Nancy DiTomaso, Ph.D., specializes in the management of diversity, change, and leadership in knowledge-based organizations, and the management of scientists and engineers.

She has coauthored and co-edited five books and numerous articles in such journals as the Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Annual Review of Sociology, Sex Roles, Leadership Quarterly, Organization & Environment, California Management Review, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, and the Journal of Engineering and Technology Management. She is currently working on a book titled The American Non-dilemma. In it, she discusses white views of inequality and fairness to explain why whites have apparently not faced the moral dilemma that was predicted about the existence of racial inequality.

DiTomaso has been elected to several national offices in professional associations. She served on Council of the American Sociological Association and served as the chair of the Organizations and Occupations Section. She also served as president of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics.