Michael North

Michael S. North is Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations at New York University Stern School of Business. For several years he taught the Stern undergraduate core course “Management & Organizations,” for which he also served as Course Coordinator. He currently teaches the Stern full-time and part-time MBA core course, “Leadership in Organizations."

Professor North’s research focuses primarily on challenges of, and considerations for, the aging and increasingly multigenerational workforce. He has published research in leading academic journals, including Psychological Bulletin, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Academy of Management Annals, and Research in Organizational Behavior. He has authored op-eds for the Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, Newsweek, Quartz, and New Scientist, among other outlets. Professor North's work has been featured in various media sources, including New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, BBC, New Yorker, Washington Post, Forbes, and TIME.

Prior to joining NYU Stern, Professor North completed a two-year postdoctoral position at Columbia University. He received his B.A. in Psychology from the University of Michigan, and his Ph.D in Psychology and Social Policy from Princeton University. Among other accolades, he has been named a "Rising Star" by the Association for Psychological Science, and a "Top 50 Undergraduate Business School Professor" by Poets and Quants.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Princeton University (2008 — 2013)
• Master of Arts (M.A.) Princeton University (2008 — 2010)
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) University of Michigan (2002 — 2006)

Companies

• Assistant Professor of Management & Organizations NYU Stern School of Business (2015)
• Postdoctoral Researcher Columbia University (2013 — 2015)
• Graduate Student Princeton University (2008 — 2013)
• Research Coordinator Columbia University Medical Center (2007 — 2008)
• Research Assistant Columbia University Medical Center (2006 — 2007)
• Research Assistant / Study Coordinator University of Michigan (2006 — 2006)