Dr. Ritu Tripathi is an applied social and cross-cultural psychologist. She is currently a full-time faculty at the School of Education and Social Policy (SESP), Northwestern University. Her courses include Global Organizations and Leadership, Global Teamwork, Leading Global Change, Negotiations and Conflict Management, International Negotiations for Policy Administrators.</a> Before Northwestern, she worked as an Assistant Professor (tenured/permanent) at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India. Ritu received her PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) with Dr. Daniel Cervone as her Ph.D Advisor. Her dissertation focus was on cultural variations in the motivational impact of autonomy and obligations among Indian and American corporate professionals. At UIC, she was the recipient of the the prestigious Dean’s Scholar Award. which is the most distinguished award that UIC offers to graduate students, in recognition of a student’s scholarly achievement. Prior to UIC, Ritu received her B.A. and M.A. degrees (merit rank holder) in Psychology from the University of Allahabad, India. Ritu has published in high-impact scholarly journals such as Human Resource Management, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Research in Personality, Cross-cultural and Strategic Management --among others. Her viewpoints and opinion pieces have appeared in mainstream media outlets such as Stanford Social Innovation Review, Forbes (India), Live Mint, Times of India. Her co-authored business case was the first place winner in the DEI Global Case Writing competition in 2024.