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Lilia M. Cortina

University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor of Psychology, Women's & Gender Studies, and Management & Organizations, University of Michigan

Lilia Cortina is a University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor of Psychology, Women's & Gender Studies, and Management & Organizations at the University of Michigan. Her research centers around harassment and incivility on the job, with particular attention to mistreatment based on gender, race, and other social identities. Prof. Cortina is regularly called to serve as an expert witness, translating findings from social science to inform policy and legal decision-making. She recently joined colleagues in co-authoring a landmark report on sexual harassment for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Experience

  • –present
    Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies, University of Michigan

Education

  • 1999 
    University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign, PhD in Psychology