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Modupe Akinola is an Assistant Professor of Management at Columbia Business School. Prior to pursuing a career in academia, Professor Akinola worked in professional services at Bain & Company and Merrill Lynch. Professor Akinola examines how organizational environments ? characterized by deadlines, multi-tasking, and other attributes such as having low status ? can engender stress, and how this stress can have spill-over effects on performance. She uses a multi-method approach that includes behavioral observation, implicit and reaction time measures, and physiological responses (specifically hormonal and cardiovascular responses) to examine how cognitive outcomes are affected by stress. In addition, Professor Akinola examines workforce diversity. Specifically, she examines the strategies organizations employ to increase the diversity of their talent pool. She also explores biases that affect the recruitment and retention of minorities in organizations.

The dark side of creativity: Biological vulnerability and negative emotions lead to greater artistic creativity In Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (2008) Coauthor(s): Modupe Akinola, Wendy Berry Mendes

Inspiration is facilitated by positive mood and vagal withdrawal In (2009) Coauthor(s): Modupe Akinola, Katrina Koslov, Wendy Berry Mendes

Narcissistic tendencies and sensitivity to social feedback: An examination of cardiovascular reactivity during social evaluative situations In (2009) Coauthor(s): Modupe Akinola, Wendy Berry Mendes

Defining the attributes and processes that enhance the effectiveness of workforce diversity initiatives in knowledge intensive firms In HBS Working Paper Series (2006) Coauthor(s): Modupe Akinola, David Thomas