Deanna M. Kennedy is an Assistant Professor in the Business Program at the University of Washington Bothell. She received her Ph.D. in Management Science from the Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst. She received the 2009 Dissertation Prize for research on small groups by the Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy Division of the American Psychological Association.

Kennedy studies communication technologies and decision tools that facilitate group/team processes and lead to better task outcomes. Her research has been published in the Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, Decision Sciences, and Production Planning and Control.