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American business theorist (1972–2020) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Katherine Williams Phillips (March 4, 1972 – January 15, 2020)[1] was an American business theorist and the Reuben Mark Professor of Organizational Character at Columbia University's Business School. She headed the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics at Columbia, and was Senior Vice Dean.[2][3][4]
Katherine W. Phillips | |
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Born | Chicago, Illinois |
Died | January 15, 2020 |
Nationality | American |
Known for | diversity in the workplace research |
Spouse | Damon Phillips |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Stanford University |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Business |
Sub-discipline | Leadership and Ethics |
Institutions | Columbia Business School |
Main interests | Workplace Diversity |
Born Katherine Y. Williams to Adolph Williams and Amelia (Rogers), Phillips was the youngest of six siblings. She grew up in a black Chicago neighborhood, and in the third grade, was chosen to attend a nearly all-white magnet school where she was one of the few black students.[5] She graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and earned a PhD from Stanford. Phillips was known for her research into diversity in the workplace, demonstrating that diversity on teams leads to greater innovation and creativity.[6] She was a Senior Vice dean at Columbia and had published collaborations with other faculty on Diversity and other topics. She was its Reuben Mark professor of organizational character.[7] Her latest position was as the director of its Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics.[8]
She married fellow Stanford graduate and Columbia Business School professor Damon Phillips, the Lambert Family Professor of Social Enterprise at Columbia.[9][10][11] Phillips was a three-time All American in Track and Field at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign where she competed in the 400 m dash, long jump and relays.[4]
Named one of the "Top 40 Business School Professors Under the Age of 40" by Poets and Quants in 2011, Phillips was also an Academy of Management Fellow.[12][13][14]
Phillips died of breast cancer on January 15, 2020, at age 47.[16]
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