Holly Slay Ferraro is an Associate Professor of Management and the Faculty Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Teaching and Research at the Villanova University School of Business. She earned her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from the University of Maryland, College Park. Before joining the faculty at Villanova, she served on the faculty at Seattle University for 14 years.
Her research examines how people grapple with dimensions of self (e.g., age, race, gender) in making career decisions. She is also interested in how organizational and institutional practices contribute to professional identity construction and career judgments. She aims to add to our knowledge of how growth, learning, and superior performance occur in the face of forces that cause people to question their beliefs about who they are or should be. She has published articles in Human Relations, Human Resource Management, Group and Organization Management, and the Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies. Her research on midlife/midcareer transitions won a Cutting Edge Award from the Academy of Human Resource Development. Before pursuing her doctorate, she held technical and managerial positions in industry for over 12 years.
Her research examines how people grapple with dimensions of self (e.g., age, race, gender) in making career decisions. She is also interested in how organizational and institutional practices contribute to professional identity construction and career judgments. She aims to add to our knowledge of how growth, learning, and superior performance occur in the face of forces that cause people to question their beliefs about who they are or should be. She has published articles in Human Relations, Human Resource Management, Group and Organization Management, and the Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies. Her research on midlife/midcareer transitions won a Cutting Edge Award from the Academy of Human Resource Development. Before pursuing her doctorate, she held technical and managerial positions in industry for over 12 years.
