Stony Brook University Business Management

Julia Bear is a Professor of Management (Organizational Behavior) and serves as the Associate Dean for Faculty and Research. Her research focuses on gender and negotiation, as well as understanding gender gaps in organizations more broadly. 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. Her 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. She 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.

Research: Gender and Negotiation; Gender Gaps in Organizations; Conflict in Organizations

Teaching: Organizational Behavior; Negotiation; Ethics