Erika H. James is an American academic and businesswoman currently serving as the Dean of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a position she assumed on July 1, 2020. She is recognized as the first woman and the first Black person to lead the esteemed business school. Trained as an organizational psychologist, Dean James is a leading expert in crisis leadership, workplace diversity, and management strategy.
Prior to her appointment at Wharton, James was the John H.