Mahzarin Rustum Banaji FBA (born 1956)[1] is an American psychologist of Indian origin at Harvard University, known for her work popularizing the concept of implicit bias in regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, and other factors.

In 2001, she moved to Harvard University as Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics in the department of psychology.

She served as Secretary of the APS, on the Board of Scientific Affairs of the APA, and on the Executive Committee of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology.

Banaji was director of undergraduate studies at Yale and has served as head tutor and chair of the department of psychology at Harvard.

[10] In addition, she was elected the American Academy of Political and Social Science's Herbert Simon Fellow in 2009.

[12] Banaji was honored alongside Anthony Greenwald and Brian Nosek by the American Association for the Advancement of Science with a 2018 Golden Goose Award for their work on implicit bias.