Ross. Our community of faculty, staff, and students pursue a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach to developing and disseminating impactful knowledge and groundbreaking research related to DEI in business.
Focused Coursework
Learn more about some of the Michigan Ross courses that help prepare students to be diverse and inclusive leaders in business.
Leading Diverse Teams and Organizations: A DEI Toolkit (MO 730)
Leading Inclusive, High-Performing Organizations (MO 605)
Explore recent DEI academic research authored by Michigan Ross faculty.
Access the latest DEI-focused interviews, essays, and op-eds from Michigan Ross faculty.
The annual DEI Awards honor research and work on diversity, equity, and inclusion at Michigan Ross. Additionally, the J. Frank Yates Diversity and Inclusion Teaching Excellence Award honors a faculty member who demonstrates a commitment to diversity and inclusion and significantly impacts students' learning and growth.
The 2024 award recipients are:
BBA Senior Thesis Award
Kayla Rothstein
Employment for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in India: Barriers to entry, strategies for success, and opportunities for systemic improvement.
Ross Staff DEI Impact Award
Michelle Pava
Kimberly Williams
J. Frank Yates Teaching Award
Ted London, Ford Motor Company Clinical Professor of Business Administration
PhD Research Award
Helen Wang
30 Million canvas grading records reveal widespread sequential bias and system-induced surname initial disparity
Faculty DEI Research Award
Edward Kim
The digital divide and refinancing inequality.
Faculty DEI Research Award
Heidi Packard & Lindsey Gallo
Cross-sector Female Representation and Firms’ Social Policies.
Michigan Ross is home to centers and institutes committed to furthering diversity, equity, and inclusion within their areas of focus through research and campus programming.
Sanger Leadership Center
Inclusion in Action at Sanger: Our DEI Pilot Program & Strategic Plan
Center for Positive Organizations
Diversity, equity, inclusion scholars reflect on progress, peril of 2020
Carolyn Yoon, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Carolyn Yoon is the associate dean for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion and the Wilbur K. Pierpont Collegiate Professor of Management at the Ross School of Business. She is also a professor of marketing at Ross and a faculty associate at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research. As associate dean for DEI, she is charged with guiding the school's DEI strategic plan and implementation. She is passionate about championing key initiatives at Ross to advance diversity, equity, and justice and foster a vibrant culture of inclusion and belongingness for students, staff, and faculty.
Thomas Bell, Director of Diversity and Inclusion
Thomn Bell is a critical race scholar/practitioner with 16 years of professional experience. Prior to joining Ross, he served as director of the Center for Educator Preparation and as the inaugural managing director of the Urban Institute for Racial, Economic & Environmental Justice, both at U-M Flint, and as assistant professor of education and director of accreditation at Madonna University. He completed his PhD in Higher Education Leadership at Colorado State University (CSU), where he researched whiteness and white supremacy in the educational project. He also earned an MS from CSU in higher education and a BS from Grand Valley State University.