Modupe Akinola
- Barbara and David Zalaznick Professor of Business
- Management Division
- Faculty Director
- Bernstein Center for Leadership and Ethics
- Areas of Expertise
- Leadership & Organizational Behavior
- Contact
- Office: 346 Kravis
- E-mail: [email protected]
Modupe Akinola is the Barbara and David Zalaznick Professor of Business at Columbia Business School and Faculty Director the Bernstein Center for Leadership and Ethics. Prior to pursuing a career in academia, Professor Akinola worked in professional services at Bain & Company and Merrill Lynch. Professor Akinola examines how organizational environments- characterized by deadlines, multi-tasking, and other attributes such as having low status- can engender stress, and how this stress can have spill-over effects on performance. She uses a multi-method approach that includes behavioral observation, implicit and reaction time measures, and physiological responses (specifically hormonal and cardiovascular responses) to examine how cognitive outcomes are affected by stress. In addition, Professor Akinola examines workforce diversity. Specifically, she examines the strategies organizations employ to increase the diversity of their talent pool. She also explores biases that affect the recruitment and retention of minorities in organizations.
- Education
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BA, Harvard, 1996; MBA, Harvard, 2001; MA, Harvard, 2006; PhD, Harvard, 2009
- Joined CBS
- 2009
All Activities
The Look of a Leader: How Bias Guides Our Image of Leaders
Clara Wu Tsai, New York’s Champion
Political Debates Aren’t as Bleak as You Might Think
The True Face of Political Debate: Why It’s More Positive Than You Think
Why Political Debates Are Less Bitter and More Constructive than Most People Think
Reality Check: Americans Misjudge Political Debates, New Research Reveals
Business Ethics Prize Goes to Delta CEO Ed Bastian
Elevating Stories of Black Excellence
Bringing DEI into the Core of our Institutions
Professor Akinola Tests Chris Hemsworth’s Limits (Yes, that Chris Hemsworth!)
Helping a Superhero Manage Stress
The Intersection of Business, Politics, and Society: A Conversation with Valerie Jarrett
Developing Quality Conversations About Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
Modupe Akinola Appointed Director of the Bernstein Center for Leadership and Ethics
Can Zoom Be a Tool for Teaching Anti-Racism?
Enabling Productive Thinking to Develop Gender Balance
Integrating Diversity Into Business Education
School Welcomes New Faculty Members
- Case ID
- 230403
Beyond the US: Examples of Inequality from a Global Perspective
What are the different forms of inequality and oppression that a business student can expect to find around the world?
- Case ID
- 170407
Strathmore Medical College
How can two medical students with different goals negotiate to optimize their joint rotation assignments?
- Case ID
- 140404
The Janesville Plant Seeking a Just Decision
- Case ID
- 90423
ClothingCo: Redesigning the Sleepwear Business
How should a mid-level retail executive motivate the research team to engage in an important project--and then secure buy-in for his proposal from top management?