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UCLA Comparative Literature Professor Zrinka Stahuljak at the Michael Heim Memorial Lecture

As of March 2024, the following list documents UCLA Comparative Literature PhDs currently working at (or affiliated with) educational institutions.

• Ahmed, Ali Jimale (PhD 1989), Chair / Professor of Comparative Literature at Queens College & CUNY Graduate Center
• Al-Mousawi, Nahrain (PhD 2012), Assistant Professor of English, Balamand University, Lebanon
• Amuka, Peter (PhD 1986), Professor of Literature (Arts and Social Sciences), Moi University, Kenya
• Anam, Nasia (PhD 2016), Postdoctoral Lecturer (Writing Programs), Princeton University
• Andary, Nezar (PhD 2008), Professor of Humanities, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
• Arnold, Whitney (PhD 2012), Director of the Undergraduate Research Center, UCLA
• Austin, Kelly (PhD 2005), Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literature, University of Chicago
• Badejo, Diedre (PhD 1985),  Professor of English and Chair, Pan-African Studies Department, Kent State University
• Bar, Noa  (PhD 2018), Adjunct Faculty, University of San Francisco
• Beltran, Rosa (PhD 1992), Literary Studies Faculty, National Autonomous University of Mexico
• Bertonneau, Thomas (PhD 1990), Affiliated Faculty, Oswego State University of New York
• Blustein, Rebecca (PhD 2007), Academic Advisor, UCLA
• Bogdanou, Christina (PhD 2004), Director of the Basil P. Caloyeras Center for Modern Greek Studies, Loyola Marymount University
• Bogost, Ian (PhD 2004), Ivan Allen College Distinguished Chair in Media Studies and Professor of Interactive Computing, Georgia Tech
• Boss, Joyce (PhD 1995), Professor of English, Warburg College
• Boyadjian, Tamar (PhD 2010), Assistant Professor of Medieval Literature, Michigan State University
• Burney, Fatima (PhD 2016), Postdoctoral Researcher, SOAS, University of London
• Bush, Christopher (PhD 2000), Professor of French and Italian, Northwestern University
• Chahinian, Talar (PhD 2008), Professor of Comparative Literature and Classics, California State University (Long Beach)
• Chaochuti, Thosaeng (PhD 2008), Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
• Chi, Ta-wei (PhD 2006), Assistant Professor of Taiwanese Literature, National Chengchi University, Taipei
• Chiesa, Laura (PhD 2005), Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, State University of New York (Buffalo)
• Christensen, Matthew (PhD 2002), Associate Professor of English at the University of Texas, Pan American
• Christova, Elena (PhD 1993), Director of Special Sessons, California State University, Dominguez Hills
• Cohen, Simch i (PhD 2013), English Faculty, Harvard-Westlake School
• Collins, Allison  (PhD 2020), High School English Teacher, Brentwood School
• Cooper, Pravina (PhD 2005), Professor of Comparative Literature and Classics, California State University (Long Beach)
• Djobadze, Irene (PhD 1978), Professor, UC San Diego (Retired)
• Douzjian, Myrna (PhD 2013), Lecturer in Slavic Languages and Literatures, UC Berkeley
• Dramé, Kandioura (PhD 1984), Professor of French and African Literatures, University of Virginia
• Dromi, Dalia (PhD 2000), Professor of Law, Tel Aviv University
• Edwards, Magdalena (PhD 2007), Writer/translator for Paris Review, Boston Review, El Mercurio, and LA Review of Books
• Eisel, Erik (PhD 1997), Management education for ARCO, AMPM, BP, and the University of Pheonix
• Egejuru, Phanuel (PhD 1973), Professor Emeritus of English, Loyola University (New Orleans)
• El Shakry, Hoda (PhD 2012), Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, Pennsylvania State University
• Farzaneh, Milani (PhD 1979), R.J. Nelson Professor & Chair, Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures / Women, Gender & Sexuality, University of Virginia
• Feldman, Leah (PhD 2013), Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Chicago
• Felipe, Lisa (PhD 2013), Director, UCLA Excellence in Pedagogy and Innovative Classrooms (EPIC)
• Ferlito, Susanna (PhD 1993), Professor of French and Italian, University of Minnesota
• Fieni, David (PhD 2006), Writing Faculty, Sarah Lawrence College
• Fisher, Carl (PhD 1992), Chair of Comparative Literature and Classics, Cal State (Long Beach)
• Forsythe, Jennifer  (PhD 2018), Assistant Professor of English, Western Washington University
• Fu, Hongchu (PhD 1995), Professor of Chinese Language and Literature, Washington & Lee University
• Gabra-Khasay, Marian (PhD 2010), Director of Professional Development Advising, UCLA
• Gabriel, David (PhD 2005), Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Yale University
• Gallou, Claire (PhD 2005), French Faculty, Phillips Andover Academy
• Ghandour, Sabah (PhD 1994), Professor of Comparative Literature and Chair of the Department of Languages, Balamand University (Lebanon)
• Gladfelder, Hal (PhD 1993), Professor of English, American Studies, and Creative Writing, University of Manchester, UK
• Gourgouris, Stathis (PhD 1990), Professor of Comparative Literature and Classics, Columbia University
• Grobbel, Michaela (PhD 1995), Professor of German, Sonoma State University
• Grubber, Karen (PhD 2004), Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas (Austin)
• Grumberg, Karen (PhD 2004), Associate Professor of Hebrew Studies, Dept. of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at Austin
• Gully, Jennifer (PhD 2009), Lecturer of German Studies, William and Mary
• Hahn, Timothy (PhD 2014), English Faculty, Yeshiva University of Los Angeles Boys High School
• Halim, Hala (PhD 2004), Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, New York University
• Halloran, Vivian (PhD 2002), Professor of Comparative Literature, Indiana University
• Ho, Tamara (PhD 2005), Associate Professor Gender and Sexuality Studies, UC Riverside
• Hopkins, Rebecca (PhD 2008), Lecturer in English, John Hopkins University
• Huang, Yibing (PhD 2001), Professor of Chinese, Connecticut College
• Huang, Yu-Ting (PhD 2015), Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies, Wesleyan University
• Hui, Barbara (PhD 2010), Software Developer at California Digital Library
• Izadpanah, Hedayat (PhD 1981), Affiliated Faculty in English, Moorpark College
• Jackson, Spencer (PhD 2013), Postdoctoral Fellow (ARC Center for the History of Emotions), University of Queensland, Australia
• Jenkins, Joseph (PhD 2004), Research Associate and Lecturer in Law and Education, UC Irvine
• Jeong, Kelly (PhD 2003), Associate Professor, Korean Studies & Comparative Literature, UC Riverside
• Jones, Melanie  (PhD 2021), Adjunct Faculty, Bard College
• Karabaş, Seyfi (PhD 1974) Professor, Middle Eastern Technical University (Turkey)
• Karni, Rebecca (PhD 2010), Assistant Professor, Feinstein College of Arts and Sciences, Roger Williams University
• Kernan, Ryan (PhD 2007), Assistant Professor of English, Rutgers University
• Keshishyan, Lilit (PhD 2013), English Faculty, East Los Angeles College
• Khanna, Neetu (PhD 2011), Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Southern California
• Kinjo, Hiromi (PhD 1999), Lecturer in Japanese/Modern Languages and Literatures, Loyola Marymount University and UCLA Extension
• Kramer, Nicolas (PhD 2009), Visiting Professor, Lewis and Clark College
• Kruse, Jens (PhD 1982), Professor Emeritus of German, Wellesley College
• Leddy, Annette (PhD 1985), Collector of Archives (American Art), Smithsonion Institution
• Lehman, Peter (PhD 2013), Lecturer and Visiting Scholar, Comparative Literature, UCLA
• Lee, Jin-Kyung (PhD 2000), Professor of Korean and Comparative Literatures, UC San Diego
• Linda, Dana (PhD 2017), Executive Operations and Content Strategy, Menlo Ventures (San Francisco)
• Long, LaShonda (PhD 2006), English Faculty, Phillips Andover Academy
• McKenna, Irene (PhD 1978), Professor of English (Retired), California State University, Dominguez Hills
• McKenna, Teresa (PhD 1980),   Associate Professor Emerita of English, University of Southern California
• McLoone, Katherine (PhD 2012), Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Classics, Cal State Long Beach
• Mehrez, Samia (PhD 1985), Professor, Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations, American University in Cairo
• Ming, Feng-Ying (PhD 1999), Lecturer, California Institute of Technology
• Mirmotahari, Emad (PhD 2008), Associate Professor of English, Duquesne University
• Mukhopadhyay, Indra (PhD 2008), Associate Professor, Writing Programs, University of Southern California
• Murray-Roman, Jeanine (PhD 2008), Assistant Professor of French and Spanish, Florida State University
• Naved, Shad (PhD 2013), Assistant Professor, School of Human Studies, Ambedkar University (Delhi)
• Niculescu, Luminiţa (PhD 1981), Faculty of German Language, Bucharest University (Romania)
• Nisonsen, Evan (PhD 1999), CEO and President, Epsilen (K-12 E-learning)
• Niżyńska, Joanna (PhD 2002), Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Indiana University
• Nowak, Alexei  (PhD 2018), Adjunct Faculty, Woodbury University
• Okawa, Rachel (PhD 2010), Adjunct Faculty (English), California State University, Long Beach
• Older Aguilar, Sarah (PhD 2009), Humanities Faculty, Vistamar School
• Paasonen, Aino (PhD 1976), Professor of Humanities, Northwestern and Antioch Universities
• Pack, Ethan  (PhD 2018), Lecturer, UCLA
• Palmer, Lisa (PhD 1998), Professor of English, Canada College
• Paulson, Linda (PhD 1984), Associate Dean and Director, MLA (Master of Liberal Arts) Program, Stanford University
• Pazargadi, Leila (PhD 2012), Assistant Professor, Department of English, Nevada State College
• Pickens, Theri (PhD 2010), Associate Professor of English and African American Studies, Bates College
• Pireddu, Nicoletta (PhD 1996), Professor of Italian, Georgetown University
• Popham, Shelby (PhD 1988), Faculty UCLA Writing Programs
• Rahmani, Mariam  (PhD 2021), Faculty and Postdoctoral Fellow, Bennington College
• Rahmani, Sina (PhD 2015), Visiting Lecturer, Comparative Literature, UCLA
• Ratskoff, Benjamin  (PhD 2021), Assistant Professor of Modern Jewish History and Culture, Louchheim School for Judaic Studies Rabbinical School (US)
• Ray, Chelsea (PhD 2004), Associate Professor of French Language and Literature, University of Maine
• Reeck, Matthew (PhD 2018), Adjunct Faculty, St. John’s University
• Rodriguez Drissi, Susannah (PhD 2012), Visiting Assistant Professor, Hemispheric American Studies, Cal Poly Pomona
• Rutter, Itala (PhD 1977), Professor of Italian, University of Michigan (Retired)
• Sanchez–Gonzalez, Lisa (PhD 1995), Professor of English, University of Connecticut
• Scholick, Jennie (PhD 2016), Associate Director of Audience Engagement, San Francisco Ballet
• Shaw, Christopher (PhD 2012), Adjunct Instructor/Lecturer at Long Beach City College, CSU Long Beach
• Shih, Shu-Mei (PhD 1992), Professor, Comparative Literature / Asian Languages and Cultures / Asian American Studies, UCLA
• Siassi, Guilan (PhD 2011), Assistant Professor, Department of French, University of Southern California
• Sides, Kirk (PhD 2014), Assistant Professor of World Literatures at the University of Bristol, England
• Smith, Irena Auerbach (PhD 1995), College Admissions Palo Alto
• Smith, Jordan (PhD 2010), Associate Professor of International Humanities, Josai International University, Japan
• Soong, Micheline (PhD 1999), Associate Professor, Department of English and Applied Linguistics, Hawaii Pacific University.
• Ssensalo, Bede (PhD 1978), Professor of Africana Studies, California State University, Long Beach
• Sternberg, Ricardo (PhD 1978), Professor Emeritus of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Toronto
• Stocking, Damian (PhD 2004), Associate Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture Department, Occidental College
• Swartz, Wendy (PhD 2003), Associate Professor of Chinese Literature, Rutgers University
• Szeto, Mirana May (PhD. 2004), Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Hong Kong
• Tahani-Bidmeshki, Amy (PhD 2012), Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, American Studies, Occidental College
• Taufer, Alison (PhD 1988), Professor of English, California State University, Los Angeles
• Thompson, Douglas (PhD 1989), Head, Peninsula High School, Meno Park
• Thornton, Bruce (PhD 1983), Professor of Classics and Humanities, Fresno State University
• Townsend, Julie (PhD 2001), Johnston Center Professor, University of Redlands
• Tucker, Kathryn (PhD 2007), Assistant Professor of English, Nevada State College
• Van Deventer, Allison (PhD 2011), Freelance Editor (Medford, Massachusetts) / Lecturer, Harvard University
• Velcic, Vlatka (PhD 1995), Professor of Comparative Literature, California State University, Long Beach
• Viers Andronico, Carole (PhD 2008), Academic Coordinator, UC Paris
• Von Hofe, Erin (PhD 2009), Visiting Assistant Professor, Brooklyn College
• Wang, Ban (PhD 1993), Professor of Asian Languages and Comparative Literature, Stanford University
• Wasif Khan, Maryam (PhD 2013), Assistant Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan
• Wen, Patrick (PhD 2005), Lecturer, Scandinavian Section, UCLA
• Wu, Chien–Heng (PhD 2013), Assistant Professor of Film and Comparative Literature, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
• Yoon, Duncan (PhD 2014), Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, NYU
• Zambrano, Helga  (PhD 2021), Humanities Teacher and Advisor/Athletic Assistant Coach, The Webb Schools
• Zapata-Whelan, Carol (PhD 1993), Professor of Spanish American literature, California State University, Fresno
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Yuqing Zhou (Ph.D. '23) First academic placement: Chinese University of Hong Kong Dissertation Title: Essays in Financial Accounting Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Friedman and Professors Hirshleifer and Siew Hong Teoh

Ho Joon Kim (Ph.D. '23) First academic placement: Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-Shenzhen) Dissertation Title: Essays on Managerial Learning from Market Prices Dissertation Chair: Professor Caskey

Hwa Young Kim (Ph.D. '22) First academic placement: Cambridge University Dissertation Title: Mandatory Reporting Frequency, Informed Trading and Corporate Myopia Dissertation Chair: Professor Friedman

Kanyuan Huang (Ph.D. '22) First academic placement: CUHK-Shenzhen Dissertation Title: The Value of Analyst Forecast Revisions: Evidence from Earnings Announcements Dissertation Chair: Professor Trueman & Professor Caskey

Jonathan Berkovitch (Ph.D. '21) First academic placement: LUISS Guido Carli Dissertation Title: Does Equity Underpricing Affect Voluntary Disclosure? Dissertation Chair: Professor Friedman

Elyashiv Wiedman (Ph.D. '20) First academic placement: Hebrew University Dissertation Title: Multiple Information Sources and Equilibrium in Financial Markets Dissertation Chair: Professor Trueman

Omri Even-Tov (Ph.D. '15) First academic placement: U.C. Berkeley Dissertation Title: Can the Bond Price Reaction to Earnings Announcements Predict Future Stock Returns? Dissertation Chair: Professor Trueman

Ben Lourie (Ph.D. '15) First academic placement: U.C. Irvine Dissertation Title: The Revolving-Door of Sell-side Analysts: A Threat to Analysts' Independence? Dissertation Chair: Professor Hayn

Chi Cheng (Ph.D. '14) First placement: Brattle Group Dissertation Title: Chief Financial Officer Turnovers and Firm Performance Dissertation Chair: Professor Trueman

Daniel Aobdia (Ph.D. '12) First academic placement: Northwestern University Dissertation Title: Sharing Suppliers and Information Spillovers: The Case of the Auditor Dissertation Chair: Professor Hughes

Elizabeth Gutierrez (Ph.D. '12) First academic placement: Florida International University Dissertation Title: Evidence on the Role of Accounting Conservatism in Debt Contracting Dissertation Chair: Professor Aboody

Ruihao Ke (Ph.D. '12) First academic placement: Southern Methodist University Dissertation Title: Predicting Financial Distress: The Role of Earnings Quality Dissertation Chair: Professor Trueman

Tsahi Versano (Ph.D. '11) First academic placement: Yale University Dissertation Title: Discretionary Disclosure in Agencies Dissertation Chair: Professor Trueman

Mingshan Zhang (Ph.D. '05) First academic placement: Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Dissertation Title: Three Essays in Accounting Dissertation Chair: Professor Hughes

Joseph Reiff   (Ph.D. '23) First academic placement: University of Maryland Dissertation Title:  Implicit Communication Through Behavioral Policy Design Dissertation Chair: Professor Hershfield

Jon Bogard   (Ph.D. '22) First academic placement: Washington University in St. Louis Dissertation Title:  Three Essays on Norms Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Fox and Professor Goldsein

David Zimmerman (Ph.D. '22) Placement: Securities and Exchange Commission Dissertation Title:  Essays on the Uncertainty of Continuous Outcomes Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Shu and Professor Spiller

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Jingwei Zhang (Ph.D '23) First academic placement: Cornell University Dissertation Title:  Toward Sustainable Cities: Modeling and Data Analytics for Urban Mobility  Dissertation Chair: Professor Tang and Professor Siddiq

Emine Irem Akcakus (Ph.D '23) First academic placement: Gopuff Dissertation Title:  Optimization-Based Machine Learning Methods for Business Analytics Ph.D. Chair: Misic, Velibor

Yi-Chun Chen (Ph.D '22) First academic placement: University College London Dissertation Title:  Prescribing for the Irrational: A Data-Driven Approach to Modeling Irrational Choice Dissertation Chair: Professor Misic

Saeed Ghodsi (Ph.D '22) First placement: Uber Technologies Inc. Dissertation Title:  Data-Driven Decision Making Under Uncertainty with Applications in Health Care and Energy Management Dissertation Chair: Professor Ahmadi

Sema Nur Kaynar Keles (Ph.D '22) First academic placement: Cornell University Dissertation Title:  Drug Deals: Policies to Increase the Availability of Effective Medications Dissertation Chair: Professor Siddiq

Bobby Nyotta   (Ph.D '21) First placement: Gopuff Dissertation Title:  Data-Driven Optimization to Learn Structural Models Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Bravo & Professor Chen

Taylor Corcoran (Ph.D '19) First academic placement: Sable College Consulting Dissertation Title:  Drug Deals: Policies to Increase the Availability of Effective Medications Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Long and Professor Bravo

Ali Fattahi (Ph.D. '19) Placement: Johns Hopkins University, Carey Business School Dissertation Title:  Mass Customization: Theories and Application Dissertation Chair: Professor Ahmadi

Araz Khodabakhshian (Ph.D. '19) First placement: Bain and Company Consulting Dissertation Title:  Bundling Under Competition: Duopoly and Oligopoly  Dissertation Chair: Professor Karmarkar

Anna Saez de Tejada Cuenca (Ph.D '19) First academic placement: IESE Business School, Spain Dissertation Title:  Essays on Social and Behavioral Aspects of Apparel Supply Chains Dissertation Chair: Professor Caro

Prashant Chintapalli (Ph.D '18) First academic placement: Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore Dissertation Title:  Social Responsibility in Supply Chains in the Context of Emerging Economies Dissertation Chair: Professor Tang

Hossein Jahandideh (Ph.D. '18) Placement: Google Dissertation Title: Dynamic Allocation of Temporal Resources Under Certainty Dissertation Chair: Professor McCardle  

Christian Blanco (Ph.D. '17) First academic placement: Ohio State University  Dissertation Title:  Three Essays in Sustainable Operations Management: Climate Change Strategies, Safety, and the Role of Information on Conservation  Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Caro and Professor Corbett

Sandeep Rath (Ph.D. '16) First academic placement: UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School  Dissertation Title:   Resource Planning Models for Healthcare Organizations  Dissertation Chair: Professor Rajaram

Paul Rebeiz (Ph.D. '16) Placement: Amazon  Dissertation Title:   Management of Demand Response Programs in the Electricity Industry Dissertation Chair: Professor Ahmadi

Boyoun Choi (Ph.D. '15) First academic placement: Goldman Sachs Dissertation Title: Information Chains and Content Management Dissertation Chair: Professor Karmarkar

Wei Zhang (Ph.D. '15) First academic placement: University of Hong Kong Dissertation Title: Understanding the Process and Impacts of Price Bargaining and Contracting in High-Tech Supply Chains: A Combination of Empirical and Theoretical Analysis Dissertation Chair: Professor Ahmadi

Aparupa Das Gupta (Ph.D. '14) First academic placement: No placement Dissertation Title: The Design of Experimental Service Processes Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Karmarkar and Professor Roels

George Georgiadis (Ph.D. '13) First academic placement: Boston University Dissertation Title: Interdisciplinary Essays in Economics and Operations Management Dissertation Chair: Professor Tang

Morvarid Rahmani (Ph.D. '13) First academic placement: Georgia Institute of Technology Dissertation Title: The Dynamics of Collaboration in Knowledge-Based Work Processes Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Karmarkar and Professor Roels

Foad Iravani (Ph.D. '12) First academic placement: University of Washington Dissertation Title: Essays on Supply Chains Facing Competition from Gray Markets Dissertation Chair: Professor Ahmadi

Dimitrios Andritsos (Ph.D. '11) First academic placement: HEC, Paris Dissertation Title: Interdisciplinary Studies in Operations Management: Applications in Healthcare and Marketing Dissertation Chair: Professor Tang

Onesun Steve Yoo (Ph.D. '10) First academic placement: University College London, UCL School of Management Dissertation Title: Time Allocation Strategies for Entrepreneurial Operations Management Dissertation Chair: Professor Corbett

Suresh Muthulingam (Ph.D. '09) First academic placement: Cornell University Dissertation Title: Environmental Issues in Operations Management Dissertation Chair: Professor Corbett

Soo-Haeng Cho (Ph.D. '08) First academic placement: Carnegie Mellon University Dissertation Title: Asymmetric Optimal Policies in Multi-Dimensional Operational Decisions Dissertation Chair: Professor McCardle

Sarang Deo (Ph.D. '07) First academic placement: Kellogg, Northwestern University Dissertation Title: Three Essays in Healthcare Operations Management Dissertation Chair: Professor Corbett

Rui Yin (Ph.D. '07) First academic placement: Arizona State University Dissertation Title: Pricing and Production for the Supply Chain Management Dissertation Chair: Professor Tang

Barbara Somlo (Ph.D. '05) First placement: Amgen Pharmaceuticals Dissertation Title: Distribution Planning for the Motion Picture Industry: Models, Applications and Analysis Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Ahmadi and Professor Rajaram

Murat Bayiz (Ph.D. '05) First academic placement: University of Southern California Dissertation Title: Coordination and Incentive Contracts in Stochastic Project Management Dissertation Chair: Professor Corbett

Deming Zhou (Ph.D. '05) First academic placement: Chinese Hong Kong University Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Supply Chain Competition with Different Network Structures Dissertation Chair: Professor Karmarkar

Thanos Papadimitriou (Ph.D. '04) First academic placement: Bocconi University, Italy Dissertation Title: Efficient Data Inventory Management Dissertation Chair: Professor Mamer

Aydin Alptekinoglu (Ph.D. '04) First academic placement: University of Florida Dissertation Title: Essays on Operations-Marketing Strategy Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Corbett and Professor Tang

Thomas Roemer (Ph.D. '00) First academic placement: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dissertation Title: Managing Product Development Processes Dissertation Chair: Professor Ahmadi

Laura Melody Williams (Ph.D. '00) First academic placement: U.S. Naval Post Graduate School Dissertation Title: Strategic Decision Support for Project Portfolio Management in the Public Sector Dissertation Chair: Professor Karmarkar

Gabriel Cuevas Rodriguez (Ph.D. '23) First placement: Cornerstone Research Dissertation Title: Essays on Asset Pricing Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Herskovic and Professor Panageas

Paul Momtaz (Ph.D. '23) First academic placement: TUM School of Management Dissertation Title: Essays on Innovation and Entrepreneurial Finance Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Bernardo and Professor Welch

Denis Mokanov (Ph.D. '23) First placement: Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) Dissertation Title: Deviations from Rational Expectations and Asset Prices Dissertation Chair: Professor Lochstoer

Edward Kim (Ph.D. '23) First placement: University of Michigan Dissertation Title: Essays in Financial Economics Dissertation Chair: Professor Eisfeldt

Paul Huebner (Ph.D. '23) First placement: Stockholm School of Economics Dissertation Title: Two Essays on Demand-Based Asset Pricing Dissertation Chair: Professor Haddad

Salil Gadgil (Ph.D. '22) First placement: Department of the Treasury Dissertation Title: Three Essays in Financial Economics Dissertation Chair: Professor Avanidhar Subrahmanyam

Ljubica Georgievska (Ph.D. '22) First academic placement: BI Norwegian Business School (BI) Dissertation Title: Essays on Cross-Currency Arbitrage and Premia Dissertation Chair: Professor Longstaff, Professor Muir

Wenyu Meng (Ph.D. '22) First placement: Morgan Stanley Dissertation Title: Timing Manipulation in Firm Disclosures Dissertation Chair: Professor Avanidhar Subrahmanyam

James O'Neill (Ph.D. '22) First placement: Amazon Web Services (AWS) Dissertation Title: The Market View of Mortgage Credit Risk Dissertation Chair: Professor Andrea Eisfeldt

Clinton Tepper (Ph.D. '21) First placement: iCapital Network Dissertation Title: A Study of Investment Capacity and an Essay About Interest Rates Dissertation Chair: Professor Welch, Professor Lochstoer

Yu Shi (Ph.D. '21) First academic placement: Nankai University Dissertation Title: Essays in Financial Economics Dissertation Chair: Professor Andrea Eisfeldt

Brett Dunn (Ph.D. '20) First placement: CFO and CIO for GoodLife Home Loans Dissertation Title:  The Valuation of Mortgage-Backed Securities Dissertation Chair: Professor Chernov, Professor Longstaff

Geoffery Zheng (Ph.D. '20) First placement: NYU Shanghai Dissertation Title:  Essays in Financial Economics Dissertation Chair: Professor Panageas

Alex Fabisiak (Ph.D. '19) First placement: Zillow Dissertation Title:  Applications of Machine Learning to PDEs in Finance Dissertation Chair: Professor Bernardo

Chady Gemayel (Ph.D. '19) First Placement: Cornerstone Research Dissertation Title: Three Essays in Empirical Finance Dissertation Chair: Professor Garmaise

Mahyar Kargar (Ph.D. '19) First academic placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Title:  Essays in Finance Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Eisfeldt and Professor Chernov

Darren Aiello (Ph.D. '18) First academic placement: Brigham Young University Dissertation Title:  Three Essays Concerning Financial Economics of Mortgage Markets Dissertation Chair: Professor Garmaise

Patrick Kiefer (Ph.D. '18) First Placement: Raylient Dissertation Title:  Essays on Asset Pricing and Financial Institutions Dissertation Chair: Professor Grinblatt  

Zhipeng Li (Ph.D. '18) First academic placement: Shanghai University Dissertation Title:  Labor Risk and Credit Spreads Dissertation Chair: Professor Eisfeldt

Rafael Porsani (Ph.D. '18) First academic placement: UCLA Statistics (Lecturer) Dissertation Title: Machine Learning and Asset Pricing Models Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Subrahmanyam and Professor Roll

Eric Cho (Ph.D. '17) Placement: KIS Pricing Dissertation Title: The Impact of Local Media on Household Investment Decisions Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Subrahmanyam and Professor Gabriel

Shenje Hshieh (Ph.D. '17) First academic placement: City University of Hong Kong Dissertation Title: Essays in Corporate Goverance and Innovation Dissertation Chair: Professor Garmaise

Nimesh Patel (Ph.D. '17) First academic placement: University of Hawaii, Shidler College of Business Dissertation Title: Essays in Empirical Finance Dissertation Chair: Professor Welch

Jiasun Li (Ph.D. '16) First academic placement: George Mason University Dissertation Title: The Role of Information in Financial Markets, Security Design, and Theory of the Firm Dissertation Chair: Professor Grinblatt

Robert Richmond (Ph.D. '16) First academic placement: New York University Stern School of Business Dissertation Title: Essays on the Fundamental Determinants of International Asset Prices Dissertation Chair: Professor Chernov

Yuji Sakurai (Ph.D. '16) Placement: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Dissertation Title: How Does the Bond Market Perceive Macroeconomic Risks under Zero Lower Bound? Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Longstaff and Professor Chernov

Yaron Levi (Ph.D. '15) First academic placement: USC Dissertation Title: Information Architecture and Intertemporal Choice: A Randomized Field Experiment in the United States Dissertation Chair: Professor Welch

Aurelien Philippot (Ph.D. '15) First academic placement: Universite Laval, Canada Dissertation Title: Essays in Empirical Finance Dissertation Chair: Professor Garmaise

Brian Waters (Ph.D. '15) First academic placement: University of Colorado, Boulder Dissertation TItle: Essays in Finance Dissertation Chair: Professor Carlin

Florian Schulz (Ph.D. '14) First academic placement: University of Washington Dissertation Title: Essays in Finance and Economics Dissertation Chair: Professor Garmaise

Xiaolan Zhang (Ph.D. '14) First academic placement: University of Texas Dissertation Title: Human Capital Investment, Cash Flow Risk and Capital Structure Dynamics Dissertation Chair: Professor Lustig

Shaun Davies (Ph.D. '13) First academic placement: University of Colorado, Boulder Dissertation Title: Essays in Finance Dissertation Chair: Professor Carlin

Phillip Wool (Ph.D. '13) First academic placement: State University of New York, Buffalo Dissertation Title: Essays Concerning the Network Structure of Mutual Fund Holdings and the Behavior of Institutional Investors Dissertation Chair: Professor Roll

Saurabh Ahluwalia (Ph.D. '12) First academic placement: University of New Mexico Dissertation Title: Three Essays in Empirical Finance Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Bernardo and Professor Subrahmanyam

Priyank Gandhi (Ph.D. '12) First academic placement: Notre Dame University Dissertation Title: Systemic Risks, Financial Intermediaries and Asset Markets Dissertation Chair: Professor Longstaff

Michael Nowotny (Ph.D. '11) First academic placement: Boston University Dissertation Title: Asset Pricing with Heterogeneous Agents and Disaster Risk Dissertation Chair: Professor Grinblatt

Konark Saxena (Ph.D. '11) First academic placement: University of New South Wales Dissertation Title: Essays in Empirical Finance Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Chowdhry and Professor Roll

Alberto Plazzi (Ph.D. '10) First academic placement: Swiss Institute of Finance, Switzerland Dissertation Title: Essays on Real Estate and International Asset Pricing Dissertation Chair: Professor Torous

Cesare Fracassi (Ph.D. '09) First academic placement: University of Texas at Austin Dissertation Title: Social Networks and Finance Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Grinblatt and Professor Tate

Albert Sheen (Ph.D. '09) First academic placement: Harvard Business School Dissertation Title: Essays on Corporate Investment Dissertation Chair: Professor Bernardo

Ehud Peleg (Ph.D. '08) First academic placement: USC Marshall School Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Asset Pricing, Portfolio Choice and Behavioral Finance Dissertation Co-Chair: Professor Benartzi and Professor Subrahmanyam

Yuzhao Zhang (Ph.D. '08) First academic placement: Temple University Dissertation Title: Essays on Return Predictability and Volatility Estimation Dissertation Chair: Professor Roll

Yi Zhou (Ph.D. '08) First academic placement: University of Oklahoma Dissertation Title: Leverage, Asset Pricing and Its Implications Dissertation Chair: Professor Geske

Brett Myers (Ph.D. '07) First academic placement: Purdue University Dissertation Title: Effects of the Political Process on Financial Topics Dissertation Chair: Professor Garmaise

Juhani Linnainmaa (Ph.D. '06) First academic placement: University of Chicago Dissertation Title: Essays on Learning and Investment Behavior Dissertation Chair: Professor Grinblatt

Alessio Saretto (Ph.D. '06) First academic placement: Purdue University Dissertation Title: Three Essays in Empirical Asset Pricing Dissertation Chair: Professor Roll

Selale Tuzel (Ph.D. '05) First academic placement: University of Southern California Dissertation Title: Three Essays in Asset Pricing Dissertation Chair: Professor Grinblatt

Laura Frieder (Ph.D. '04) First academic placement: Purdue University Dissertation Title: An Investigation of the Trading Patterns and Heuristics of Stockholders Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Roll and Professor Subrahmanyam

Justin Sai Pang Chan (Ph.D. '03) First academic placement: Singapore Management University Dissertation Title: Essays on Liquidity and Stock Returns Dissertation Chair: Professor Subrahmanyam

Martin Dierker (Ph.D. '03) First academic placement: University of Houston, Bauer College of Business Dissertation Title: The Link between Informational Efficiency and Economic Efficiency: Essays on Corporate Disclosure Policy and Private Information Acquisition Dissertation Chair: Professor Subrahmanyam

Ashley Wenqing Wang (Ph.D. '03) First academic placement: University of California, Irvine, Graduate School of Management Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Empirical Asset Pricing Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Longstaff and Professor Brennan

Shingo Goto (Ph.D. '02) First academic placement: University of South Carolina Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy Dissertation Chair: Professor Torous

Amit Goyal (Ph.D. '02) First academic placement: Emory University Dissertation Title: Three Essays on the Predictability of Stock Returns Dissertation Chair: Professor Roll

Bing Han (Ph.D. '02) First academic placement: Ohio State University Dissertation Title: Towards a Better Understanding of Stocks Interest Rate Derivatives and Real Estate Investment Trusts: Three Essays in Financial Economics Dissertation Chair: Professor Grinblatt

Jiang Luo (Ph.D. '01) First academic placement: Hong Kong University of Science & Technology  Dissertation Title:  Three Essays in Finance: Demographics and the Equity Premium, Capital Budgeting and Compensation with Asymmetric Information and Moral Hazard; Risk Sharing, Welfare and a New Security  Dissertation Chair: Professor Brennan

Shu Yan (Ph.D. '01) First academic placement: University of Arizona Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Stock Market Volatility and Stock Return Predictability Dissertation Chair: Professor Roll

Felipe Aguerrevere (Ph.D. '00) First academic placement: University of Alberta, Canada Dissertation Title: Essays on Real Options Dissertation Chair: Professor Schwartz

Augusto Castillo (Ph.D. '00) First academic placement: Catolica University, Chile Dissertation Title: Essays on Event Studies and on Numerical Methods Dissertation Chair: Professor Brennan

Pansy Lin (Ph.D. '00) First academic placement: Emory University Dissertation Title: Equity Pricing in International Markets: Three Empirical Essays Dissertation Chair: Professor Roll

Yihong Xia (Ph.D. '00) First academic placement: University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School Dissertation Title: Three Essays on the Effect of Learning and Predictability on Optimal Dynamic Portfolio Strategies and Asset Prices Dissertation Chair: Professor Brennan

Mikhail Galashin (Ph.D. '23) Placement: Postdoc - UCLA Dissertation Title: Essays on Economics of Beliefs Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Wasserman and Professor Perez-Truglia

Matias Giaccobasso (Ph.D. '23) Placement: VATT Institute for Economic Research (Helsinki, Finland) Dissertation Title: Essays in Public Economics Dissertation Chair: Professor Giuliano

Sebastian Ottinger (Ph.D. '21) Placement: Bates White Dissertation Title: Essays in Urban and Public Economics Dissertation Chair: Professor Sauers

Thomas Groesbeck (Ph.D. '21) Placement: The MITRE Corporation (Lead Economist) Dissertation Title: Essays on the Market for Prototypes Dissertation Chair: Professor Voigtlaender

Juan Matamala (Ph.D. '21) Placement: Mercado Libre Dissertation Title: Essays on People's Operations Dissertation Chair: Professor Voigtlaender

Sebastian Ottinger (Ph.D. '21) First academic placement: CERGE-EI (Prague) Dissertation Title: Essays in Political Economy and Economic Geography Dissertation Chair: Professor Voigtlaender

Vasily Korovkin (Ph.D. '18) Placement: CERGE-EI (Prague) Dissertation Title: Essays on Firms and Institutions Dissertation Chair: Professor Wacziarg

Shekhar Mittal (Ph.D. '18) Placement: Amazon Dissertation Title: Essays on Taxation in Emerging Economies Dissertation C0-Chairs: Professor Wacziarg and Professor Mahajan (UC Berkely)  

Mikhail Poyker (Ph.D. '18) First academic placement: University of Nottingham Dissertation Title: Essays on the Economic Effects of Convict Labor in Modern U.S. History Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Giuliano and Professor Wacziarg  

Youngjin Song (Ph.D. '18) First academic placement: Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade Dissertation Title: Essays on Regional Economic Developement in the United States Dissertation Chair: Professor Giuliano

Stefano Fiorin (Ph.D. '17) First academic placement: Bocconi University Dissertation Title: Essays in Behavioral Economics Dissertation Chair: Professor Bursztyn

Andrea Di Miceli (Ph.D. '17) Placement: Analysis Group Dissertation Title: Essays on Development and Political Economics Dissertation Chair: Professor Wacziarg

Yang Yang (Ph.D. '17) First academic placement: IMF Dissertation Title: Essays on Economic Growth and International Trade Dissertation Chair: Professor Wacziarg

Alvaro Garcia (Ph.D. '14) First academic placement: Post Doc - UCLA Economics Department Dissertation Title: Essays on Firms and International Trade Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Leamer and Professor Voigtlaender

Juan Marcos Wlasiuk (Ph.D. '13) First academic placement: Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Chile Dissertation Title: Essays on International Development Dissertation Chair: Professor Edwards

Mitsuru Igami (Ph.D. '12) First academic placement: Yale University Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Creative Destruction Dissertation Chair: Professor Leamer

Bernardo Morais (Ph.D. '11) First academic placement: Federal Reserve Board Dissertation Title: Uncertainty and the Relative Price of Investment Goods Dissertation Chair: Professor Wacziarg

Daniel A. Dias (Ph.D. '10) First academic placement: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Title: Essays in International Trade and Globalization Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Leamer and Professor Wacziarg

Christine Richmond (Ph.D. '10) Placement: IMF Dissertation Title: Essays on Firm Performance and Dynamics in Developing Countries Dissertation Chair: Professor Edwards

Brian Kelleher Richter (Ph.D. '10) First academic placement: University of Western Ontario, Canada Dissertation Title: Essays in Political Economy and Finance Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Leamer and Professor Wacziarg

Roberto Jaime Alvaraez Espinoza (Ph.D. '06) First academic placement: Universidad de Chile Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Export Transitions Dissertation Chair: Professor Edwards

Marc Junkunc (Ph.D. '04) First academic placement: The University of Miami Dissertation Title: Toward a Greater Economic Understanding of Entrepreneurial Activity: Examining the Nature and Importance of Specialized Knowledge Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Osborne and Professor Leamer

Wenjin Kang (Ph.D. '04) First academic placement: National University of Singapore Dissertation Title: Towards a Better Understanding of Liquidity, Trading Behavior, and Stock Returns: Three Essays in Market Microstructure Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Subrahmanyam

Anusha Chari (Ph.D. '00) First academic placement: University of Chicago Dissertation Title: Essays on the Microstructure of Foreign Exchange Markets Dissertation Chair: Professor Darby

Rajesh Chakrabarti (Ph.D. '99) First academic placement: University of Alberta, Canada Dissertation Title: Essays on Information and Linkages in Financial Markets Dissertation Chair: Professor Roll

William Tracy (Ph.D. '08) First academic placement: Rensselaer Polytechnic University Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Firm Learning Dissertation Chair: Professor McKelvey

Sahn-Wook Huh (Ph.D. '04) First academic placement: Brock University, Canada Dissertation Title: Essays on Financial Markets and Trading Behavior Dissertation Chair: Professor Subrahmanyam

Tatsuo Ushijima (Ph.D. '03) First academic placement: Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan, Graduate School of International Management Dissertation TItle: Evolution of Multinationality and the Value of the Firm Dissertation Chair: Professor Lieberman

Heather Berry (Ph.D. '01) First academic placement: Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Dissertation Title: The Exploitation and Development of Intangible Assets by Multinational Enterprises (MNEs): An Empirical Analysis of the Foreign Direct Investment of US and Japanese MNEs, 1974-1997 Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor de la Torre and Professor Sakakibara

Javier Gomez Biscarri (Ph.D. '00) First academic placement: University of Navarra, Spain Dissertation Title: Interest Rates and the Transition to a Monetary Union Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Edwards and Professor Leamer

Ping Wang (Ph.D. '05) First academic placement: University of Maryland, College Park Dissertation Title: Fashion in Information Technology Dissertation Chair: Professor Swanson and Zucker

David R. Firth (Ph.D. '03) First academic placement: University of Montana, School of Business Administration Dissertation Title: Supply of Information into, Search of Information within, and use of Information from Information Technology-Based Organizational Memory Systems Dissertation Chair: Professor Swanson

Enrique Dans (Ph.D. '00) First academic placement: Instituto de Empressa, Spain Dissertation TItle: Three Essays on IT Innovation and Productivity Dissertation Chair: Professor Swanson

Danqiao Cheng (Ph.D. '23) First academic placement: Postdoc - UCLA Dissertation Title: A License to Obliviousness: Positive Stereotypes Reduce Acknowledgement of Racial Discrimination Dissertation Chair: Professor Whitson

Lyangela Gutierrez (Ph.D. '21) First academic placement: University of Virginia Dissertation Title:  Minorities’ Perceptions of Majority Members’ Involvement in Affinity Groups: A Critical Examination of Ally Behavior Dissertation Chair: Professor Unzueta

Linda Nguyen (Ph.D. '21) First academic placement: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Title:  Exploring the Ignored: How Diversity Blind Spots Undermine Support for Organizational Diversity Initiatives Dissertation Chair: Professor Unzueta

Colin West (Ph.D. '21) First academic placement: University of Toronto Dissertation Title:  Windfalls of Time and Money: Effects on Well-Being and Decision Making Dissertation Chair: Professor DeVoe

Safiya Castel (Ph.D. '18) Placement: Paradigm Strategy, Inc Dissertation Title:  Do-Gooders or Rabble-Rousers: The Politicization of Black Volunteer Work and its Effects on the Hireability of Black Job Candidates Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Unzueta and Professor Shapiro

Ashley Angulo (Ph.D. '17) First academic placement: postdoc at Disney Research  Dissertation Title:  The Role of Feelings of Endowment in Charitable Giving Decisions   Dissertation Chair: Professor Goldstein

Daniel Walters (Ph.D. '17) First academic placement: INSEAD  Dissertation Title:  Known Unknowns in Judgment and Choice  Dissertation Chair: Professor Fox

Thomas Altura (Ph.D. '15) First academic placement: Rensselaer San Jose State University  Dissertation Title: The Social Facticity of Partner-Status: The Case of Local Governments and Investment Banks Dissertation Chair: Professor Jacoby

Peter Norlander (Ph.D. '14) First academic placement: Loyola- Chicago Dissertation Title: Organizing Migrations: People and Knowledge Flows in the Global Economy Dissertation Chair: Professor Erickson

Benjamin Everly (Ph.D. '13) First academic placement: University of Sussex Dissertation TItle: The Fear of Femininity: How Men's Motivation to Maintain Manhood Status Influences Performance Dissertation Chair: Professor Shih

Angélica Gutiérrez (Ph.D. '12) First academic placement: Post Doc-University of Michigan Dissertation Title: The Effect of Social Dominance Orientation on Reactions to University and Employment Recruitment and Selection Policies Dissertation Chair: Professor Unzueta

Nicholas Hays (Ph.D. '12) First academic placement: Post Doc-New York University Dissertation Title: Social Climbing: A Contextual Approach to Understanding the Effects of Social Hierarchy on Individual Cognition and Behavior Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Bendersky and Professor Goldstein

Ming-Hong Tsai (Ph.D. '12) First academic placement: Singapore Management University Dissertation Title: Information Sharing Within Groups Dissertation Chair: Professor Shih

Alice Wieland (Ph.D. '12) First academic placement: University of Nevada, Reno Dissertation Title: Gender and Decision-Making: Competitive, Risky and Entrepreneurial Decisions: Three Essays Related to How Sex and Gender Influence Decisions in Different Contexts Dissertation Chair: Professor McKelvey

Rangapriya Narasimhan (Ph.D. '11) First academic placement: University of San Diego Dissertation Title: Understanding Intrapreneurs and the Mechanics of Opportunity Exploitation Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Lawrence and Professor Flamholtz

Neha Parikh Shah (Ph.D. '10) First academic placement: Rutgers University Dissertation Title: The Individual Performance Effects of Multiplex Relationships in Workplace Social Networks Dissertation Chair: Professor Lawrence

Vicki Scherwin (Ph.D. '09) First academic placement: Long Beach State University  Dissertation Title:  The Overlooked Dimension of Leadership: Follower Self-Interest   Dissertation Chair: Professor Culbert

Emily Mung-Lam Nason (Ph.D. '08) First academic placement: Hong Kong University of Science & Technology  Dissertation Title:  Uncertainty and Fairness Judgments: The Role of Information Ambiguity   Dissertation Chair: Professor Jacoby

David Bardolet Urgelles (Ph.D. '08) First academic placement: SDA Bocconi School of Management Dissertation Title: New Perspectives on Capital Allocation Dissertation Chair: Professor Fox

Hilla Dotan (Ph.D. '07) First academic placement: Tel-Aviv University, Israel  Dissertation Title:  Friendship Ties at Work: Origins, Evolution and Consequences for Managerial Effectiveness   Dissertation Chair: Professor Lewin

Roberto Alvarez Espinoza (Ph.D. '06) First academic placement: University of Chile Dissertation Title:  Three Essays in Export Transitions Dissertation Chair: Professor Edwards

Elissa Grossman (Ph.D. '05) Academic placement: USC Marshall School Dissertation TItle: New Venture Creation and Network Tie Formation: A Longitudinal Study of Nascent Entrepreneurs' Efforts in Business-Building Dissertation Chair: David Lewin

Wei Hua (Ph.D. '05) First academic placement: Singapore Management University  Dissertation Title:  The Role of Social Context: Putting Similarity Effects on Organizational Attachment in Perspective   Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Lawrence and Professor Lewin

Jean-Francois Axel Hugues Coget (Ph.D. '04) First academic placement: HEC School of Management, Paris  Dissertation Title:  Leadership in Motion: An Investigation into the Psychological Processes that Drive Behavior when Leaders Respond to Real-Time Operational Challenges   Dissertation Chair: Professor Culbert  

Zeynep Aksehirli (Ph.D. '03) First academic placement: Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth  Dissertation Title:  Transfer of Organizational Norms through Electronic Communication   Dissertation Chair: Professor Lawrence

Xiuyi (Sherry) He (Ph.D. ’23) First academic placement: Michigan State University - Broad College of Business Dissertation Title:  Essays on Platform Policies, Ratings and Innovation Dissertation Chair: Professor Hollenbeck

Julia Levine (Ph.D. ’23) First academic placement: Johns Hopkins University Dissertation Title:  State Dependence in Brand, Category, and Store Choice Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Bucklin and Professor Seiler

Daniel J. Mirny (Ph.D. ’23) First academic placement: IESE Business School, Spain Dissertation Title:  Antecedents to and Consequences of Claim Objectivity Dissertation Chair: Professor Spiller

Kalyan Rallabandi (Ph.D. ’22) First academic placement: Tulane University Dissertation Title:  Consumer Perceptions of Sponsored Listing and their Impact on Online Marketplaces Dissertation Chair: Professor Hollenbeck

Bilge Ipek Demirdag (Ph.D. ’22) First placement: Meta (Quantitative User Experience Researcher) Dissertation Title:  Consumer Responses to Algorithmic Decisions Dissertation Chair: Professor Shu

Kate Christensen (Ph.D. ’21) First academic placement: Kelley School of Business, Indiana University Dissertation Title:  Moving Through Time: How Past and Future Connections Impact Consumer Decisions Dissertation Chair: Professor Hershfield

Elicia John (Ph.D. '20) First academic placement: The RAND Corporation Dissertation Title: A Theory of Goal Maintenance: A Distinct and Vivid Pre-Goal Self Predicts Post-Goal Maintenance Behavior Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Hershfield and Professor Shu

Daniel Yavorsky (Ph.D. '20) First academic placement: Bain's Advanced Analytics Group Dissertation Title: Consumer Search in the U.S. Auto Industry Dissertation Chair: Professor Honka

Keunwoo Kim (Ph.D. '18) First academic placement: Solbridge International School of Business Dissertation Title: Two Essays on Large-Scale Data Applications in Marketing Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Misra and Professor Rossi

Jonathan Lim (Ph.D. '18) First academic placement: UC Riverside Dissertation Title:  Easy Explanations or Elaborate Elucidations?: Explanatory Preferences for Complexity Matching Dissertation Chair: Professor Oppenheimer

Charlene Chu (Ph.D. '17) First academic placement: Chapman University Dissertation Title: Of Photographs, Souvenirs, and Ticket Stubs: Understanding Mementos Dissertation Chair: Professor Shu

Marissa Sharif (Ph.D. '17) First academic placement: Wharton School of Business Dissertation Title: The Benefits of Emergency Reserves in Goal Preference and Persistence Dissertation Chair: Professor Shu

Wayne Taylor (Ph.D. '17) First academic placement: SMU Cox Dissertation Title: Modeling Customer Behavior in Loyalty Programs Dissertation Chair: Professor Bodapati

Li Jiang (Ph.D. '16) First academic placement: Post Doc- Carnegie Mellon Dissertation Title: How Consumers React to the Negative Emotions of Loss, Embarrassment, and Stress Dissertation Chair: Professor Drolet Rossi

Mirei Takashima (Ph.D. '16) Placement: Mirei TC Consulting Dissertation Title: Self-Expression Through Brand and Consumption Choices: Examining Cross-Cultural Differences Dissertation Chair: Professor Sood

Paul Hoban (Ph.D. '14) First academic placement: University of Wisconsin Dissertation Title: Advertising, Promotion, and Reviews: Three Models to Better Understand Internet Marketing Dissertation Chair: Professor Bucklin

Elizabeth Webb (Ph.D. '14) First academic placement: Columbia Business School Dissertation Title: Understanding Risk Preference and Perception in Sequential Choice Dissertation Chair: Professor Shu

Rafael Becerril Arreola (Ph.D. '13) First academic placement: University of South Carolina Dissertation TItle: Modeling Consumer Preferences for Status-signaling Brands: Branding, Pricing and Product-line Decisions Dissertation Chair: Professor Hanssens

Inigo Gallo (Ph.D. '13) First academic placement: IESE Business School, Spain Dissertation Title: The Processing and Evaluation of Experiences Dissertation Chair: Professor Sood

Ho Kim (Ph.D. '13) First academic placement: Azusa Pacific University Dissertation Title: Consumer Online Search and New-Product Marketing Dissertation Chair: Professors Hanssens

Hyewook Jeong (Ph.D. '11) First academic placement: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea Dissertation Title: The Indecisive Consumer: Coping with Negative Emotion by Seeking Variety Dissertation Chair: Professor Drolet Rossi

Min Ha Hwang (Ph.D. '10) First academic placement: McGill University, Canada Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Food and Grocery Retailing Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Bronnenberg and Professor Thomadsen

Claudia Townsend (Ph.D. '10) First academic placement: University of Miami Dissertation Title: The Impact of Product Aesthetics in Consumer Choice Dissertation Chair: Professor Sood

Hyun Sang Shin (Ph.D. '08) First academic placement: Long Island University Dissertation Title: Strategic and Financial Implications of New Product Quality in High-Tech Industries Dissertation Chair: Professor Hanssens

Oliver Rutz (Ph.D. '07) First academic placement: Yale University Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Paid Search Advertising Dissertation Chair: Professor Bucklin

Michael Trusov (Ph.D. '07) First academic placement: University of Maryland Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Internet Marketing Dissertation Chair: Professor Bucklin

Paulo Albuquerque (Ph.D. '06) First academic placement: University of Rochester Dissertation Title: Using Multi-Market Information to Improve Understanding of Firm and Consumer Behavior Dissertation Chair: Professor Bronnenberg

Garrett Sonnier (Ph.D. '06) First academic placement: University of Texas, Austin Dissertation Title: Bayesian Analysis of Consumer Willingness-to-Pay Dissertation Chair: Professor Ainslie

Amit Joshi (Ph.D. '05) First academic placement: University of Central Florida Dissertation Title: The Direct, Indirect and Feedback Effects of Marketing Actions Dissertation Chair: Professor Hanssens

Yi Cathy Chen (Ph.D. '04) First academic placement: Singapore Management University Dissertation Title: Understanding the Impact of Certain and Uncertain Store Promotions on the Decision-Making Process in Product Choices Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Scott and Professor Zhang

Andres Terech (Ph.D. '04) First academic placement: IAE/Universidad Austral, Argentina Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Consideration Sets Dissertation Chair: Professor Bucklin

Shijin Yoo (Ph.D. '04) First academic placement: Singapore Management University Dissertation Title: Essays on Customer Equity and Product Marketing Dissertation Chair: Professor Hanssens

Julian Villanueva (Ph.D. '03)  First academic placement: IESE Business School, Spain  Dissertation Title:  Acquisition Channels and Price Discrimination in a Customer Equity Framework   Dissertation Chair: Professor Hannsens

Caterina Sismeiro Ribeiro (Ph.D. '02)  First academic placement: University of Southern California  Dissertation Title:  Modeling and Browsing and Purchase on the Internet Using Clicstream Data   Dissertation Chair: Professor Bucklin

Loraine Lau (Ph.D. '01)  First academic placement: University of Minnesota  Dissertation Title:  Understanding Consumers' Evaluations of Mixed Affective Experiences   Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Aaker and Professor Scott

Koen Pauwels (Ph.D. '01)  First academic placement: Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College  Dissertation Title:  Long-Term Marketing Effectiveness in Mature, Emerging and Changing Markets   Dissertation Chair: Professor Hanssens

Pedro Makhoul (Ph.D. '22) First academic placement: Insper Dissertation Title: Cross-Border Acquisitions and Ownership Dissertation Chair: Professor Sorenson and Professor Poliquin

Kira Stearns (Ph.D. '20) First academic placement: Intensity, LLC Dissertation Title: Investing in Innovation: Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry Dissertation Chair: Professor Lieberman and Professor Chen

Marco Testoni (Ph.D. '19) First academic placement: Tilburg University Dissertation Title:  Essays on the Geographical, Product, and Technological Dimensions of the Market for Corporate Control  Dissertation Chair: Professor Lieberman

Bennett Chiles (Ph.D. '17) First academic placement: Columbia University Dissertation Title: Shrouded Information and Strategic Transparency: Three Essays on Price Obfuscation Dissertation Chair: Professor Lieberman

Cristian Ramirez (Ph.D. '17) First academic placement: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Non-Monetary Incentives and Employee Compensation Dissertation Chair: Professor Larkin

Vanessa Burbano (Ph.D. '15) First academic placement: Columbia University Dissertation Title:  Three Essays on Corporate Social Responsibility Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Lieberman and Profesor Snyder

Bo Kyung Kim (Ph.D. '13) First academic placement: SMU Dissertation Title: Essays on the Effect of Financial Crises on Corporate Management Dissertation Chair: Professor Lieberman

James Owen Ostler (Ph.D. '13) First academic placement: University of Michigan Dissertation TItle: Strategic Risk Taking Under Competition Dissertation Chair: Professor Lieberman

Sara Elizabeth Parker (Ph.D. '13) First academic placement: Rutgers University Dissertation Title: Conflict of Interest and Incentives in Health Care Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Lieberman and Professor Ramanarayanan

Marco Huesch (Ph.D. '08) First academic placement: Duke University Dissertation Title: Three Essays in Healthcare Economics Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor McKelvey and Professor Zame

Hyok-Jon Dharma Kwon (Ph.D. '08) First academic placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Title: The Impact of Uncertainty on Operational Decisions Dissertation Chair: Professor Lippman

Gabriel Natividad (Ph.D. '08) First academic placement: NYU, Stern School Dissertation Title: Essays in Corporate Finance and Strategy Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor Bernardo and Professor Lieberman

Natarajan Balasubramanian (Ph.D. '07) First academic placement: Florida International University Dissertation Title: Essays on Learning and Innovation Dissertation Chair: Professor Lieberman

Jeongsik Lee (Ph.D. '07) First academic placement: Georgia Institute of Technology Dissertation Title: Essays on the Economics of Exchange Networks Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor de Figueiredo and Professor Sorenson

Rongrong Ren (Ph.D. '05) First academic placement: Purdue University Dissertation Title: Learning by Firms and Technological Innovation Dissertation Chair: Professor Sorenson

Jina Kang (Ph.D. '02) First academic placement: California State University, Fullerton Dissertation Title: The Knowledge Advantage: Tracing and Testing the Impact of Knowledge Characteristics and Relationship Ties on Project Performance Dissertation Chair: Professor Goodman

Belen Villalonga (Ph.D. '01) First academic placement: Harvard Business School Dissertation Title: 'Chop Shop' Valuation Models and the Diversification Discount: Issues of Causality, Selectivity and Aggregation Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professors Roll and Rumelt

Panayiota Konstantina Kiousis (Ph.D. '00) First academic placement: Ohio State University Dissertation Title: Knowledge, Incentives, and Growth Dissertation Co-Chairs: Professor McKelvey and Professor Zame

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Tracks and Requirements

There are three tracks of study within the department, all leading to the Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literature:

• Latin American and Iberian Literature and Culture
• Afro-Luso-Brazilian Literature, Creative Writing, and Visual Culture
• Spanish and Portuguese Linguistics

Dissertation topics may be drawn from any field in Iberian and Afro-Luso-Brazilian language, literature, and culture. Possible fields include Spanish linguistics; Portuguese linguistics; diachronic Hispanic linguistics and philology; medieval Iberian Literature; early modern Iberian literature; 18th-and 19th-century Iberian literature; 20th-century Iberian literature; colonial Latin American literature; 19th-century Latin American literature; 20th-century Latin American literature; Chicano literature; early Portuguese literature; modern Portuguese literature; early Afro-Luso-Brazilian literature; modern Afro-Luso-Brazilian literature; Spanish and Afro-Luso-Brazilian folklore.

Foreign Language Requirement

In addition to proficiency in Spanish and Portuguese, students must have a reading knowledge of one other foreign language, selected in consultation with their Advisor. Students fulfill this requirement by (1) passing the University reading examination in the language; (2) successful completion of a University course of at least level 3; or (3) successful completion of two upper division literature courses in the foreign language. Students must fulfill the requirement no later than the eighth quarter of graduate study.

Course Requirements

A minimum of 16 graduate courses is required, including directed research as appropriate. In addition, Spanish 495 (4 units), and Proseminar I and II (2 units each), all offered in the department, are required and may not replace the graduate courses. 

In the first year of the PhD program, students take Proseminar I and regularly scheduled graduate courses (200-series). In the second year, students take Spanish 495 and may take a combination of regularly scheduled graduate courses and directed research (596) courses. In the third year, students take Proseminar II and continue taking regularly scheduled graduate courses and directed research to complete the program requirements.

For the track in the Latin American and Iberian Literature and Culture : of the 16 graduate courses, one must be a theory course. Within the department, two courses must be pre-1700s, two courses must be post-1700s, and three courses must be outside the main field of expertise (i.e., Latin Americanists take courses on Iberian and vice-versa). A total of three courses (the theory course may be one of them) may be taken in other departments with the approval of the Advisor. A maximum of two courses (8 units) of directed research is permitted.

For the track in Afro-Luso-Brazilian Literature, Creative Writing and Visual Culture : of the 16 graduate courses, one must be a theory course, one course must be pre-1900s, one course must be creative writing and/or translation studies, and one course must be on visual culture. A total of six courses (24 units) may be taken in other departments and/or as directed research (596).

For the track in Spanish and Portuguese Linguistics : of the 16 graduate courses, one must be phonology, one must be syntax, one must be historical linguistics, and one must be in literature. A total of four (16 units) may be taken in other departments. A maximum of four courses (16 units) of direct research (596) is permitted.

Students who hold an MA degree in Spanish or Portuguese from another university may petition for up to six graduate courses to count toward the PhD degree.

First Stage: Capstone Plan

The examination for the first stage of the program consists of submission of two revised papers written for courses taken during the first five quarters and an oral examination on course work and seminar papers completed while in graduate study. With the assistance of the SAO and the Director of Graduate Studies, by the end of the 4th quarter of the program, students must demonstrate that they are on track to complete the course work (11 required courses) and the Spanish and Portuguese language requirement for this first stage of the program. 

Additionally, by the end of the 4th quarter, students must nominate a review committee of three faculty members from the department: the Director of Graduate Studies, the faculty member who will serve as the student’s adviser, and a third faculty member. These requirements must be completed by the 5th quarter of the program for a student to maintain satisfactory degree progress.

In consultation with the review committee, students are required to submit two of their strongest seminar papers, 20-25 pages each (with revisions) in different areas of study of the PhD Program. For literature students, one paper must be written in English and one in Spanish or Portuguese. Students must submit the papers to the review committee during the 6th quarter of the program and at least two weeks in advance of the oral exam.

The oral exam is two hours in length and consists of a review of the papers submitted and questions addressed to the student. Questions are aimed at reviewing and synthesizing what the student has learned in graduate seminars, focusing on methodology and research questions, as expressed in their papers.

The outcome and recommendation of the exams is made by the review committee as follows: (1) Pass with permission to continue in the PhD, (2) Pass with reservations and specific recommendations for improvement, or (3) Fail without permission to continue in the PhD program.

The examinations for the first stage of the program are administered only in spring quarter (6th quarter). Students are awarded the Master of Arts (MA) degree upon successful completion of the examination. 

First Stage: Thesis Plan

In lieu of taking the examination, students in any of the three tracks may seek permission to present a thesis. Students must first complete five graduate courses. In order to endorse the petition, the Director of Graduate Studies in consultation with the Committee of Graduate Affairs must find evidence of exceptional ability and promise in term papers and course work. Every master’s degree thesis plan requires the completion of an approved thesis that demonstrates the student’s ability to perform original, independent research.

Students are awarded the Master of Arts (MA) degree upon successful completion of the Thesis Plan. 

Teaching Experience

Although Teaching Experience is not required, virtually all students acquire teaching experience as part of their support package. 

Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations

All committee nominations and reconstitutions adhere to the new  Minimum Standards for Doctoral Committee Constitution .

The qualifying examinations consist of (1) presentation of a 40-60 page paper related to the specific dissertation area; (2) a three-hour written examination in the student’s field of specialization; 3) a two-hour University Oral Qualifying Examination at which the above research paper, written examination, and a dissertation prospectus are discussed. The written examination is based on a reading list approved by the doctoral committee. The doctoral committee also prepares the questions for the written examination. The examinations are normally taken no later than nine quarters after admission into the graduate program. Only students who pass the qualifying examinations are advanced to candidacy for the PhD degree.

Advancement to Candidacy

Students are advanced to candidacy and awarded the Candidate in Philosophy (C.Phil.) degree upon successful completion of the written and oral qualifying examinations.

Doctoral Dissertation

Every doctoral degree program requires the completion of an approved dissertation that demonstrates the student’s ability to perform original, independent research and constitutes a distinct contribution to knowledge in the principal field of study.

Final Oral Examination (Defense of Dissertation)

Required for all students in the program.

Time-to-Degree

For a full-time student taking three courses per quarter, the following figures are optimal: (a) from graduate admission to completion of the first stage of the program: six quarters; (b) from completion of the first stage to authorization to form a doctoral committee: one quarter; (c) from formation of a doctoral committee to qualifying examinations: two quarters; (d) from passage of qualifying examinations (advancement to candidacy) to presentation of the dissertation: three to six quarters; (e) from graduate admission to award of the PhD degree (or normative time-to-degree): five years (15 quarters).

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The department accepts applications for its doctoral degree program (PhD). The department only offers a terminal master’s degree (MA) for the Teaching Asian Languages MA Program. Students interested in a MA degree in Asian Languages and Cultures only should apply to the East Asian Studies Interdepartmental Program, which is housed in the International Institute at UCLA .

Students who are interested in pursuing doctoral level work are encouraged first to contact the relevant faculty members or the Director of Graduate Studies before submitting an application to the Graduate Division at UCLA .

Admission is very competitive. Decisions on admission are handled by the department, with final approval by the Graduate Division. There is funding available through the department for a limited pool of successful applicants, though all applicants are encouraged to apply to external fellowship sources as well.

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