Brian C. Gunia

Professor, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Honors & Presentations

Academic honors and awards

  • Ivy+ Provost Leadership Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, 2025–2026
  • Outstanding Publication Award, International Association for Conflict Management, 2025
  • Contributing author, Outstanding Conference Paper—Student as a First Author, International Association for Conflict Management, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2023
  • Outstanding Reviewer Award, Academy of Management Perspectives, 2022, 2018, and 2017
  • Poets & Quants Professor of the Week, August 2019
  • Dean’s Award for Faculty Excellence, 2015–2019
  • Best paper proceedings, Academy of Management Conference: Chicago (2018), Philadelphia (2014), Orlando (2013), San Antonio (2011)
  • Fellow, Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise, 2014
  • Best Published Paper, International Association for Conflict Management, Tacoma, 2013, for “Paying a price: Culture, trust, and negotiation consequences” (Gunia, Brett, Nandkeolyar, & Kamdar, 2011)
  • Winner, Kenneth E. Clark Student Research Award, Center for Creative Leadership and International Leadership Association, 2011
  • Best Student Paper, Conflict Management Division, Academy of Management Conference, San Antonio, 2011, for “The blame-taker’s dilemma”
  • Finalist, William H. Newman Award, Academy of Management Conference, San Antonio, 2011
  • Best Student Paper, International Association for Conflict Management, Istanbul, 2011, for “The blame-taker’s dilemma”
  • Summa cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa, Washington University in St. Louis, 2003

Grants

  • Johns Hopkins Nexus Award, 2025 and 2024
  • Discovery to Commercialization Program for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (collaborator; PIs: Phillip Phan and Supriya Munshaw), National Institutes of Health, 2022
  • Negotiation & Team Resources–Peterson Research Grant, 2020 and 2018
  • Rustgi Family Fund in Entrepreneurship, 2018–2019
  • Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Supplementary Funds Award, 2018–2021
  • Black & Decker Research Fund, 2016–2018
  • Speaker series grant by nonprofit policy organization, 2011–2019
  • Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Behavioral Experiment Research Fund, 2017
  • Dispute Resolution Research Center Grants, Kellogg School of Management, 2007–2015
  • Klein Family Fund Grant for research on civility in healthcare, 2014
  • Johns Hopkins PhD Innovation Initiative, 2013

Keynote and distinguished addresses

  • Chung-Ang University Distinguished Speaker Series, Seoul, May 2025
  • Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Alumni Event, Chicago, May 2018
  • Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany, Leuphana Psychology Conference: Negotiation Research Congress, July 2017

Invited presentations

  • INSEAD, Negotiation and Conflict Management Collaborative Webinar Series (virtual), May 2026
  • University of Melbourne, Department of Management and Marketing, April 2026
  • University of Oxford, Saïd Business School, December 2025
  • The University of Hong Kong Business School, November 2025
  • INSEAD, Singapore, May 2025
  • Johns Hopkins Medical School, Women’s Professional Advancement Council, February 2025
  • International Association for Conflict Management, Virtual Seminar Series, January 2025
  • London Business School, June 2024
  • Cambridge University, Judge Business School, February 2024
  • University of Oxford, Saïd Business School, January 2024
  • University of Surrey, Surrey Business School, January 2024
  • Johns Hopkins Medical School, January 2023
  • Horizons by Hopkins Career & Professional Development Conference (virtual), November 2022
  • AACSB Associate Deans Conference, New Orleans, October 2022
  • Johns Hopkins Medical School, May 2022
  • University of Oxford, Saïd Business School (virtual), February 2022
  • AACSB Innovative Curriculum Conference (virtual), March 2021
  • University of Bath, School of Management, March 2020
  • Southern Methodist University, February 2020
  • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, October 2019
  • University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, October 2019
  • Dartmouth College, Tuck School of Business, May 2019
  • Loyola University Maryland, April 2019
  • University of Virginia, Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, March 2019
  • Warwick Business School, March 2019
  • IÉSEG School of Management, Paris, March 2019
  • Melbourne Business School, December 2018
  • DC Management Research Consortium, Washington, November 2018
  • Army War College, Carlisle, PA, October 2018
  • Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, April 2018
  • Singapore Management University, February 2018
  • London Business School, February 2018
  • Johns Hopkins University, Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise, November 2017
  • Georgetown University, Department of Psychology, October 2017
  • Rice University, Jones Graduate School of Business, November 2016
  • Washington University, Olin School of Business, November 2016
  • University of Maryland, Smith School of Business, December 2015
  • Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics, April 2015
  • Chapman University, Economic Science Institute, November 2014
  • Next Generation of Government Training Summit, Arlington, VA, July 2014
  • Training Officers Consortium, Professional Development Program, Washington, May 2014
  • Training Officers Consortium, Annual Institute, Norfolk, April 2014
  • University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, January 2013
  • New York University, Stern School of Business, December 2012
  • Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, October 2012
  • Society for Clinical and Translational Science, Washington, April 2012
  • Chapman University, Economic Science Institute, February 2012
  • Georgetown University, McDonough Business School, January 2012
  • Johns Hopkins University, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, December 2011
  • Johns Hopkins University, Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise, December 2011
  • University of Maryland, Psychology Department, October 2011

Discussant, panel member, or chair

  • Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia, 2026
  • Academy of Management Conference, Chicago, 2024
  • AACSB Associate Deans Conference, New Orleans, 2022
  • Academy of Management Conference, Vancouver, 2015
  • Academy of Management Conference, Orlando, 2013

Conference symposium organizer

  • Academy of Management Conference, Atlanta, 2017

Conference paper and symposia presentations

  • 2026: Academy of Management, Philadelphia; International Association for Conflict Management, Vienna; EurOMA, Vienna
  • 2025: Academy of Management, Copenhagen; International Association for Conflict Management, Burlington, VT
  • 2024: Academy of Management, Chicago; LBS Moral Psychology and Behavioural Ethics Conference, London; International Association for Conflict Management, Singapore
  • 2023: Decision Sciences Institute, Atlanta; Academy of Management, Boston; International Association for Conflict Management, Thessaloniki
  • 2022: Academy of Management, Seattle; International Association for Conflict Management, Ottawa; Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Waco, TX
  • 2021: Academy of Management (virtual); International Association for Conflict Management (virtual)
  • 2020: Academy of Management (virtual); International Association for Conflict Management (virtual)
  • 2019: Academy of Management, Boston; International Association for Conflict Management, Dublin; Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Washington; International Convention of Psychological Science, Paris
  • 2018: Academy of Management, Chicago; International Association for Conflict Management, Philadelphia; Behavioral Decision Research in Management, Boston
  • 2017: Academy of Management, Atlanta; International Association for Conflict Management, Berlin; China International Conference in Finance, Hangzhou
  • 2016: Financial Management Association International, Las Vegas; Academy of Management, Anaheim; Conference on Proactive Behaviors, Hong Kong; International Association for Conflict Management, New York
  • 2015: Academy of Management, Vancouver; International Association for Conflict Management, Clearwater Beach, FL
  • 2014: Technology Transfer Conference, Baltimore; Academy of Management, Philadelphia; American Political Science Association, Washington; International Association for Conflict Management, Leiden; Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Honolulu; Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin (co-chaired symposium)
  • 2013: Academy of Management, Orlando; International Association for Conflict Management, Tacoma; Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans
  • 2012: Gerontological Society of America, San Diego; Academy of Management, Boston; International Association for Conflict Management, Cape Town
  • 2011: International Leadership Association, London; Academy of Management, San Antonio; International Association for Conflict Management, Istanbul; Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio
  • 2010: Academy of Management, Montreal; International Association for Conflict Management, Boston; Trans-Atlantic Doctoral Conference, London
  • 2009: Academy of Management, Chicago; International Association for Conflict Management, Kyoto; Trans-Atlantic Doctoral Conference, London
  • 2008: Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Chicago; Academy of Management, Anaheim; International Association for Conflict Management, Chicago; Fundación Urrutia Elejalde Summer School on Social Norms, San Sebastián; Trans-Atlantic Doctoral Conference, London

Board memberships and professional affiliations

  • Honorary International Advisory Board Member, Korean Association of Negotiation Studies, 2025–present
  • Board member, International Association for Conflict Management, 2018–2019
  • Member, Academy of Management
  • Member, International Association for Conflict Management

Brian C. Gunia
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
100 International Drive, Baltimore, MD 21202 USA

Email: brian.gunia@jhu.edu
Phone: +1 410-234-9423

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