Nikki Drader

Nikki is a second-year doctoral student, and teaching and research assistant in the Department of Management. Her research focuses on the study of marginalized groups, with an emphasis on workplace neurodiversity. The majority of her work examines pre-employment, career management, and well-being of neurodiverse individuals in historically neurotypical workplaces. She is also interested in emerging research and methodologies related to universal design theory and the neuroscience of work. These interests stem from her undergraduate studies in nutritional science and biochemistry, professional experience managing neurodiverse employees, and personal challenges with a low-vision disability that inspire her to conduct research that benefits those who live in a world that wasn’t designed for them.

Academic Interests

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Drader, N., Vaziri, H., Heydarifard , Z., Gabriel, A. 2024. Disclosing miscarriage at work: Motives, processes, outcomes, and boundary conditions, Poster Presented at Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology Conference, Chicago, IL.

Johnson, N. E., Kanwal, F., Drader, N., (2023). Do linguistic styles hold across contexts? Replicating and extending crowdfunding success in university-based crowdfunding platforms. Accepted for presentation at Southern Management Association, 2023 (Florida).

Kanwal, F., Drader, N., (2023). Developing a Typology of Firm's Attention to Stakeholders during Activism: The Role of the Activism Stages and Locations. Accepted for round table discussion at Southern Management Association, 2023 (Florida).

Follmer, E., Comer, D. R., Ott, D. L., Russo, E., Moeller, M., Hurley-Hanson, A., Giannantonio, C. M., Griffiths A. J., Ezerins M. E., Simon, L., Vogus, T., Lenaghan, J. A., Pittarello, A., Motro, D., Drader, N., & Lopez Kidwell, V. 2023. Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood: Social Barriers to Inclusive Neurodiverse Workplaces, Symposium Presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

Lopez-Kidwell, V., Drader, N., Kanwal, F., Boulamatsi, A. Cooper, D. & Floyd, T. 2023. Instrumental or expressive, bonding or bridging, weak or strong ties? Recommendations for newcomers, Presented at Sunbelt Conference, International Network for Social Network Analysis, Portland, OR.

Drader, N., & Lopez Kidwell, V. 2023. What Dandelions Teach Us about Daisies: Autism, Allyship, and Inclusive Socialization, Poster Presented at the Equity & Diversity Conference, University of North Texas, Denton, TX.

PAPER DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS

Drader, N., & Lopez Kidwell, V. 2023. What Dandelions Teach Us about Daisies: Autism, Allyship, and Inclusive Socialization. Neurodiversity at Work Conference, University of Washington (in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University), Seattle, WA. June 2023

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Drader, N., & Lopez Kidwell, V. 2023. What Dandelions Teach Us about Daisies: Autism, Allyship, and Inclusive Socialization. Invited Panel Discussion at the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Conference, G. Brint Ryan College of Business, University of North Texas, Denton, TX.

INVITED PANEL DISCUSSIONS

2023 DocNet Recruitment Forum panelist at the University of North Texas, Denton, TX.

2023 Neurodiversity at Work event at the Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Texas, Dallas, TX.

Power Hour C-Suite Panel Discussion Moderator at the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Conference, G. Brint Ryan College of Business, University of North Texas, Denton, TX.