Camellia Bryan
Camellia Bryan is an Assistant Professor in the Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources division at UBC Sauder School of Business, where she teaches organizational behaviour at the undergraduate level. She received her PhD in organization studies from the Schulich School of Business at York University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. She conducts research on diversity, equity, and inclusion, examining why employees resist DEI initiatives, how dominant-group members can move from backlash toward learning and allyship, and how marginalized employees navigate the workplace. Her research has appeared in top tier scholarly journals including Academy of Management Review and Journal of Management. She was a fellow of the Summer Institute on Diversity at Stanford’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and her work has been featured in The Globe and Mail, The Conversation, and Times Higher Education. Professor Bryan leads the Bridge Builders Lab.
Selected Publications
- Bryan, C. & Lyons, B.J. (2026). From backlash to breakthrough: Fostering change through dialogue across perspectives. Research on Social Issues in Management: Pushing our Understanding of Diversity in Organizations
- Bryan, C. & Lyons, B.J. (2026). Beyond Backlash: Advancing Dominant-Group Employees’ Learning, Allyship, and Growth Through Social Identity Threat. Academy of Management Review.
- Lyons, B.J., Baldridge, D., Yang, LQ, & Bryan, C. (2023). Disability, professional isolation and career attitudes: The role of impairment severity and supervisor relationship quality. Journal of Management.
- Lyons, B.J., Bryan, C., & Volpone, S.D. (2023). Neuroqueerness and management research. De Gruyter Handbook of Disability and Management.