Dolly Chugh

Dolly Chugh is a social psychologist and management professor at the New York University Stern School of Business, where she serves as the Jacob B. Melnick Term Professor and teaches MBA courses in leadership and management. Her research focuses on the “psychology of good people,” including concepts such as bounded ethicality and unintentional bias, and has been published in leading psychology, economics, and management journals. Before entering academia, she worked in investment banking, consulting, and media roles at organizations including Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Sibson & Company, Time Inc., and Scholastic.

Chugh is the author of The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias, an acclaimed guide that draws on social science to help readers confront bias and align their actions with their values. She is also the author of A More Just Future: Psychological Tools for Reckoning with Our Past and Driving Social Change. Chugh holds a B.A. in psychology and economics from Cornell University and an MBA, M.A., and Ph.D. in organizational behavior (joint with social psychology) from Harvard University.