Robert J. Morais

Robert J. Morais is an anthropologist with a career in advertising and market research, and a Lecturer at Columbia Business School. His books include Advertising and Anthropology; Ethics in the Anthropology of Business; The Language of Branding; Refocusing Focus Groups; and Social Relations in a Philippine Town. His articles have appeared in Forbes, Huffington Post, Advertising Age, Medium, American Anthropologist, Human Organization, Culture and Organization, Journal of Business Anthropology, Teaching Anthropology, and Philippine Studies, among others. Morais holds a Ph.D. in anthropology and was a Fulbright Scholar, National Science Foundation Grantee, Mellon Fellow, co-recipient of an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant, and co-recipient of a Columbia University Provost's Grant. He has been interviewed by The New York Times, CBS Radio, Bloomberg, Brandweek, and the American Marketing Association, among others.