Jennica Webster

Jennica Webster
Jennica WebsterMarquette University

O'Brien Hall, 448C

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-7339
Curriculum Vitae

Professor of Management

Jennica Webster is a professor of management in the College of Business. Her research centers on workplace diversity and well-being, with an emphasis on exploring the unique challenges faced by women and marginalized communities and better understanding paths toward inclusivity and equity. Her research has been published in leading academic journals such as Human Resources Management, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes as well as featured in top business outlets including the Harvard Business Review.  She is a Forbes contributor on issues related to DEI, and her research has been recognized and supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Marquette’s President’s Challenge, a grant program in partnership with Johnson Controls, and American Family Insurance. Jennica is a recipient of the Responsible Research in Management Award from the Academy of Management’s Responsible Research Network. She is also a winner of the university-wide Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award, a Faculty All-Star, and a recipient of the Miles Research Fellow Award from Marquette University.  Jennica is passionate about teaching DEI to current- and next- generation business leaders and provides consulting to companies working towards creating transformative environments through a lens of belonging, inclusion, and empathy. 

Education

  • Ph.D, Central Michigan University, 2009
  • M.S., University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 2006
  • B.A., Bowling Green State University, 2004

Research Interests

  • Diversity and inclusion
  • Gender and gender identity

Selected Publications

Thoroughgood, C., Sawyer, K., Kong, T., & Webster, J. (2024). Oppositional courage for racial and ethnic minorities: A source of white employees’ upward moral comparison. Journal of Management.

Webster, J. R. & Adams, G. A. (2023). Stifled from the start: Biased allocation of developmental opportunities and the underrepresentation of lesbian women and gay men in leadership. Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: An International Journal, 42, 300-318.

Webster, J. R. & Trau, R. (2022). Sexual Orientation (LGBTQ+) Issues in I&O Psychology. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Oxford University Press.

Thoroughgood, C., Sawyer, K., & Webster, J. R.  (2021). Because you’re worth the risks: Acts of oppositional courage as symbolic messages of relational value to transgender employees. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106, 399.

Thoroughgood, C., Sawyer, K., & Webster, J. R. (2020). Finding calm in the storm: A daily investigation of how trait mindfulness buffers against emotional exhaustion following perceived discrimination at work. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 159, 49-63.

Webster, J. R., Adams, G. A., Maranto, C. L., & Beehr, T. A. (2018). “Dirty” workplace politics and well-being: The role of gender. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 42, 361-377.

Webster, J. R, Adams, G. A., Maranto, C. L., Sawyer, K., & Thoroughgood, C. (2018). Workplace contextual supports for LGBT employees: A review, meta-analysis, and agenda for future research. Human Resource Management, 57, 193-210.

Grants & Fellowships

  • National Science Foundation ADVANCE Grant, Moving Beyond Boundaries to Promote Inclusive Faculty Success ($1,000,000).
  • Faculty Fellow-Office of Institutional Research, Marquette University.
  • Faculty-In-Residence, Gender and Sexuality Resource Center, Marquette University.