Renate Mai-Dalton is a professor emerita of organizational behavior at the University of Kansas School of Business. She was born, raised and has worked in businesses in Berlin, Germany. She earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Southern Oregon University and her doctorate in industrial and organizational psychology from the University of Washington.

As a professor at KU, she taught organizational behavior, organization change and development, dimensions of international management, and management of workforce diversity at the graduate and undergraduate levels. She also taught study abroad courses in Italy and Ghana. He research interests were in the area of leadership, cultural diversity, and organization development.

Mai-Dalton served as the director of doctoral programs at the KU School of Business and is the founder and former executive director of nine Multicultural Scholars Programs at KU. Her teaching and service awards include the William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, the Outstanding Mentor, Alumna, and Doctoral Students Awards, and the H.O.P.E. (Honoring Outstanding Progressive Educator) Award, presented by the university senior class to the outstanding educator. She also was inducted into the KU Women’s Hall of Fame.