About Our Program
The Haas Management of Organizations PhD program equips doctoral students with the tools to apply foundational social science theories and research methodologies to the study of organizations, their members, and the surrounding environment. The program is designed to prepare students for careers in academic research, with graduates typically securing positions at universities and research institutions worldwide.
For more details about the Management of Organizations PhD program visit the Academics page.
Job Market Candidates
Nicholas Otis (opens in a new tab)
Nick Otis is on the 2024-2025 job market. His Job Market Paper titled “Does Generative AI Crowd Out Social Learning? Evidence from a Field Experiment with Entrepreneurs” explores how artificial intelligence shapes entrepreneurial performance and strategy. In his research, he is especially interested in understanding how technology can enable underserved people, places, and firms.
Saqib Mumtaz (opens in a new tab)
Saqib Mumtaz is on the 2024-2025 job market. His Job Market Paper titled, “Lost in Translation? Science Communication And the Commercial Diffusion of Ideas,” examines the impact of scientific translation – communication of scientific ideas using a simple, non-technical language on how firms utilize scientific knowledge. This study is part of his broader research agenda, which focuses on the role of communication and the media in the diffusion of scientific knowledge to firms and policymakers.
Current PhD Students
Micro-OB PhD Students
Micro-track PhD students are trained to become academics active in areas including judgment and decision-making, status and power, organizational culture, gender, ethics, diversity, the self, negotiations, and nonverbal interactions. Research by faculty and students in the micro track is primarily empirical, often using field and laboratory studies and experiments to collect and analyze data.
Sophia Li
sophia-li@berkeley.edu
Entered program in 2021
Interests: Social judgment, communication, and status, judgment, and decision making
Sylvia Chin
sylviachin@berkeley.edu
Entered program in 2022
Interests: Diversity, equity, and inclusion, policy-making, emotion, and hierarchies
Analexis Glaude
analexis_glaude@berkeley.edu
Entered program in 2022
Interests: Diversity in the workplace, creativity and innovation, and groups and teams
Kyra Rodriguez
kyra_rodriguez@berkeley.edu
Entered program in 2024
Interests: Diversity and inequality in organizations, status perceptions, leadership, and intersectionality
Macro PhD Students
Macro-track PhD students are trained to become academics active in areas including social networks, innovation, economic sociology, organizational culture, and entrepreneurship. Research by faculty and students in the macro track has a strong quantitative focus and uses computational social science to make inferences based on large-scale data.
Saqib Mumtaz
Job Market Candidate
saqib@berkeley.edu
Entered program in 2019
Interests: Innovation, science of science, entrepreneurship, and social networks
Farnam Mohebi
farnam.mohebi@berkeley.edu
Entered program in 2020
Interests: Healthcare management and innovation
Sahiba Chopra
sahiba.chopra@berkeley.edu
Entered program in 2021
Interests: Entrepreneurship, inequality, and status
Yutao Chen
cytwill@berkeley.edu
Entered program in 2023
Interests: Computational social science, culture and cognition, and online communities and platforms
Srikanth Janjirala
srikanth_prasad@berkeley.edu
Entered program in 2023
Interests: Innovation, Strategy & Science of Science
Nicholas Otis
Job Market Candidate
nicholas_otis@berkeley.edu
Entered program in 2023
Interests: Strategy, entrepreneurship, and innovation
Xingqi (Maggie) Ye
xingqi_ye@berkeley.edu
Entered program in 2023
Interests: Technology and work
Recent Academic Placements
| PhD Year | Name | Initial Placement |
| 2024 | Charlotte Townsend | Post-Doc, Cornell University |
| 2024 | Andrew Choi | Post-Doc, London Business School |
| 2024 | Sandy Campbell | Post-Doc, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 2024 | Matteo Tranchero | Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School |
| 2023 | Derek Brown | Assistant Professor, Columbia University, Columbia Business School |
| 2023 | Sonya Mishra | Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College, Tuck School of Business |
| 2021 | Gauri Subramani | Assistant Professor, Lehigh University |
| 2020 | Michael Rosenblum | Post-Doc, New York University, Stern School of Business |
| 2018 | Sanaz Mobasseri | Assistant Professor, Boston University |
| 2017 | Weiyi Ng | Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore |
| 2016 | John Angus D. Hildreth | Assistant Professor, Cornell University, The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management |
| 2016 | Jennifer Logg | Assistant Professor, Georgetown University |
| 2016 | Eliot Sherman | Assistant Professor, London Business School |
| 2015 | Brian Reschke | Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University |
| 2015 | Alexander Van Zant | Assistant Professor, Rutgers Business School |