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Lisa Nishii

Director, ILR WIDE
Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education & Interim Vice Provost for Enrollment
Professor, Human Resource Studies

Lisa Nishii is an expert on inclusion in organizations. Her research focuses on the complex interplay of organizational practices, leadership, and collective norms on experiences of inclusion. She is most passionate about workplace climate/culture, which is known to be one of the strongest determinants of human behavior at work. Like other experts in the field, Lisa is actively engaged with both government agencies and private corporations.

As Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education at Cornell, Nishii oversees a wide range of initiatives and programs across all eight undergraduate colleges and schools, ranging in focus from curricular and pedagogical innovation to student success, equity and inclusion, learning analytics, student advising, and beyond.

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