The Henry R. Kravis professor of leadership and organization psychology at Claremont McKenna College, Dr. Riggio serves as the director of the Kravis Leadership Institute. He also works as a professor in the psychology department.

Much of Riggio’s career has been focused on the integration of leadership studies with communication and psychology. In a 2003 publication in Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, Riggio wrote about the role of social and emotional communication skills in leader emergence and effectiveness. Additionally, Riggio has taught classes based on this integration of leadership and communication.

Research interests include the effect of individual differences in communication skills on leader emergence and effectiveness, communication processes in organizational settings, and learning strategies in higher education. He is particularly interested in the development of innovative techniques for improving classroom learning, and methods for student outcome assessment.

Riggio has a doctorate in social/personality psychology and a master’s degree in psychology from the University of California, Riverside. He earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology at Santa Clara University.

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