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David Cooperrider | |
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![]() David Cooperrider (right) with Harvard Business School Dean Emeritus John H. McArthur in 2018. | |
Born | July 14, 1954 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Case Western Reserve University (PhD) |
Occupation(s) | Educator and author |
Years active | 1985 - Present |
Known for | Development of the theory of Appreciative Inquiry (with Suresh Srivastva) |
David Cooperrider (born July 14, 1954), is the Fairmount Minerals Chair and Professor of Social Entrepreneurship[1] at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, and Faculty Director at the Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit at Case.[1]
Cooperrider also teaches at University of Pennsylvania[2] as well as Claremont University, where he is The Peter F. Drucker Distinguished Fellow.[3]
Cooperrider is the founder, together with Suresh Srivastva, of the theory of Appreciative Inquiry.[4] Cooperrider's original doctoral dissertation "Appreciative Inquiry Into Organizational Life" has been cited as “the first, and as yet, the best articulation of the theory and vision of appreciative inquiry.”[5] It was completed and defended in 1985.