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 Personal website
- 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
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Nikolos Gurney (Ph.D. 2020), Post Doc, Institute for Creative Technologies, University of Southern California Personal website
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Ania Jaroszewicz (Ph.D. 2019), Assistant Professor, UC San Diego, Rady School of Management Personal website
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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 Personal website
- 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), Assistant Professor of Marketing, Department of Marketing, Master of Healthcare Administration, David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah 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 Personal website
- 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 Personal website
1989-1994
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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
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Thomas Finholt (Ph.D. 1991), Vice Provost for Academic and Budgetary Affairs, University of Michigan & Professor, School of Information, University of Michigan Personal website
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Gavin Sinclair (1962 - 2001), Formerly: Purdue University
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David Zubrow, Carnegie Mellon University (Retired)