Alexis Smith Washington

Alexis “Lex” Smith Washington is a Professor and Interim Department Head of the Department of Management at the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University. Lex’s research areas span workplace issues such as intersectionality, social identity and impression management, as well as work and family interface. Currently, Lex’s research examines the impact of identities, including parental and family status, on the ways individuals manage their professional image at work, as well as organizational factors that facilitate the inclusion and advancement of marginalized people at work. For example, she is engaged in research focused on the roles of intersectional identities and bias on the experience of working parents, executive women, and social class transitioners in corporate America. In line with her research agenda, Lex has published research (under the name Alexis Nicole Smith) in such outlets as the Academy of Management, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Organization Science, and contributed to multiple edited books. In addition, Lex has served as Senior Editor at Organization Science and Guest Associate Editor at Academy of Management Review and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.