Martin Davidson

Martin N. Davidson is Johnson & Higgins Professor of Business Administration at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. As a consultant and teacher, he advises leaders at Fortune 500 firms, government agencies and social profit organizations helping them to use diversity strategically to drive high performance. His thought leadership has changed how many executives approach inclusion and diversity in their organizations.

Dr. Davidson has also conducted research on four continents identifying the critical competencies for managing effectively across national boundaries. His most recent book, The End of Diversity as We Know It, introduces a research-driven roadmap to help leaders more effectively leverage differences within and across organizations.

His ideas have been covered in The New York Times, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and National Public Radio. Current and past clients include AT&T, Bank of America, Procter & Gamble, Massachusetts General Hospital, The Nature Conservancy, and the U.S. Navy Seals.

His publications have appeared in top academic and practitioner publications including Administrative Science Quarterly, Harvard Business Review, Research on Negotiation in Organizations, Journal of Personality, Review of Educational Research, and the International Journal of Conflict Management.

In addition to teaching leadership in Darden’s MBA and Executive Education programs, Martin currently serves as the School’s Senior Associate Dean and Global Chief Diversity Officer. He was elected the national chair of the Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division of the Academy of Management.

Before joining Darden in 1998, Davidson was a member of the faculty of the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. A social psychologist by training, with pervious he holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University and an A.B. from Harvard College.