Management PhD
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Academics
Management Doctoral students are trained to apply basic social science knowledge and research methods to the study of organizations, their members, and their environment. The program prepares students for careers in scholarly research, and graduates take jobs primarily in academic or research institutions across the world. Details about the coursework and research students conduct on their way to earning their doctorate can be found on the Academics page.
Placement
The Management Division at Columbia Business school has a track record of training scholars who go on to become academics at many of the world’s most prestigious institutions. Our placement success is due in part to the close working relationship that students develop with the faculty in the division. The School intentionally keeps the PhD program small making it easier for students to find faculty collaborators and thrive. See further down the page for our Placement information.
Student Life
The Columbia Business School doctoral community consists of 125 students across six programs. The program attracts exceptional students from all over the world who are looking to develop research skills under the tutelage of faculty experts. Students come to the School for the exceptional training but also because they value the diversity, creativity, entrepreneurship and social tolerance that NYC offers.
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Current PhD Students in Management
PhD in Management Placement
The Management Division at Columbia Business school has a track record of training scholars who go on to become academics at many of the world’s most prestigious institutions. Our placement success is due in part to the close working relationship that students develop with the faculty in the division. The School intentionally keeps the PhD program small making it easier for students to find faculty collaborators and thrive.
Here is a list of placements, by year of graduation, over the past few years:
PhD Year | Name | Initial Placement |
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2023 | Erica Bailey | UC Berkeley Haas |
2023 | James Carter | ILR School, Cornell University |
2023 | Sophie Cho | University College London |
2023 | Patryk Perkowski | Yeshiva University |
2023 | Y. Jenna Song | Kellogg (postdoc) |
2023 | Katherine Sun | UCLA (postdoc) |
2022 | Fabrizio Dell'Acqua | Harvard Business School (postdoc) |
2022 | Zaijia Liu | Fudan University |
2021 | Kylie Hwang | Stanford GSB (postdoc) |
2021 | Matthew Yeaton | HEC Paris and Institut Polytechnique |
2021 | Zach Brown | HKUST |
2020 | Natalie Carlson | Wharton |
2019 | Ashli Carter | Stern (postdoc) |
2019 | Jon Jachimowicz | Harvard Business School |
2019 | Dana Kanze | London Business School |
2019 | Alice Lee | ILR School, Cornell University |
2019 | Elizabeth Moulton | Manhattan College |
2018 | Yoonjin Choi | London Business School |
2018 | Alessandro Piazza | Jones, Rice University |
2018 | Ashley Martin | Stanford GSB |
2018 | Jackson (Guannan) Lu | Sloan, MIT |
2018 | JS (Jinseok) Chun | Fuqua, Duke (postdoc) |
2018 | Sunyong Chang | London Business School |
2017 | Elizabeth Wiley | |
2017 | Ilona Fridman | CHP, Duke (postdoc) |
2017 | Jaee Cho | HKUST |
2017 | Mitali Banerjee | HEC Paris |
2016 | Eric Anicich | Marshall, USC |
2016 | Abbie Wazlawek | Kellogg (postdoc) |
2016 | Jun Huang | KU Leuven |
2015 | Ivana Katic | Yale SOM |
2015 | Zhi Liu | Peking University |
2015 | Jose Uribe | Ross, Michigan |
2015 | Andy Yap | Sloan, MIT (postdoc) |
2012 | Emily Bianchi | Goizueta, Emory |
2012 | Aharon Cohen Mohliver | London Business School |
2012 | Jiao Luo | Carlson School of Management |
2012 | Shu Zhang | Columbia (postdoc) |
2011 | Magnus Torfason | Harvard Business School |
2010 | Rebecca Levine | Aon Hewitt Consulting |
2010 | Aurelia Mok | City University of Hong Kong |
2010 | Lori (Qingyuan) Yue | Marshal School of Business, USC |
2009 | Lily Benjamin | Mercer Development Group |
2009 | Umit Ozmel Yavuz | Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC |
2009 | Xi Zou | London Business School |
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