2023 Award Recipient
Dr. Catherine Deen
Senior Lecturer, HR and Organisation Behaviour
Univeristy of New South Wales Sydney
Dr. Deen holds two PhDs including one in business (The Australian National University) and another in education (De La Salle University Manila). Her dissertation is titled “My Way or the Highway”: Development and Validation of the Micromanagement Scale, and her research has been published in top management journals including Journal of Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Vocational Behavior, The Leadership Quarterly, and Journal of Career Assessment. She conducts research in the areas of work-related intimate partner aggression, leadership, and the vocational experiences of vulnerable workers
Before entering academia, Dr. Deen amassed more than 20 years of industry experience in educational administration, teaching, and research. She served in a variety of leadership roles in higher education including posts in research management, admissions services, faculty development, and inclusion services, and initiated unique approaches to educational delivery and management founded on evidence-based practices. She received the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) grant awarded by the United States of America with special focus on inclusive higher education. She served as board member and adviser for public and private organisations with special interest in inclusive higher education, learner-centered practices, and restorative justice in schools.
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The Center for Leadership at Florida International University is pleased to sponsor the FIU Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Dissertation Award in partnership with the Network of Leadership Scholars.
This award honors an individual whose dissertation makes an outstanding contribution to the understanding of leadership or leadership phenomena.
The recipient of the award will receive a $3000 cash prize and be honored at the Network of Leadership Scholars meeting at the Academy of Management Annual Conference.
The deadline for submissions is 8AM (EST) on April 29th, 2024. Please note that only abridged versions of the dissertation are accepted.
For further information and full application details, please visit:
https://lead.fiu.edu/resources/research/alvah-h-chapman-jr-outstanding-dissertation-award/index3.html or contact the FIU Center for Leadership at lead@fiu.edu or (305) 348-5323.
Previous Award Winners
| 2012 | Stephen Courtright |
| 2013 | Amy Ou |
| 2014 | Emily Grijalva |
| 2015 | Joo Hun Han |
| 2016 | Wongun Goo |
| 2017 | Dorothy Carter |
| 2018 | Jasmine Vergauwe |
| 2019 | Jackson Lu |
| 2020 | Anyi Ma |
| 2021 | Hemant Kakkar |
| 2021 | Cynthia Maupin |
| 2022 | Michelle K. Lee |