Sekou Bermiss is an Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
His research explores how human capital impacts firm performance, survival, and growth. He also examines organizational dynamics related to political ideology, status, and diversity. His award-winning research has been published in the numerous academic journals and highlighted by Harvard Business Review, Chicago Booth Review, the Wall Street Journal, and National Public Radio.
He received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY), and a M.S. and Ph.D in Management and Organizations from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He served as a Fellow at the Filene Research Institute where he led the ‘War for Talent’ Center of Excellence. Before entering academia, Dr. Bermiss worked for Deloitte Consulting in New York City.
