Alison Davis-Blake

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name = Alison Davis-Blake


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birth_date = November 5, 1958
birth_place = Palo Alto, California
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occupation = Dean of the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota
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residence = Minneapolis, Minnesota
parents = Gordon B. Davis (father) and LaNay Flint (mother)
spouse = Michael Blake
alma_mater = Brigham Young University
Stanford University
education = B.S. (1979) Economics
M.O.B. (1982)
Ph.D. (1986) Organizational behavior
religion = The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Alison Davis-Blake (born Alison Marie Davis on November 5, 1958, in Palo Alto, California) is an American professor currently serving as Dean of the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. Davis-Blake is the school’s first female dean, at the time of her appointment, she was the highest ranking female dean at any U.S. business school.

She received her B.S. in Economics (summa cum laude and with highest (University) honors) in 1979 from Brigham Young University. She subsequently earned a M.O.B. from the University's Marriott School of Management in 1982. Her Ph.D. in Organizational behavior (1986) is from Stanford University. cite web | url = http://www.carlsonschool.umn.edu/Page2075.aspx?type=faculty&eid=147632404 | title = Profile Page of Davis-Blake | publisher = University of Minnesota | accessdate = 2008-05-26 ]

Prior to her appointment at Minnesota, Davis-Blake worked in various academic and administrative capacities at The University of Texas at Austin. [cite web | url = http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/news/pressreleases/carlson.asp | title = Alison Davis-Blake Named New Dean of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management | publisher = The University of Texas at Austin | date = 2005-07-11 | accessdate = 2008-05-26 ]

Davis-Blake's academic service include editor positions with both the Academy of Management Review and Administrative Science Quarterly.

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* [http://search.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=117574 SSN Author Page for Alison Davis-Blake]