Michael A. Diamond

Dr. Michael A. Diamond is Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs and Organization Studies at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He received his PhD. from the University of Maryland, College Park. His 35 years of writing and research focus on the nexus of psychoanalysis, organizational politics and culture. Following publication of his (1993) book, The Unconscious Life of Organizations, Diamond was awarded the 1994 Harry Levinson Award for Excellence in Consulting from the American Psychological Association. He received the 1999 William T. Kemper Fellow for Excellence in Teaching and the 2005 Faculty-Alumni Award from the University of Missouri. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and has authored and co-authored five books including (2017) Discovering Organizational Identity, University of Missouri Press. His (2009) book (with Seth Allcorn) is entitled: Private Selves in Public Organizations, New York and London: Palgrave Macmillan. He is a practicing organizational consultant, honorary member of the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR), faculty and steering committee member of The Gould Center for Psychoanalytic Organizational Study and Consultation at IPTAR in New York. He was recently awarded distinguished member of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations (ISPSO). Since 2016 he lives and works in New York City.