Sana Rizvi

Biography

Dr. Sana Rizvi is an assistant professor of organizational behaviour and human resources management (OB/HRM) at the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa. She holds a PhD in industrial and organizational psychology from the University of Waterloo, an MSc in social-organizational psychology from San Francisco State University and a BSc (honours) in psychology from the University of Toronto. She also completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in the Department of Psychology at York University. Prior to joining Telfer, Dr. Rizvi was a professor in OB/HRM at the Faculty of Business, University of New Brunswick, Saint John.

Dr. Rizvi’s research interests primarily focus on workplace conflict and organizational injustice, with a particular emphasis on the factors that promote victim forgiveness and offender apologies, such as mindfulness. Her research has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied and Social Psychological and Personality Science. She has also presented her research at various peer-reviewed conferences, including those of the Academy of Management and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

With several years experience as an instructor, Dr. Rizvi has taught a wide array of courses. Her teaching portfolio includes undergraduate courses such as Introduction to Organizational Behaviour, Recruitment and Selection, and Strategic Human Resource Policy, as well as graduate-level courses like Human Behaviour and Leadership, and Performance Management. She is an expert in various instructional formats, including in-person, online and hybrid modes.