Alvin Roth
Craig and Susan McCaw Professor of Economics, School of Humanities and Sciences
Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Research Interests
- Market Design
Academic Degrees
- PhD in Operations Research, Stanford University, 1974
- MS in Operations Research, Stanford University, 1973
- BS in Operations Research, Columbia University, 1971
Academic Appointments
- Craig and Susan McCaw Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Stanford University, 2013–present
- McCaw Senior Visiting Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Stanford, 2012
- George Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration Emeritus, Harvard University, 2012–present
- George Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration, Department of Economics, Harvard University, and Harvard Business School, 1998–2012
- A.W. Mellon Professor of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, 1982–1998
- Fellow, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, 1983–1998
- Professor of Business Administration, Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, 1985–1998
- Professor, Department of Business Administration, University of Illinois, 1979–1982
- Professor, Department of Economics, University of Illinois, 1979–1982
- Beckman Associate, Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois, 1981–1982
- Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration and Department of Economics, University of Illinois, 1974–1979
- Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration and Department of Economics, University of Illinois, 1977–1979
- Institute Associate, Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences, Stanford University, 1978
- Mendes-France Visiting Professor of Economics, The Technion, Haifa, Israel, 1986
- Bogen Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 1995
- Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, University of Tel Aviv, Israel, 1995
Professional Experience
- Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1998–present
Awards and Honors
- Morse Lectureship Award, INFORMS, 2021
- Doctor Honoris Causa, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 2013
- Economic Theory Fellow, Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), 2013
- Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2013
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2012
- NKR Terasaki Medical Innovation Award, American Transplant Congress, 2012
- Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, Sveriges Riksbank, 2012
- Excellence in Mentoring Doctoral Students Award, Harvard Business School, 2011
- Charles M. Williams Award, Harvard Business School, 2010–2011
- Wyss Award for Excellence in Mentoring, Harvard Business School, 2008
- T.W. Schultz Prize, Dept. of Economics, University of Chicago, 2006
- Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1998
- Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award, University of Pittsburgh, 1992
- Lanchester Prize, Operations Research Society of America, 1990
- Research Fellow, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1984–1986
- “Ten Outstanding Young Americans” award, United States Jaycees, 1984
- Guggenheim Fellow, Guggenheim Foundation, 1983–1984
- Fellow, Econometric Society, 1983
- Founders' Prize, Texas Instruments Foundation, 1980
- “College Educator of the Year” teaching award, University of Illinois, 1979
- List of Excellent Teachers, University of Illinois, 1977–1980
Stanford University Affiliations
- Senior Fellow Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research 2013–present