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Ph.D. Alumni

Our Department has produced many distinguished Ph.D. candidates. We train students for a wide variety of positions in academia, government, and industry. Below are a few examples of our recent alumni successes.

2021-2023

Ali Butler (Ph.D. 2022), Pre Doc Fellow, MD/Ph.D. Program, Professional Progam - Medicine
Erin Carbone (Ph.D. 2023), Visiting Assistant Professor SDS, CMU
Chris Boyce-Jacino (Ph.D. 2022), U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, & Post Doc Fellow Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area Personal website
Sami Horn (Ph.D. 2023) Postdoctoral Fellow in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, University of Chicago.
Shu Huang (Ph.D. 2022), Meta, Personal website
Yana Litovksy (Ph.D. 2021), Behavioral scientist and Post Doc researcher, Credence Goods in Finance, Department of Banking and Finance, University of Innsbruck Personal website
Erin McCormick (Ph.D. 2021), Air Force Research Laboratory
Andras Molnar (Ph.D. 2021), Principal Researcher, Roman Family for Decision Research, University of Chicago Booth School Personal website
Stephanie Permut (Ph.D. 2022), Post Doc Princeton University Personal website
Sabina Sloman (Ph.D. 2023) Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester, United Kingdom.
Joachim Talloen (Ph.D. 2021), Senior research science associate, Organizational Science and Analytics team, McKinsey & Company
Dan Wall (Ph.D. 2021), People Analytics Researcher DE Shaw Personal website
Zach Wojtowicz (Ph.D. 2021), Post Doc Fellow, Harvard Economics & HBS Personal website

2015-2020

Nikolos Gurney (Ph.D. 2020), Post Doc, Institute for Creative Technologies, University of Southern California Personal website
Ania Jaroszewicz (Ph.D. 2019), Assistant Professor, UC San Diego, Rady School of Management Personal website
Shereen Chaudhry (Ph.D. 2016), Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago & Neubauer Family Faculty Fellow, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Alycia Chin (Ph.D. 2015), Senior Financial Economist, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, United States Government Personal website
Caitlin Drummond (Ph.D. 2017), Assistant Professor, School of Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, & Senior Global Futures Scientist, Global Futures Scientists and Scholars Personal website
David Hagmann (Ph.D. 2019), Assistant Professor, Dept of Management, Hong Kong University of Sci & Tech Personal website
Soheil Hooshangi (Ph.D. 2019), Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Bryan School of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Personal website
Patrick Kane (Ph.D. 2017), Research Scientist 2, The Water Institute of the Gulf Personal website
Talya Lazerus (Ph.D. 2017), VP Director, Decision Science & Strategic Planning, FCB Health New York
Kelly Matula (Ph.D. 2018), Freelance Science & Medicine Editor, Head of Library Research, Penn Libraries, University of Pennsylvania Personal website
Mark Patterson (Ph.D. 2016), Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University Personal website
Nathanial Peterson (Ph.D. 2015), Seconded Agriculture Risk Mitigation & Private Sector Engagement Expert, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Lynn Conell Price (Ph.D. 2018), Economist, Office of Research, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Personal website
David Rode (Ph.D. 2017), Adjunct Professor, CMU SDS Personal website
Rich Truncellito (Ph.D. 2016), Lead Quantitative Insights Researcher, Airbnb Personal website
Eric VanEpps (Ph.D. 2015), Associate Professor of Marketing, Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University Personal website

2010-2014

Ajay Bhaskarabhatla (Ph.D. 2011), Associate Professor, Department of Applied Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam Personal website
Sudeep Bhatia (Ph.D. 2013), Associate Professor Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania Personal website
Cristina Carias (Ph.D. 2013), Director of Outcomes Research, Merck
Carla Costa (Ph.D. 2013), Assistant Professor, Law, Economics and Governance, School of Economics, Utrecht University Personal website
Alex Davis (Ph.D. 2012), Associate Professor, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
Leslie John (Ph.D. 2011), Professor, Harvard Business School Personal website
Peter Kriss (Ph.D. 2012), Lead Behavioral Scientist, Qventus, & Co-Founder & Partner, Macroclimate LLC
Paul Litvak (Ph.D. 2011), Personal website
Amanda Markey (Ph.D. 2014), 7th Grade Math Teacher at Capitol Hill Magnet School, Saint Paul Public Schools Personal website
Alexander Persoskie (Ph.D. 2012), Behavioral Scientist, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Daniel Schwartz (Ph.D. 2013), Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Chile Personal website
Jessica Wisdom (Ph.D. 2011), Head of People Insights, Atlassian
Michael Yu (Ph.D. 2014), Methodologist / Data Scientist, Centre de recherche du CHUM (CRCHUM)
Tamar Krishnamurti (Ph.D. 2010), Assistant Professor of Medicine and Clinical and Translational Science, Department of Medicine Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh & Co-founder, Naima Health Personal website

2005-2009

Joon Hwan Choi (Ph.D. 2007), Fellow, Cutter Consortium "미래인재양성과장" (Science, ICT, and Future Development Division), Ministry of Science and ICT
Cynthia Cryder (Ph.D. 2009), Associate Professor of Marketing, Washington University in St. Louis, Olin Business School Personal website
Jason Dana, Assistant Professor, Marketing and Management, Yale SOM Personal website
John Hamman (Ph.D. 2009), Associate Professor, and Bernard Sliger Scholar, Department of Economics, Florida State University & Director, Experimental Social Science, Florida State (xs/fs) Research Cluster Personal website
Seunghee Han, Professor of Marketing, School of Business Administration, Chung-Ang University Personal website
Erin Krupka (Ph.D. 2007), Associate Professor of Information, School of Information, University of Michigan Personal website
Ju-Sung Lee (Ph.D. 2008), Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communication, Erasmus University Rotterdam Personal website
Scott Moser (Ph.D. 2007), Associate Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham Personal website
Romel Mostafa, Assistant Professor, Business, Economics and Public Policy, Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario & Director, Ivey’s Lawrence National Centre for Policy & Management Personal website
Scott Rick, Associate Professor of Marketing, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan Personal website
Jesse Richman, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Department of Political Science and Geography, Old Dominion University Personal website
Lui Wang

2000-2004

Carter T. Butts, Chancellor's Professor, Departments of Sociology, Statistics, Computer Science, and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine Personal website
Jonathon N. Cummings, Professor of Management, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University Personal website
Eleanor Lewis (Ph.D. 2002), Deputy Director, Program Evaluation & Resource Center (PERC), Department of Veterans Affairs & Investigator, Center for Innovation to Implementation, Department of Veterans Affairs Personal website
Andrew Parker, Senior Behavioral and Social Scientist, RAND Corporation, & Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School, & Senior Endowed Fellow, RAND Center for Global Risk and Security Personal website
Yuqing Ren (Ph.D. 2004), Associate Professor, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota & Mary and Jim Lawrence Fellow, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota Personal website
Uri Simonsohn (Ph.D. 2003), Professor of Behavioral Science, Department of Operations, Innovation and Data Sciences, ESADE Business School Personal website
Deborah Small (Ph.D. 2004), Adrian C. Israel Professor of Marketing, Faculty Discipline: Marketing, Yale School of Management Personal website
Mei Wang (Ph.D. 2003), Professor of Behavioral Finance , WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management Personal website
Brian Zikmund-Fisher, Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan & Research Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan & Interim Co-Director, Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine, University of Michigan & Editor in Chief of Medical Decision Making, Society for Medical Decision Making Personal website

1995-1999

Edward Welch (Ph.D. 1999), Adjunct Professor, Executive in Residence, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto Personal website
Laurel C. (Mohes) Austin (Ph.D. 1996), Associate Professor of Management Science, Ivey Business School, Western University & Senior Consultant, Cutter Consortium Personal website
Dean Behrens, University of Toronto
Wändi Bruine de Bruin (Ph.D. 1998), Provost Professor of Public Policy, Psychology, and Behavioral Science, University of Southern California & Director, USC Behavioral Science and Well Being Policy Initiative, University of Southern California Personal website
Stephanie Byram (1963 - 2001), Formerly: Carnegie Mellon University
Diana Burley (nee Gant) (Ph.D. 1998), Vice Provost for Research and Innovation and Professor, Department of Public Administration and Policy, American University Personal website
Tiziana Casciaro (Ph.D. 1999), Professor of Organizational Behavior and HR Management, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto & Marcel Desautels Chair in Integrative Thinking, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto Personal website
Shane W. Frederick (Ph.D. 1999), Professor of Marketing, Yale School of Management Personal website
Eric Gold, Fidelity Investments
William E. Hefley (Ph.D. 1998), Program Director, Business Analytics Cohort Program, Information Systems, University of Texas at Dallas & Secretary of the Faculty, University of Texas at Dallas & Clinical Professor, University of Texas at Dallas Personal website
Pamela Hinds (Ph.D. 1997), Professor of Management Science & Engineering, Stanford University Personal website
Diane Lowenthal (Ph.D. 1996), Senior Professorial Lecturer, Department of Government, American University Personal website
Ken Simons (Ph.D. 1995), Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute & Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in Humanities, Arts, and Social Science Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Personal website
Sally Sleeper, Vice President, Army Research Division, RAND Corporation & Director, RAND Arroyo Center, RAND Corporation Personal website
Ofer Zellermayer (Ph.D. 1996), Director, Veridis Environment & Marketing, Ono Academic College & Marketing, IDC Herzliya & Founder, Academski

1989-1994

Robert D. Austin (Ph.D. 1994), Full Professor, Information Systems, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario & Affiliated Faculty Member, Harvard Medical School & Fellow, Cutter Consortium Personal website
Thomas Finholt (Ph.D. 1991), Vice Provost for Academic and Budgetary Affairs, University of Michigan & Professor, School of Information, University of Michigan Personal website
Gavin Sinclair (1962 - 2001), Formerly: Purdue University
David Zubrow, Carnegie Mellon University (Retired)