Derek Brown

Derek Brown is an Assistant Professor in the Management Division at Columbia Business School. He investigates what stifles equality in organizations and society. His research focuses on how and why group membership, social hierarchies, and intergroup ideologies shape how we react and respond to the increasingly diverse society around us.

His work has been published in leading journals such as Science Advances, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science, and Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Before joining Columbia Business School, Derek completed his PhD in Management from Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.