# Professor Melissa Schilling's research underscoring the importance of cognitive diversity on research teams is referenced

1 Faculty News September 28, 2017 ![The Washington Post logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031074.jpg?itok=f6OME_Rm)>

Excerpt from [The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/09/28/diversity-isnt-just-about-justice-its-about-helping-us-make-better-collective-decisions/) -- "Analyses by a diverse group of scholars including Brian Uzzi, Daniel Romero, Lada Adamic, Richard Freeman, [Melissa Schilling](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/melissa-schilling) and Brian Jones shows that the best research and patents is produced by cognitively diverse teams. Some of these studies cover upward of 20 million papers and 5 million patents."

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