Ashley Martin

Associate Professor, Organizational Behavior

Ashley Martin

Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior

Younger Family Faculty Scholar for 2024–2025
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Research Statement

Professor Martin’s research comprehensively examines the concept of gender: what it is, how it shapes social perception, and how it differs from other social categories and concepts. Ashley’s work reveals and explains why gender is a uniquely powerful dimension of categorization, even compared with other highly impactful social categories such as race and age. Her work offers insights into the social cognitive determinants of gender categorizations, as well as the implications of gendered cognition for consequential outcomes including stereotyping, workplace equity, and advocacy.

Research Interests

  • Gender and (de)gendering
  • Social cognition and stereotyping
  • Diversity strategies and interventions
  • Intergroup relations

Bio

Ashley Martin is an associate professor of organizational behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She earned her PhD in Management (2018) from the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University. Her research provides insights into the primacy of gender in social cognition and has been published in top psychology and management journals, including The Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Academy of Management Journal,and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. She has received research awards from the American Psychological Association (Rising Star), International Social Cognition Network (Best Paper, Early Career), the Academy of Management (Best Dissertation), Poets and Quants (Top 40 under 40 Business School Professors), and Stanford’s Faculty Women Forum (Early Career Award).

Academic Degrees

  • PhD in Management, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, 2018
  • MPhil in Management, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, 2015
  • MSc in Organizational Behavior, Queen’s School of Business, Queen’s University, 2012
  • BComm, Queen’s School of Business, Queen’s University, 2010

Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor, Stanford GSB, 2018–22

Awards and Honors

  • Rising Star Award, Association for Psychological Science, 2024
  • Best Paper Award, International Social Cognition Network, 2023
  • Early Career Award, International Social Cognition Network, 2023
  • Elected Fellow, Society for Experimental Social Psychology, 2023
  • Faculty Women’s Forum Early Academic Career Award, Stanford University, 2023
  • Spence Faculty Scholar, 2022–23
  • Top 40 Business School Professors Under 40, Poets and Quants, 2021
  • Shanahan Family Faculty Scholar, 2020–21
  • Shanahan Family Faculty Scholar, 2019–20
  • Faculty Research Fellowship, the Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University, 2017
  • PON Negotiation Fellowship, Harvard Law School, 2017
  • Distinguished Fellow, The W. Edwards Deming Center, Columbia Business School, 2016
  • Roger F. Murray Award, Columbia Business School, 2016
  • Behavioral Research Lab Graduate Fellowship; Columbia Business School, 2014, 2016
  • Deming Doctoral Fellowship, W. Edwards Deming Center, Columbia Business School, 2015
  • Best Reviewer Award, OB Division of the Academy of Management, 2015
  • Doctoral Scholarship, Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2014
  • IBSHS, Beta Gamma Sigma, 2012
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship (declined), 2012
  • Queen’s Graduate Award, Queen’s School of Business, 2011–12
  • Queen’s School of Business Award, Queen’s School of Business, 2011
  • D.I. McLeod Dean’s List Scholarship, Queen’s University, 2007
  • Queen’s University Excellence Scholarship, Queen’s University, 2006

Publications

Journal Articles

Ashley Martin, Diego Guevara Beltran, Jeremy Koster, Jessica L. Tracy
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
August 2024 Vol. 121 Issue 35
Ivuoma N. Onyeador, Sanaz Mobasseri, Hannah L. McKinney, Ashley Martin
Academy of Management Perspectives
June 2024
Ivuoma N. Onyeador, Sanaz Mobasseri, Hannah L. McKinney, Ashley Martin
Academy of Management Perspectives
June 2024 Vol. 38 Issue 3
Ashley Martin
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
March 2023 Vol. 175
Ashley Martin
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
February 2023 Vol. 152 Issue 2 Pages 322–345
Ashley Martin, Malia F. Mason
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
January 2023 Vol. 104
Ashley Martin, Michael S. North
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
August 2022 Vol. 123 Issue 2 Pages 373–399
Ashley Martin, Malia F. Mason
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
August 2022 Vol. 123 Issue 2 Pages 292–315
M. Asher Lawson, Ashley Martin, Imrul Huda, Sandra C. Matz
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
February 22, 2022 Vol. 119 Issue 9
Charles Chu, Ashley Martin
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
November 2021 Vol. 97
Ashley Martin, Michael L. Slepian
Perspectives on Psychological Science
November 2021 Vol. 16 Issue 6 Pages 1143–1158
Ashley Martin, Katherine W. Phillips
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
May 2019 Vol. 82 Pages 294–306
Ashley Martin, Michael S. North, Katherine W. Phillips
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
March 1, 2019 Vol. 45 Issue 3 Pages 342–359
Seval Gündemir, Ashley Martin, Astrid C. Homan
Frontiers in Psychology
February 2019 Vol. 10
Modupe Akinola, Ashley Martin, Katherine Y. Phillips
Academy of Management Journal
August 16, 2018 Vol. 61 Issue 4 Pages 1467–1491
Ashley Martin, Michael L. Slepian
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
May 28, 2018 Vol. 44 Issue 12 Pages 1681–1696
Ashley Martin, Katherine W. Phillips
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
September 2017 Vol. 142 Pages 28–44
Alia J. Crum, Modupe Akinola, Ashley Martin, Sean Fath
Anxiety, Stress & Coping, An International Journal
January 25, 2017 Vol. 30 Issue 4 Pages 379–395

Working Papers

Andrea Freund, Ashley Martin, Margaret Ann Neale 2021

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Service to the Profession

Reviewer

  • Academy of Management Journal
  • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • Academy of Management Annual Meeting

Insights by Stanford Business

December 12, 2023
’Tis the season for personal and professional growth.
June 27, 2023
In this episode, Ashley Martin explains how ideas about gender affect our interactions.
May 17, 2023
Gender-neutral tech might avoid stereotypes, but a new study finds that people feel less attached to it.
April 27, 2023
None of us are getting any younger. That could be a huge opportunity.
April 27, 2023
People around the world are living, working, and learning longer. Get ready to upgrade your old ideas about longevity.
December 12, 2022
A sampling of the big ideas and timely research produced by Stanford GSB faculty this year.
August 31, 2022
Women in executive positions can challenge gender stereotypes about leadership — without sacrificing their likability.
March 24, 2022
Some of our favorite articles about breakthroughs, biases, and bosses.
March 02, 2022
Even as old stereotypes fade, gender remains “a very sticky category,” Ashley Martin explains.
April 21, 2021
Prejudice against older coworkers persists even among those who openly oppose racism and sexism.
July 02, 2019
Escape the heat with books recommended by Stanford business professors.
November 26, 2018
A new study suggests that women are perceived as less of a threat by younger colleagues.

School News

September 28, 2022
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