Cindy Muir (Zapata)

Dr. Cindy P. Muir (Zapata) serves as Professor of Management and Organization at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business, bringing unique insights as a Colombian-American scholar to her research on organizational behavior. After earning her Ph.D. in Management and B.S. in Psychology from the University of Florida, she has established herself as a leading expert in organizational justice, leadership, and diversity studies. Her research focuses on understanding the complex dynamics of supervisor-employee relationships, particularly examining the disconnect between leader behaviors and employee perceptions. Her work has been extensively published in top-tier journals, with her research on justice and trust being highly cited, including a seminal paper on justice at the millennium that has received over 1,900 citations