KEITH
N. LEAVITT, Ph.C.
Curriculum
Vitae
Office: Box 353200 Mackenzie Hall
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
Phone: (206) 543-0890
Cell: (206) 245-5798
keithL2@u.washington.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Management
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Doctor
of Philosophy Candidate in Business Administration
Concentration:
Organizational Behavior/ Organizational Theory
Minors:
Research Methods and Sociology (Institutional Analysis)
General exam completed Spring 2007.
Degree
Expected: Spring 2009.
Master of
Science in Business Administration (M.S.B.)
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Major: Organizational Behavior, Summa Cum Laude, Spring 2008.
Master of
Science (M.S.)
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Major:
Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Summa Cum Laude, December 2001.
Bachelor of Arts
Western
State College of Colorado, Gunnison, CO
Major: Psychology, cum laude, May 1999.
MASTER’S THESIS
“Reducing the performance-cue bias in work behavior ratings:
Can groups help?”
DISSERTATION
“Revisiting
Job Satisfaction: Implicit Satisfaction and its impact on components of
contextual performance.”
PUBLICATIONS
Martell,
R.F. and Leavitt, K.N. (2002). Reducing the performance-cue bias in work
behavior ratings: Can groups help? Journal of Applied Psychology, 87, 1032-1041.
MANUSCRIPTS
UNDER REVIEW
Reynolds,
S., Leavitt, K., and Decelles, K. (2008). Automatic Ethics: The Effects of
Implicit Assumptions and Contextual Cues on Moral Behavior.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Leavitt,
Keith. Invited symposium presenter:
The Presence of Something or
the Absence of Nothing:
Sharpening the Questions We
Ask in Management Research (symposium; Jeffrey Edwards, organizer).
Academy
of Management Annual Meeting, 2008. All-Academy Symposium.
Leavitt,
Keith. Invited symposium presenter:
Pushing the Boundaries: New Questions
and Answers in Behavioral Ethics Research (symposium; Linda
Trevino, organizer).
Academy
of Management Annual Meeting, 2008.
Sponsored by SIM, OB, MOC divisions—Showcase Symposium.
Leavitt,
Keith (organizer). Automatic Social Cognition: A Symposium. Presented at the
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2007. Sponsored by RM, OB and MOC
divisions.
Leavitt,
K.N. (1999). Moos’ Classroom environment scale: An ineffective predictor of
attitudinal and performance outcomes? Paper presented at 1999 Rocky Mountain
Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Fort Collins, CO.
MANUSCRIPTS BEING PREPARED FOR
SUBMISSION
Leavitt,
Keith; Fong, Christina; & Greenwald, Tony (in progress; data analysis
completed and manuscript under preparation for submission). Implicit job
attitudes as predictors of task and contextual performance. (Dissertation
project. Proposal defended Spring, 2007).
Leavitt,
Keith; Mitchell, Terence; & Peterson, Jeff (in progress; manuscript to be
submitted for publication late summer 2008). Theory pruning: Strategies for
reducing our dense theoretical landscape.
Leavitt,
Keith and Bigley, Gregory. (in progress; data collection to be completed summer
2008). A model of implicit-explicit attitude dissociation.
Bigley,
Gregory and Leavitt, Keith. (in progress; theory paper under development).
Habitual, automatic and implicit processes as barriers to organizational
change.
Hekman,
David; Mitchell, Terence,; Owens, Bradly; Aquino, Karl; Schilpzand, Pauline and
Leavitt, Keith (in progress; manuscript to be submitted summer 2008). Blaming the organization when quality is low:
evidence for a new manifestation of race and gender bias.
Johnson,
Michael; Owens, Bradly; and Leavitt, Keith.
(in progress; data collection to be completed fall 2008). Group
composition and performance: Implicit and explicit group faultlines.
Leavitt,
Keith (in progress). Implicit assumptions as drivers of individual behavior.
AWARDS AND
HONORS
-Graduate
teaching excellence award (two awarded per year from UW Business school),
University of Washington Business School, winter 2007.
-Nominated
for Instructor of the quarter, UW Business School, Spring 2007.
-Nominated
for University-wide alumni teaching award, University of Washington, 2007.
- Dean’s
award for academic excellence (highest GPA and comprehensive exam scores in
cohort), UW Business School, winter 2006.
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President’s top scholar award, University of Washington, 2003-2004.
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President’s research award, Montana State University, 1999-2000.
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Inducted into Psi Chi (National Honors Society in Psychology), Spring 1998.
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President’s Academic Scholarship, Western State College of Colorado, 1998-1999.
ACADEMIC
POSITIONS HELD
Full-time
instructor of Psychology, Western State College of Colorado, Gunnison, CO.
Summer quarter 2002-summer quarter 2003 (inclusive).
-Average teaching evaluations above 4.0 (out of 5.0).
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE/ COURSES PREPARED
Management
300- Managing for Organizational Effectiveness. University of Washington.
-Average Teaching evaluations above 4.5.
Winter
2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Winter 2006, Summer 2006, Spring 2007,
Spring 2008.
Management
390-Honors Leadership Seminar. University of
Washington.
Psychology
497- Special Topic: The Psychology of Prejudice. Western State College of
Colorado. Summer 2003.
Psychology
397- Special Topic: Group Cognition and Decision Making. Western State College
of Colorado, Spring 2003.
Psychology
301- Behavioral Research Methods and Statistics II. Western State College of
Colorado. Fall 2002, Spring 2003.
Psychology
200- Behavioral Research Methods and Statistics I. Western State College of Colorado.
Summer 2002, Fall 2002, Spring 2003.
Psychology
150- Introduction to Psychology. Western State College of Colorado. Fall 2002
(2 sections), Spring 2003 (2 sections).
Psychology
367- Learning and Behaviorism. Montana State University. Summer 2001.
Psychology
100- Introduction to Psychology (recitation sections). Fall 1999, Spring 2000,
Fall 2000, Spring 2001 (4 sections each quarter).
Psychology
345- Biopsychology Lab (volunteer lab assistant position). Western State
College of Colorado. Spring 1999.
SERVICE
Lead
Grant Writer, Trips for Kids Seattle. Lead grantwriter for non-profit
organization that takes inner-city kids mountain biking, to teach lessons in
self-empowerment, environmental stewardship, and self-sufficiency through the
"simple act of having fun". www.tripsforkids.org. Won over $10,000 in
grant money for nonprofit organization. Fall 2005-present.
Reviewer,
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2008. Reviewed for three divisions.
REFERENCES
Gregory
A. Bigley (Chair of dissertation committee)
Associate Professor of Management
University of Washington
Mackenzie Hall, Box 353200
Phone: (206) 685-7686
Fax: (206) 685-9392
Email: gbigley@u.washington.edu
Tomas
Lee (Methods Advisor for dissertation committee)
Professor of Management and
Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs
University of Washington
Mackenzie Hall, Box 353200
Phone: (206) 543-4389
Fax: (206) 685-9392
Email: orcas@u.washington.edu
UPDATED*
06/02/2008