Biographical Sketch

Shirli Kopelman, clinical assistant professor of management and organizations, has been at the Ross School since 2003. Kopelman received near-perfect evaluations from Ross students for her popular MBA elective Bargaining & Influence Skills. In 2000-01, she won a teaching award for MBA-level classes at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern. After receiving a BA with distinction in psychology (1994) from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Kopelman worked as an assistant director of public affairs for the Supreme Court of Israel. She earned an MS in organization behavior (2000) and a PhD in management and organizations (2003) from Kellogg. Her research focuses on negotiation strategy, strategic display of emotions, cross-cultural differences in approaches to conflict resolution, individual and group decision-making in social dilemmas, factors promoting cooperation in socially interdependent intra- and inter-organizational contexts.