About Haidy H. Brown

Dr. Haidy H. Brown is an Associate Professor of Management and the Emily L. Mantilia Professor in Business at Russell Sage College. Her teaching and scholarship focus on workplace justice, labor relations, strategic decision-making, and the evolving role of technology in organizations. She brings a multidisciplinary perspective that integrates public administration, labor relations, and business management to help students understand how organizations function and how leaders can build fair, effective workplaces.

Dr. Brown’s research examines workplace justice, labor-management relations, and strategic decision-making in modern organizations. She is particularly interested in how power dynamics, organizational culture, and policy shape fairness and outcomes in the workplace.

In addition to her academic work, Dr. Brown is an experienced practitioner in leadership development and labor relations. She provides executive coaching and leadership training and works with organizations on complex workplace issues including labor-management relations, collective bargaining strategy, and organizational conflict. She has served as a labor relations expert witness and bargaining coach and consults with organizations on change management initiatives, including restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and workforce transitions.

Dr. Brown is also involved in integrating artificial intelligence into business education at Russell Sage. After serving as a beta tester for generative AI technologies, she pursued professional certifications in AI leadership, analytics, and applications for management, including the IBM Generative AI Engineering Professional Certificate.

Recent Courses Taught

Dr. Brown’s courses emphasize strategic decision-making, management, foundational business, leadership and management, labor relations, and applied AI.

Fundamentals of Business
Managerial Decision Making Labor Relations
Human Resource Management
Leadership & Change
Business Communication
Microeconomics and Macroeconomics
Behavioral Economics
Game Theory
Prompt Engineering for Artificial Intelligence
AI Applications in Business and Management

Research Interests

Workplace justice and fairness in organizations
Labor relations and collective bargaining
Managerial decision-making and behavioral economics
Artificial intelligence in management education and organizational decision-making
AI at intersection of organizational justice, leadership, labor relations, and student self-efficacy
Workplace mistreatment and moral repair

Selected Publications

Selected Publications

Books:

  • Brown, H. H. (2024). Mutual Gains: Empowering Labor and Management through Knowledge in Industrial Relations. Kendall Hunt Publishing.
  • Brown, H. H. (forthcoming). Executive and Strategic Decision Making: Leadership, Judgment, and Organizational Insight. Kendall Hunt Publishing.

Peer-Reviewed Article:

  • Brown, H. H., Kim, J. S., & Faerman, S. R. (2021). The influence of societal and organizational culture on the use of work–life balance programs. The Social Science Journal, 58(1).

Conference Presentations:

  • Cook, W., & Brown, H. H. (2025). Navigating Closure. Eastern Academy of Management Conference, Baltimore, MD.
  • Brown, H. H. (2022). Putting the Cart Before the Horse. Work and Family Researchers Network Conference, New York, NY

Conference Papers Under Review:

  • Cook, W., Liberman, N., & Brown, H. H. The Status Penalty: How Witnessing Incivility Shapes Third-Party Perceptions of Victims. Submitted to the Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM), 2026.

Manuscripts Under Review:

  • Cook, W., & Brown, H. H. Navigating Organizational Death: Stakeholder Experiences During College Closure. Manuscript under review at Journal of Organizational Change Management.

Work in Progress:

  • Brown, Haidy. Artificial Intelligence and Neurodiversity in Higher Education: Examining the Effects of AI Use on Neurodivergent Students. Study in development.
  • Butterfield, K., Cook, W. & Brown, H.H., Managerial Moral Repair in Organizations: Employee Perceptions of Supervisory Responses to Workplace Wrongdoing. Data collection.

Educational Background

University at Albany
B.A., Psychology/Sociology
University at Albany
M.P.A., Specialization: Labor Relations
University at Albany
Ph.D., Public Administration: Specialization: Organizational Behavior And Management
Michigan State University, Eli Broad College Of Business
Master Certificate In Business Leadership And Management
Harvard Law School
Certificate In Negotiation