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Information on our 2019-20 job market students will be updated as they become available. 

SeePlacement Directors
Academic Areas
Accounting
Economics
Finance
Marketing
Operations, Information & Technology
Organizational Behavior
Political Economy
Accounting
Steven Mitsuda
Steven Mitsuda
Faculty Advisors
Maureen McNichols Ron Kasznik Brandon Gipper
Dissertation Title
The Effect of Chief Accounting Officers on Financial Reporting Quality
Research Interests
Managerial Incentives
Earnings Management
Financial Statement Quality
Audit Quality
Edward M. Watts
Edward Watts
Faculty Advisors
David F. Larcker Charles M. C. Lee
Dissertation Title
Lemons or Unicorns: The Market for Pre-IPO Employee Equity
Research Interests
Securities Regulation
Market Microstructure
Corporate Governance
Asset Pricing
Chloe L. Xie
Chloe L. Xie
Faculty Advisors
Joseph D. Piotroski Charles M. C. Lee Maureen McNichols
Dissertation Title
TBD
Research Interests
Financial Disclosure
Capital Market Imperfections
Insider Trading
Information Economics
Economics
Evgeni Drynkin
Evgeni Drynkin
Faculty Advisors
Ali Yurukoglu Lanier Benkard Paulo Somaini Peter C. Reiss
Dissertation Title
Mergers and Investments in the Wireless Industry
Research Interests
Empirical Industrial Organization
Structural estimation
Econometrics
Enrique Ide
Enrique Ide
Faculty Advisors
Andrzej Skrzypacz Michael Ostrovsky Edward Lazear
Dissertation Title
Reorganizations
Research Interests
Microeconomic Theory
Organizational Economics
Industrial Organization
Yucheng Liang
Yucheng Liang
Faculty Advisors
Douglas Bernheim Muriel Niederle Michael Ostrovsky Charles M. C. Lee
Dissertation Title
Learning from unknown information sources
Research Interests
Behavioral economics
Experimental economics
Theory
Andres Perlroth
Andres Perlroth
Faculty Advisors
Andrzej Skrzypacz Michael Ostrovsky Robert Wilson
Dissertation Title
Posturing in Bargaining to Influence Outsiders
Research Interests
Bargaining Theory
Dynamic Games
Mechanism Design
Finance
Samuel Antill
Samuel Antill
Faculty Advisors
Darrell Duffie Steven Grenadier
Dissertation Title
Do the Right Firms Survive Bankruptcy?
Research Interests
Corporate Finance
Market Design
Applied Theory
Jonathan Wallen
Faculty Advisors
Arvind Krishnamurthy Darrell Duffie Benjamin Hébert Hanno Lustig
Dissertation Title
Markups to Financial Intermediation in Foreign Exchange Markets
Research Interests
Financial Intermediation
Asset Pricing
Currency Markets
Banking Regulation
Yang Zhao
Yang Zhao
Faculty Advisors
Amit Seru Joshua D. Rauh
Dissertation Title
Corporate Liquidity and Real Investments
Research Interests
Empirical Corporate Finance
Financial Intermediation
Marketing
Rhia Catapano
Rhia Catapano
Faculty Advisors
Zakary Tormala Jennifer Aaker Jonathan Levav
Dissertation Title
Essays on the Role of Values in Changing Minds
Research Interests
Consumer Psychology
Sharing and Advocacy
Attitudes and Persuasion
Consumer Well-Being
Megan Hunter
Megan Hunter
Faculty Advisors
Wesley R. Hartmann James M. Lattin Lanier Benkard
Dissertation Title
Strategic Utilization and Communication of Information
Research Interests
Quantitative Marketing
Empirical Industrial Organization
Role of information
Ilya Morozov
Ilya Morozov
Faculty Advisors
Bart J. Bronnenberg Peter C. Reiss
Dissertation Title
Consumer Behavior, Pricing, and Product Entry in Markets with Information Frictions
Research Interests
Consumer Search
Product Innovations
Recommendation Systems
Targeted Marketing
Operations, Information & Technology
Gregory Macnamara
Gregory Macnamara
Faculty Advisors
Yonatan Gur Daniela Saban
Dissertation Title
Sequential Decision-Making and Learning with Strategic Environments
Research Interests
Revenue Management
Service Operations
Ignacio Andres Rios
Ignacio Andres Rios
Faculty Advisors
Daniela Saban
Dissertation Title
Essays on Behavioral Market Design
Research Interests
Matching
Behavioral Operations
Platform Design
Market Design
Organizational Behavior
Anjali M. Bhatt
Anjali Bhatt
Faculty Advisors
Glenn R. Carroll Amir Goldberg Michael T. Hannan Sameer B. Srivastava
Dissertation Title
Neither blank slate nor set in stone: Cultural behaviors of organizational newcomers
Research Interests
Organizational Culture
Diversity & Inequality
Computational Social Science
Solène Delecourt
Solène Delecourt
Faculty Advisors
Jesper B. Sørensen John-Paul Ferguson Aruna Ranganathan
Dissertation Title
TBD
Research Interests
Field Experiments
Entrepreneurship
Business Performance, Management
Discrimination, Gender Gap
Naomi M. Fa-Kaji
Naomi M. Fa-Kaji
Faculty Advisors
Brian Lowery Nir Halevy Benoît Monin Francis J. Flynn
Dissertation Title
Seeing Harm, Thinking, "Humans": Perceptions of Harm Prompt Human-Driven Explanations
Research Interests
Intergroup & Intragroup Processes
Motivated Reasoning & Worldview Maintenance
Hierarchy & Social Status
Race, Gender & Diversity
Poruz Khambatta
Poruz Khambatta
Faculty Advisors
Michal Kosinski
Dissertation Title
Using Artificial Intelligence to Examine First Impressions
Research Interests
Impression Formation/Management
Nonverbal Behavior
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data
Amelia M Stillwell
Amelia Stillwell
Faculty Advisors
Brian Lowery Ashley Martin
Dissertation Title
Gendered Norms for Interracial Contact: Social Penalties for White Women in Interracial Relationships
Research Interests
Status & Hierarchy
Intergroup Relations
Race, Gender, & Diversity
Negotiation
Chunchen Xu
Chunchen Xu
Faculty Advisors
Brian Lowery Francis J. Flynn
Dissertation Title
Know yourself: centrality of beliefs to the self is linked to exploration
Research Interests
Exploration and creativity
Cultural beliefs and the self
Social and psychological impact of automation
Octavia H. Zahrt
Octavia Zahrt
Faculty Advisors
Jeffrey Pfeffer Alia Crum
Dissertation Title
Activity Adequacy Mindsets and their Effects on Health and Wellbeing
Research Interests
health and wellbeing
organizational psychology
mindset
diversity and inclusion
Political Economy
Christopher McConnell
Christopher McConnell
Faculty Advisors
Neil Malhotra Ken Shotts Gregory J. Martin
Dissertation Title
Essays in Political Economics
Research Interests
State Politics
Parties and Partisanship
Political Competition
Ashutosh Thakur
Ashutosh Thakur
Faculty Advisors
Steven Callander Alvin Roth Saumitra Jha Paulo Somaini
Dissertation Title
Matching Theory Applications in Political Economy
Research Interests
Market Design
Development
Political Economy
Carlos Varjao
Carlos Eduardo Santanna Varjao
Faculty Advisors
Katherine Casey Matthew Gentzkow Saumitra Jha
Dissertation Title
Essays in Political Economy
Research Interests
Development Economics
Political Economy
Applied Microeconomics
Hugh Xiaolong Wu
Hugh Xiaolong Wu
Faculty Advisors
Edward Lazear Kathryn Shaw Katherine Casey Adina Sterling
Dissertation Title
Field Experiments in Firms
Research Interests
Strategic Human Capital
Personnel and Organizational Economics
Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Placement Directors

Economic Analysis & Policy Ali Yurukoglu
Finance Arvind Krishnamurthy
Operations, Information & Technology Gabriel Weintraub & Mohsen Bayati
Organizational Behavior (Micro) Deborah Gruenfeld
Political Economics Saumitra Jha

See the student’s advisor for the Accounting, Marketing, and Organizational Behavior (Macro) fields.