--- title: Michael Morris | TIME description: Michael Morris is a professor of psychology and business at Columbia University and the author of Tribal: How The Cultural Instincts that Divide Us Can Bring Us Together. canonical: https://time.com/author/michael-morris/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/michael-morris/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Michael Morris ## Michael Morris Michael Morris is a professor of psychology and business at Columbia University and the author of [_Tribal_ _: How The Cultural Instincts that Divide Us Can Bring Us Together_](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/557404/tribal-by-michael-morris/)_._ ## Michael Morris *  Jul 1, 2026 ### [The Myth of the National Team](https://time.com/article/2026/07/01/the-myth-of-the-national-team/) This World Cup, the USMNT has shown that similarities aren’t the key to team cohesion; it's players ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 27, 2024 ### [How the Thanksgiving Holiday Can Help Heal America’s Political Rifts](https://time.com/7178463/thanksgiving-tribalism-essay/) We need traditions and tribalism because we need each other, writes Michael Morris. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/michael-morris/","name":"Michael Morris"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/michael-morris/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/michael-morris/"},"name":"Michael Morris","jobTitle":"","description":"Michael Morris is a professor of psychology and business at Columbia University and the author of Tribal: How The Cultural Instincts that Divide Us Can Bring Us Together.","url":"https://time.com/author/michael-morris/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```