L. Taylor Phillips

Biography

L. Taylor Phillips joined New York University Stern School of Business as an Assistant Professor of Management & Organizations in July 2016.

Professor Phillips’ research investigates diversity and hierarchy management. Her work focuses on engaging traditionally privileged groups in diversity efforts and identifying methods to increase cooperation between the advantaged and disadvantaged. She also explores the role advantaging processes play in determining employee and organizational outcomes. She has published research in leading management and psychology journals, including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, and Research in Organizational Behavior. Professor Phillips' work has also been covered by a variety of media outlets, including NPR and Stanford GSB Insights.

She received a B.A. in Psychology and Human Biology from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.

Research Interests

• Privilege
• Inequality
• Diversity, Inclusion, D&I
• Race, gender, social class
• Culture
• Hierarchy & power

Courses Taught

• Management and Organizations
• Research Methods

Academic Background

Ph.D., Business Administration
Stanford University

B.A., Psychology and Human Biology
Stanford University

Awards & Appointments

Early Career Award	International Society for Justice Research	2023
Rising Star Early Career Award	Association for Psychological Science	2021
Best Undergraduate Professors	Poets &Quants	2020
SPARQ Faculty Affiliate	Stanford University	2018
Early Career Scholar Speaker	Social Class Pre-Conference, Society for Personality & Social Psychology	2016
Early Career Scholar Speaker	Group Process & Intergroup Relations, Society for Personality & Social Psychology	2015
DARE Doctoral Fellowship (Diversifying Academia Recruiting Excellence)	Vice Provost for Graduate Education, Stanford University	2014
Graduate Voice and Influence Program	Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University	2014
SPARQ (Social Psychological Answers to Real-World Questions)	Stanford University	2013
Graduate Research Fellowship Program	National Science Foundation	2011

Selected Publications

Phillips, L.T., Kreps, T.A., & Chugh, D. (2024)
Different allies, different outcomes? How self-transcendence and self-enhancement affect ally engagement and effectiveness.
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.

Craig, M.A. & Phillips, L.T. (2023)
Group-based hierarchies of power and status.
In L. Huddy, D. O. Sears, J. S. Levy, & J. Jerit (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology

Jun, S., Phillips, L.T., & Foster-Gimbel, O.A. (2023)
The missing middle: Asian employees’ experience of workplace discrimination and pro-Black allyship.
Journal of Applied Psychology, 105, 225-248.

Tomova Shakur, T.K., & Phillips, L.T. (2022)
What counts as discrimination? How principles of merit shape fairness of demographic decisions.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Phillips, L.T., Jun, S., & Shakeri, A. (2022)
Barriers and boosts: Using inequity frames theory to expand understanding of race and gender inequity.
Academy of Management Annals, 16, 547-587.

Phillips, L.T. & Jun, S. (2021)
Why benefiting from discrimination is less recognized as discrimination
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Alt, N. & Phillips, L.T. (2021)
Person perception, meet people perception: Exploring the social vision of groups
Perspectives on Psychological Science

Craig, M.A. & Phillips, L.T. (2021)
Group-based hierarchies of power and status
In L. Huddy, D. O. Sears, J. S. Levy, & J. Jerit (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Political Psycholog

Anicich, E.M., Jachimowicz, J.M., *Osborne, M., &, Phillips, L.T. (2021)
Structuring local environments to avoid racial diversity: Anxiety drives Whites’ geographical and institutional self-segregation preferences
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 95, 104-117

Phillips, L.T. & Lowery, B.S. (2020)
I ain’t no fortunate one: On the motivated denial of class privilege
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 119, 1403-1422.