Michael Brownstein

Michael Brownstein is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at John Jay College and Professor of Philosophy at The Graduate Center, CUNY. His research focuses on the intersection of science, ethics, and social change. He is the author of The Implicit Mind: Cognitive Architecture, the Self, and Ethics (Oxford 2018) and co-editor of the two-volume series, Implicit Bias and Philosophy (OUP 2016). He has published numerous articles in several disciplines on bias, prejudice, and related topics. Brownstein was a visiting scholar at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and an ACLS Burkhardt Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University. His newest co-authored book, Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change (MIT Press) will be released in September, 2025.