Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Theory, Carnegie Mellon University
Rosalind Chow is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Theory at Carnegie Mellon University, where she studies the impact of power, status, and hierarchy on diversity and inclusion efforts within organizations. Her research focuses on the provision of and effectiveness of professional sponsorship in people’s careers, with an emphasis on sponsorship for and by people from marginalized backgrounds. Her book, The Doors You Can Open (PublicAffairs, Spring 2025), explains what sponsorship is, how it works, and why anyone, no matter their formal level of power, can be a sponsor to others.
