Lisa Barron, Ph.D.
Lisa Barron, Ph.D. is a faculty member of Organization and Strategy at The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine. Her principal research and teaching interests focus on negotiation, organizational behavior, and strategic communication. She has consulted with large and small organizations and has taught negotiation techniques to executives, career counselors, and faculty. Her coaching and consulting focuses on becoming a more effective and fulfilled performer at work and negotiation. She also facilitates team meetings.
Professor Barron’s research focuses on negotiation and she has received numerous grants in support of her work. Her research has been published in the journals Human Relations and Career Development International. Her research on gender differences in salary negotiation has been written about or recognized in The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Glamour and the Orange County Register. In addition, she has appeared on radio programs for WBUR, KNX, CBS and NPR.
Dr. Barron has taught negotiation to executives and academics and has received numerous awards for her negotiation course. In 2004, she received the award for the best teacher overall at The Merage School of Business at UCI. In 2003, she received “The Charles and Twyla Martin Excellence in Teaching Award Dean’s Honoree” award.
In addition to her academic experience, Professor Barron has worked as an advisor to undergraduates and as a consultant and trainer at the Data Center at Stanford University. She also has experience marketing IT training programs. She is a member of the Academy of Management, the American Psychological Association, the Western Academy of Management, the International Association for Conflict Management, and the Association for Psychological Types. She is a reviewer for leading journals in the fields of Management and Psychology. Her doctoral work is in Organizational Behavior from The Anderson School at UCLA. In addition, she has an MBA from The Anderson School at UCLA and a BA in Psychology and English from Stanford University. She loves to travel, cook (and eat), cycle, read, scuba dive, draw and collect and make handicrafts.