Ryann Manning
Bio
Ryann Manning is an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behaviour at Rotman. She received a PhD in Organizational Behavior and Sociology from Harvard University. Her research uses indepth fieldwork to examine culture, emotion, and morality in organizational life, and to understand how organizations with a social mission, and people organizing to meet societal needs, grapple with challenges posed by acute and ongoing crises. Her recent research projects have examined online and offline organizing by volunteers responding to the 2014-2015 Ebola crisis in West Africa and the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. As an experienced manager, global health practitioner, and social entrepreneur, she is particularly interested in healthcare organizations, public sector organizations, and organizations in the developing world.
Non-Academic Positions
-
2010-2017
Non-Executive Director, Welbodi Partnership
-
2015
Acting CEO, Welbodi Partnership
-
2010
Consultant, Malaria Consortium
-
2009-2010
Country Manager, Innovations for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Concern Worldwide
-
2006-2009
Field Research Coordinator and Consultant, World Bank
-
2005-2008
Associate Director and Consultant, Center for Universal Education, Council on Foreign Relations
-
2004
Council of Women World Leaders Fellow, Ethical Globalization Initiative
-
2002
Junior Visiting Research Fellow, University of Cape Town, Democracy in Africa Research Unit
-
2001-2002
Researcher, University of Natal, Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD)
Selected Publications - Books and Chapters
-
Organizing for Resilience: Mobilization by Sierra Leonean Diaspora Communities in Response to the 2014-2015 Ebola Crisis
PhD dissertation presented to Harvard University
2017
-
Ryann Manning and Michel Anteby
Cambridge University Press
2016
Pages: 47-76
-
Ryann Manning
Routledge
2014
Pages: 213-240
-
Ryann Manning
The World Bank
2009
Pages: 110-137
-
Robert Mattes and Ryann Manning
Ashgate Publishing
2004
Pages: 191-214
-
Alan Whiteside, Robert Mattes, Samantha Willan, and Ryann Manning
Ashgate Publishing
2004
Pages: 127-150
Honors and Awards
-
2022
Louis Pondy Best Dissertation Paper Award, Academy of Management OMT Division
-
2018, 2020, 2021
Rotman School Teaching Award, University of Toronto
-
2017
Dean's Award for Service to School and Society, Harvard Business School
-
2016
Wyss Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research, Harvard Business School
-
2016
Sociology of Emotions Graduate Student Paper Award, American Sociological Association (ASA)
-
2016
Health, Health Policy and Health Services Student Paper Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)
-
2016
Above and Beyond the Call of Duty (ABCD) Reviewing Award, Academy of Management OMT Division
-
2016-2017
Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
-
2014
Best Student Paper Award, European Group on Organizational Studies (EGOS)
-
2013
Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University
-
2005
Thayer Scholarship, Harvard University
-
2001
Henry Richardson Labouisse '26 Prize Fellowship, Princeton University
Academic / Professional Service
-
2021
Selection Panel, Best Student Paper Award, European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS)
-
2019-2021
Co-Organizer, OBHRM Speaker Series, Rotman School of Management
-
2014
Co-organizer, Work/Culture Sociology Group meeting, Harvard University
-
2012-2014
Co-organizer, Work, Organizations, and Markets Workshop , Harvard University
-
2012-2014
HBS Doctoral Programs Student Advisory Group , Harvard Business School