David V. Day

David V. Day is an American industrial-organizational psychologist, academic, and author. He is a professor of Psychological Science, Steven L. Eggert ’82 P ’15 Professor of Leadership, George R. Roberts Research Fellow, and Academic Director of the Kravis Leadership Institute at Claremont McKenna College.

He is a fellow American Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science and International Association of Applied Psychology.

Education Day completed his Bachelor of Arts in 1983 from Baldwin-Wallace College in Psychology part-time while working as an unskilled hourly worker at Ford Motor Company. In 1987, he obtained a Master of Arts in Industrial-Organizational Psychology followed by a PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from the University of Akron in 1989. 2024 – Eminent Scholar Award, Academy of Management Network of Leadership Scholars 2024 – Lifetime Achievement Award, International Leadership Association

Books An Integrative Approach to Leader Development (2008) ISBN 9780415964630 The Nature of Leadership (2017) ISBN 9781483359274 Developing Leaders and Leadership: Principles, Practices, and Processes (2024) 9783031590672