Sunita Sah
Cornell professor and physician
Sunita Sah is a Cornell University professor and trained physician who researches influence, authority, compliance and defiance. She is the author of Defy.
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About Sunita Sah
Sunita Sah teaches management and organizations at the SC Johnson Graduate School of Management, part of Cornell University. She trained as a physician and practiced medicine in the United Kingdom, and she also worked as a management consultant in the pharmaceutical industry. Her research looks at influence, authority, compliance and defiance. She sat on the National Commission on Forensic Science as a Commissioner, and she has advised government agencies. She directs Cornell's Academic Leadership Institute. Earlier in her career she held a KPMG-named professorship in management studies at Cambridge Judge Business School, and she is still an Honorary Fellow there. Her book Defy was published by Penguin Random House in January 2025.