Media & Speaking

I write for managers and talk with journalists about disability, diversity, and immigration at work.

For interviews, email david.dwertmann@rutgers.edu. I am part of the Academy of Management’s Subject Matter Expert program.

Writing for practitioners

• 2026How job design for disability improves work for everyone. MIT Sloan Management Review.
• 2026From space to the workplace, collaboration is making us more liberal. I by IMD.
• 2016If a supervisor or a subordinate has a disability, who fares worse? LSE Business Review.

In the media

• 2024Where the Harris and Trump campaigns stand on immigration, and what it means for HR. HR Brew.
• 2023Disappearing act. Rutgers Today.
• 2022The jobs employers just can’t fill. BBC Worklife.
• 2022Three benefits of employees with disabilities serving customers. AOM Insights.
• 2022Disabilities can weaken supervisors’ perceived status. AOM Insights.
• 2022How ableist attitudes make an impact in the workplace. Built In.
• 20212021 Best 40-Under-40 Professors: David Dwertmann. Poets & Quants.
• 2016Who gets into the C-suite? Chicago Booth Review.
• 2015Disabilities can negatively impact supervisor-subordinate relationship. Rutgers Today; also in phys.org.
• 2015Reconsidering the charismatic CEO. strategy+business.

Invited talks

• 2026University of Cologne · University of Mannheim · ESMT Berlin
• 2025University of Göttingen
• 2024Vanderbilt University
• 2022York University · Rutgers University
• 2018Purdue University
• 2017London School of Economics · Columbia University · Temple University
• 2016University of British Columbia · Michigan State University · Wayne State University