Faculty Voices

Hear from Stanford GSB faculty and gain insight into what it’s like to research and teach here.

Voices

Rebecca Lester

I love accounting and I also love politics. Tax is the intersection of the two.

Rebecca Lester

Associate Professor of Accounting

Mohsen Bayati

The idea that you could make an impact with mathematics became fascinating to me.

Mohsen Bayati

The Carl and Marilynn Thoma Professor of Operations, Information & Technology

Jeffrey Pfeffer

If power is to be used for good, more good people need power.

Jeffrey Pfeffer

The Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior

Susan Athey

I like building things that demonstrate how a class of problems can be solved.

Susan Athey

The Economics of Technology Professor

Andy Hall

I’m a lot more confident in the stubbornness of the American voter than other people are.

Andy Hall

The Davies Family Professor of Political Economy

Jennifer Aaker

To be able to take my research and my connections to help save lives — that was extremely gratifying.

Jennifer Aaker

The General Atlantic Professor

Darrell Duffie

I had to do a better job of understanding what is wrong with the financial system.

Darrell Duffie

The Adams Distinguished Professor of Management and Professor of Finance

William P. Barnett

Future generations will judge us as to what type of bold action we do or don’t take today.

William P. Barnett

The Thomas M. Siebel Professor of Business Leadership, Strategy, and Organizations

Michele J. Gelfand

I’m interested in all things cultural.

Michele J. Gelfand

The John H. Scully Professor in Cross-Cultural Management and Professor of Organizational Behavior

Rebecca Diamond

I’ve always been interested in what quantitative methods can teach us about the world.

Rebecca Diamond

The Class of 1988 Professor of Economics

Katherine Casey

I came to this realization that nothing was going to work in economic development if the government wasn’t functioning.

Katherine Casey

Professor of Political Economy

Huggy Rao

To me, discovering curiosity and generosity — that’s at the heart of scholarship.

Huggy Rao

The Atholl McBean Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources

Kuang Xu

How do we settle this debate? Simple. Look at it mathematically: What is possible to do?

Kuang Xu

Associate Professor of Operations, Information & Technology

Ken Shotts

Companies talk about their good intentions. I’d much rather have good institutions than good intentions.

Ken Shotts

The David S. and Ann M. Barlow Professor of Political Economy

Szu-chi Huang

I believe behavioral science is exactly what we need to make a difference in this world.

Szu-chi Huang

Associate Professor of Marketing

Anat Admati

My main hope remains education... This crisis in capitalism and the crisis in democracy are intertwined.

Anat Admati

The George G.C. Parker Professor of Finance and Economics

Matteo Maggiori

Crises may be extremely rare, but there is a meaningful difference between extremely rare and impossible.

Matteo Maggiori

The Moghadam Family Professor of Finance

Baba Shiv

What I try to impress on people is that the rational brain is not good at being rational.

Baba Shiv

The Sanwa Bank, Limited, Professor of Marketing

Mohammad Akbarpour

In some ways, all of academia hinges on this receptiveness to having your mind changed.

Mohammad Akbarpour

Professor of Economics

Paul Oyer

That first step you take out of school ends up having long-term ramifications for where you end up working later in life.

Paul Oyer

The Mary and Rankine Van Anda Entrepreneurial Professor and Professor of Economics

Jonathan B. Berk

I think marketing in 20 years’ time will look like finance. Everything will be rigorous and analytical.

Jonathan B. Berk

The A.P. Giannini Professor of Finance