What Allies Should Know about Interracial Communication

Cydney Hurston Dupree

July 14, 2020

A majority of White Americans say that the Black Lives Matter movement has prompted them to have conversations about race. We asked Yale SOM’s Cydney Dupree, who has studied how people from different racial groups communicate with each other, what her research says about the dynamics of the current moment.

Demonstrators march in St. Anthony, Minnesota, on July 6, 2020, the fourth anniversary of the murder of Philando Castile. Photo: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images.

Online and Off, We Are Drawn Toward Those with Similar Writing Styles

Balázs Kovács
June 29, 2020

Both online and in-person friendships are more likely to develop between people who have similar linguistic styles, according to a new study co-authored by Balázs Kovács at Yale SOM.
Faculty Viewpoints: A Global View
May 07, 2020
In an online conversation, Yale SOM faculty members discussed diverging responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for global cooperation.
Faculty Viewpoints: The Evolving Workplace
April 29, 2020
In an online event, Yale SOM faculty members discussed the sudden transformation of the workplace forced by COVID-19 and the potential for more lasting change.
Three Questions: Prof. James Baron on Why Performance Reviews Aren’t Working

James N. Baron
August 29, 2019
We asked Yale SOM’s James Baron about the research on the effectiveness of annual reviews and what a better method might look like.
For U.S. Army, Improving Mental Health Care Meant Breaking Down Barriers Between Teams

Julia DiBenigno
February 05, 2019
The study suggests that for many organizations, assigning professionals from one team as points of contact to members of another—while they still maintain close ties to their own peers—may help resolve conflicts.
Three Questions: Prof. James Baron on Amazon’s New Minimum Wage

James N. Baron
November 29, 2018
We asked Prof. James Baron, an expert in human resources and labor markets, what Amazon’s $15 minimum wage would mean for workers there and at other companies.
Three Questions: Prof. Marissa King on the Cost of Loneliness

Marissa D. King
May 22, 2018
There is increasing evidence that isolation has a powerful negative effect on health and productivity. We asked Yale SOM’s Marissa King, an expert on social networks, how we can reinforce the connections that help sustain us.
The Agony and Ecstasy of the Gig Economy

Amy Wrzesniewski
February 20, 2018
Should the so-called gig economy be called the roller coaster economy? Yale SOM's Amy Wrzesniewski, an expert in how we experience work, investigated the lives of independent workers and found that they experience dramatic emotional highs and lows.
Can Better Teamwork Save Lives?

Marissa D. King
February 08, 2018
By gathering and analyzing real-time data about how team members interact, researchers investigated whether a care coordinator can improve outcomes—and in the process, learned just how delicate team dynamics can be.
Three Questions: Prof. Marissa King on How the Opioid Epidemic Spreads

Marissa D. King
December 07, 2017
We asked Yale SOM’s Marissa King, an expert in social networks who has studied the spread of drug addiction, what is driving the opioid crisis and how it can be addressed.