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Grace Lemmon

Academic Degrees

PhD, Business Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2011
BS, Marketing, DePaul University, 2006

Research Areas

Weight-based mistreatment at work; stress management; mindfulness skills

Biography

Grace Lemmon is a research expert on topics related to weight-based mistreatment and body image at work, as well as stress management, including mindfulness skills, burnout, engagement, work detachment and work recovery.  She is particularly interested in how people develop more fulfilling relationships with work through value alignment. She has published her work in the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management, and Organizational Dynamics. She provides corporate training on topics related to stress, mindfulness, and barriers to effective leadership, such as perfectionism, procrastination and imposter syndrome.  ​​​​