Molly Kern

Biography

Molly Kern joined New York University Stern School of Business as an Adjunct Associate Professor in 2015. She joins the full-time faculty as a Clinical Professor of Management and Organizations in September 2025.

Kern is an organizational psychologist whose goal is to help her students realize their untapped potential — whether it is in negotiating a deal, collaborating on a team, or making the best decision. She studies negotiation processes aimed toward maximizing value, group composition to foster equality of contribution, and unintentional unethical behavior (“bounded ethicality”) to support ethical learners.

Before joining NYU Stern, Kern was a professor at the Zicklin School of Business-Baruch College and the Graduate Center-CUNY. She was the recipient of the prestigious Baruch College Presidential Excellence Award for Teaching, the Lawrence Zicklin Teaching Excellence Award, and the Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She was also recognized for her service to Baruch College with the Faculty Service Award. Before becoming a professor, she worked for Deloitte & Touche as an audit associate and college recruiter, and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as a global recruiting strategist.

She earned her BBA in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame, her MS in Human Resource Management from Loyola University, and her PhD in Management and Organizations from Northwestern University.

Research Interests

• Negotiation processes and outcomes
• Team performance
• Bounded ethicality

Courses Taught

• Collaboration, Conflict and Negotiation
• High-Performance Teams
• Leadership in Organizations
• Management and Organizations
• Power and Professional Influence
• Teaming: The Art and Science of Collaboration

Academic Background

PhD, Management & Organizations
Northwestern University

MS, Human Resource Management
Loyola University - Chicago

BBA, Accounting
University of Notre Dame