David Cooperrider

David Cooperrider
Weatherhead School of Management's David Cooperrider with Harvard Business School Dean Emeritus John McArthur in 2018.
David Cooperrider (right) with Harvard Business School Dean Emeritus John H. McArthur in 2018.
Born (1954-07-14) July 14, 1954 (age 70)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCase Western Reserve University (PhD)
Occupation(s)Educator and author
Years active1985 - Present
Known forDevelopment 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.

  1. ^ a b "Faculty – David Cooperrider". Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  2. ^ Rose, Nico (2014-05-08). "Positive Psychology and MAPP at Penn: Doing that Namedropping Thing". Mappalicious. Archived from the original on 2018-06-09. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  3. ^ Staff Writer (2010-11-04). "David L. Cooperrider Honored as Peter F. Drucker Distinguished Fellow". Claremont Graduate University News. Claremont Graduate University. Archived from the original on 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  4. ^ "A Positive Revolution in Change: Appreciative Inquiry" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  5. ^ "Appreciative Inquiry" (PDF).