Stanford GSB Academic Year Begins with New Faculty and Electives
The start of each school year brings new additions to faculty, lecturers, and electives that enhance the student experience.
September 28, 2018
MBA students engage in a discussion for their Negotiations course outside Arbuckle Pavilion. | Photo by: Elena Zukhova
Each academic year, Stanford GSB welcomes new faculty and elective courses to broaden its perspectives and offerings. This year’s faculty additions bring the total number of tenure-line faculty (tenured and untenured) to 125 and lecturers to 128. Classes began on September 14 for first-year MBA students and on September 24 for second-year MBA, PhD, and Sloan Fellows. Below are the newest members of the faculty.
New Tenure-Line Faculty
Laura Blattner, assistant professor of finance
Julien Clement, assistant professor of organizational behavior
Ashley Martin, assistant professor of organizational behavior
Gregory Martin, assistant professor of political economy
Kevin Smith, assistant professor of accounting
New Lecturers for 2018-19
Henry Most, adjunct lecturer in management
Gregory Page, lecturer in management
Alison Rosenthal, lecturer in management
Harpinder Singh, lecturer in management
Mark Voorsanger, adjunct lecturer in management
Stanford GSB also welcomes new elective courses each academic year. While first-year students focus on core foundational management courses, second-year MBA students and Sloan Fellows choose electives to suit their career goals and personalize their experience at the school. Below is a listing of new electives for the academic year.
- ACCT 152: Introduction to Financial Accounting
- GSBGEN 312: How to Make Economic Policy
- GSBGEN 508: Strategic Pivoting for Your Next Chapter
- GSBGEN 546: Freedom, Democracy, and Capitalism
- GSBGEN 596: Designing AI to Cultivate Human Well-Being
- GSBGEN 599: Using Technology and Market Interventions to Solve Social Problems
- HRMGT 503: People Analytics
- OB 310: Org2.0: The Analytics of Organization Design
- OB 513: Beyond Disruption: Entrepreneurial Leadership Within Existing Organizations
- OB 536: Insight to Outcome
- OB 684: Using Qualitative Methods and Inductive Reasoning in Your Research
- OIT 335: Optimization and Prescriptive Analytics: From Data to Models and Decisions
- OIT 368: Innovation Strategy and Operations
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