{"id":8,"date":"2017-08-18T16:03:33","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T16:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/homepage\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T19:26:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:26:47","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-8\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-8-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-8-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-8-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_mit-pf-jumbotron widget_mit_pf_jumbotron panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"jumbotron-contained\" data-set=\"jumbotron\"><div class=\"hidden jumbotron\">    <div class=\"jumbotron--header\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/wp-content\/themes\/mitfaculty2021\/assets\/images\/jumbotron_bg_red.jpg);\">        <div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\">            <div class=\"col-12 col-md-8\">                <div class=\"jumbotron--content\">                <h1>Mary Rowe<\/h1>                <\/div><!-- .jumbotron--content -->            <\/div><!-- .col -->            <div class=\"col-12 jumbotron--facultyimage\">            <div class=\"faculty-image\">                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive img-portfolio img-hover\" src=\"http:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/images\/?ID=41344\" alt=\"Mary Rowe, Adjunct Professor of Management at MIT Sloan School of Management\">            <\/div><!-- .faculty-image -->        <\/div><\/div><!-- .container -->    <\/div><!-- jumbotron--header --><\/div><!-- .row -->    <div class=\"header-bio\" data-set=\"header-bio\">        <div class=\"bio\">    <div class=\"jumbotron--bio\">            <div class=\"teasertext\"><p>Mary Rowe is an Adjunct Professor of Negotiation and Conflict Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management.<\/p>\n<\/div>    <\/div><!-- jumbotron--bio --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"d-none jumbotron bg-cover\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/wp-content\/themes\/mitfaculty2021\/assets\/images\/jumbotron_bg_blue.jpg);\">\t<div class=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-8 col-md-8 col-sm-8 col-xs-12 no-padding-left\">\t\t<h1>Mary Rowe<\/h1>\t\t\t<div class=\"teasertext\"><p>Mary Rowe is an Adjunct Professor of Negotiation and Conflict Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div><!-- .col-lg-8 -->\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 no-padding-left\">\t\t\t<div class=\"faculty-image\">\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\"    ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive img-portfolio img-hover\" src=\"http:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/images\/?ID=41344\" alt=\"Mary Rowe, Adjunct Professor of Management at MIT Sloan School of Management\"><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .faculty-image -->\t\t<\/div><!-- .col-lg-4 -->\t<\/div><!-- .container --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-8-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_mit-pf-research widget_mit_pf_research\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h3>Featured Research<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/operationally-useful-data-about-the-value-and-effectiveness-of-organizational-ombuds\/\"><em>Operationally Useful Data About the Value and Effectiveness of Organizational Ombuds: A Resource Repository of Working Papers for Comment.<\/em><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 Rowe, Mary, Timothy Hedeen, Jennifer Schneider, and Hector Escalante (with additional contributions from AI). March 2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan-php.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-faculty\/sites\/84\/2026\/01\/02220112\/Rowe-Operationally-Useful-Data-and-OO-Value-1-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Using Operationally Useful Data to Communicate Ombuds Value and Effectiveness.\"<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Rowe, Mary.\u00a0 Working paper, January 2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?PublicationDocumentID=10656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\"The Unique\u2014and Effective\u2014Quartet of Standards of Practice of Organizational Ombuds: Each Standard is Necessary\u2014and Requires the Other Three Standards.\" <\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Rowe,\u00a0Mary and Bruce MacAllister.\u00a0<i>Journal of the International Ombuds Association<\/i>\u00a0Vol. 18, No. 1 (2025): 45-54.<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?PublicationDocumentID=10657\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"An Unusual Harassment Training that was Warmly Received\u2014and, as well, Inspired Bystanders\u2014an Organizational Ombuds Story.\"<\/a><\/strong> Rowe, Mary. <i>Journal of the International Ombuds Association<\/i> Vol. 16, No. 2 (2025).<\/div>\n<div><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?PublicationDocumentID=10505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"The Most Serious Cases Reported by Organizational Ombuds: Data From Surveys and Interviews.\"<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Rowe, Mary, Timothy Hedeen, Jennifer Schneider, and Hector Escalante. Working paper, December 2024.<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-8-0-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_mit_area_interest_widget\" data-index=\"2\" ><h2 class=\"widget-title\">Areas of Interest<\/h2><ul><li>Conflict Resolution<\/li><li>Negotiation<\/li><li>Risk Management<\/li><li>The Organizational Ombuds Profession<\/li><li>Micro-inequities and Micro-affirmations<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div id=\"panel-8-0-0-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_mit_media_highlights_widget panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><h2 class=\"widget-title\">More About Mary<\/h2><div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\"><div class=\"highlight\">\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/articles-about-mary-rowe-and-her-work\/\" target=\"_blank\">\t<h4>Articles about Mary<\/h4>\t<\/a>\t<p>Read some of the articles that have been written about Mary Rowe and her work.<\/p><div class=\"social social-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fa-stack 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mitigating discrimination and conflict in organizations.<\/p><div class=\"social social-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fa-stack fa-1x\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"facebook customer share\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/ideas-made-to-matter\/quiet-discrimination-microinequities-a-qa-adjunct-professor-mary-rowe\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook The Quiet Discriminations of Microinequities\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x facebook\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-facebook fa-stack-1x\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fa-stack fa-1x\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  <a class=\"twitter customer share\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/ideas-made-to-matter\/quiet-discrimination-microinequities-a-qa-adjunct-professor-mary-rowe&amp;text=The+Quiet+Discriminations+of+Microinequities\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" 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