Business Administration
Washington University's Olin Business School is one of the nation's leading research institutions, with a faculty whose research productivity consistently ranks among the highest in the business school community. Olin faculty members are recognized the world over for their important contributions to the creation of new knowledge, and they take great pride in their commitment to excellence in teaching.
Olin PhD students are guided by highly productive researchers who are among the nation's top scholars. Faculty work closely with students to help them hone their research skills, often building one-on-one mentoring relationships that include the co-authoring of research papers.
The development of strong problem-solving skills equips students to strategically address complex, unstructured business issues that result in innovative thinking and new ideas for research that have value to the academic community and application in the business world.
Olin's PhD program in business provides the following:
- A challenging core curriculum and a strong background in basic disciplines
- An emphasis on collaborative relationships between faculty and students, which enhances the educational process and the search for the student's first faculty appointment
- Personalized advising for the successful completion of PhD program requirements and for a customized course of study that fits the student's particular area of interest
- A collegial network built on mutual respect and a shared school of thought
- A competitive edge in the business education market
Contact: | Jessica Hatch |
Phone: | 314-935-6340 |
Email: | jessica.hatch@wustl.edu |
Website: | http://olin.wustl.edu/EN-US/academic-programs/PhD |
Dean
Mark Taylor
Donald Danforth Jr. Distinguished Professor of Finance
PhD, Birbeck College, University of London
Endowed Professors
Nicholas S. Argyres
Vernon W. and Marion K. Piper Professor of Strategy
PhD, University of California, Berkeley
William P. Bottom
Joyce and Howard Wood Distinguished Professor of Organizational Behavior
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
J. Stuart Bunderson
George and Carol Bauer Professor of Organizational Ethics and Governance
PhD, University of Minnesota
Tat Y. Chan
PhD, Yale University
(Marketing)
Siddhartha Chib
Harry C. Hartkopf Professor of Econometrics and Statistics
PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
Kurt T. Dirks
Bank of America Professor of Managerial Leadership
PhD, University of Minnesota
Lingxiu Dong
PhD, Stanford University
(Operations and Manufacturing Management)
Philip H. Dybvig
Boatmen's Bancshares Professor of Banking and Finance
PhD, Yale University
Hillary Anger Elfenbein
John K. Wallace Jr. and Ellen A. Wallace Distinguished Professor
PhD, Harvard University
Richard M. Frankel
Beverly and James Hance Professor of Accounting
PhD, Stanford University
Mahendra Gupta
Geraldine J. and Robert L. Virgil Professor of Accounting and Management
PhD, Stanford University
Barton H. Hamilton
Robert Brookings Smith Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship
PhD, Stanford University
Ohad Kadan
H. Frederick Hagemann, Jr. Professor of Finance
PhD, Hebrew University
Anne Marie Knott
Robert and Barbara Frick Professor of Business
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
Panos Kouvelis
Emerson Professor of Operations and Manufacturing Management
PhD, Stanford University
Hong Liu
Fossett Distinguished Professor in Finance
PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Glenn M. MacDonald
John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics and Strategy
PhD, University of Rochester
Judi McLean Parks
Reuben C. and Anne Carpenter Taylor Professor of Organizational Behavior
PhD, University of Iowa
Todd T. Milbourn
Hubert C. and Dorothy R. Moog Professor of Finance
PhD, Indiana University
Stephen M. Nowlis
August A. Busch Jr. Distinguished Professor of Marketing
PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Robert A. Pollak
Hernreich Distinguished Professor of Economics
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
P.B. (Seethu) Seetharaman
W. Patrick McGinnis Professor of Marketing
PhD, Cornell University
Anjan Thakor
John E. Simon Professor of Finance
PhD, Northwestern University
Fuqiang Zhang
Dan Broida Professor of Operations and Manufacturing Management
PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Guofu Zhou
Frederick Bierman and James E. Spears Professor of Finance
PhD, Duke University
Professors
David Ahn
PhD, Stanford University
(Economics)
Markus Baer
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(Organizational Behavior)
Erik Dane
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(Organizational Behavior)
Adrienne Davis
JD, Yale University
(Leadership)
Daniel Elfenbein
PhD, Harvard University
(Organization and Strategy)
Nicolae Garleanu
PhD, Stanford University
(Finance)
Radhakrishnan Gopalan
PhD, University of Michigan
(Finance)
Todd Gormley
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(Finance)
Andrew P. Knight
PhD, University of Pennsylvania
(Organizational Behavior)
Robyn LeBoeuf
PhD, Princeton University
(Marketing)
Xiumin Martin
PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia
(Accounting)
J. Lamar Pierce
PhD, University of California, Berkeley
(Strategy)
Stephen Ryan
PhD, Duke University
(Economics)
Raphael Thomadsen
PhD, Stanford University
(Marketing)
Associate Professors
Mariagiovanna Baccara
PhD, Princeton University
(Economics)
Jeremy Bertomeu
PhD,Carnegie Mellon University
(Accounting)
Cynthia Cryder
PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
(Marketing)
Jason Donaldson
PhD, London School of Economics
(Finance)
Jacob Feldman
PhD, Cornell University
(Operations and Manufacturing Management)
Armando Gomes
PhD, Harvard University
(Finance)
Brett Green
PhD, Stanford University
(Economics)
Jared Jennings
PhD, University of Washington
(Accounting)
Baojun Jiang
PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
(Marketing)
Mark Leary
PhD, Duke University
(Finance)
Asaf Manela
PhD, University of Chicago
(Finance)
Elanor Williams
PhD, Cornell University
(Psychology)
Song Yao
PhD, Duke University
(Business Administration)
Minyuan Zhao
PhD, New York University
(Economics)
Dennis Zhang
PhD, Northwestern University
(Operations and Manufacturing Management)
Assistant Professors
Deniz Aydin
PhD, Stanford University
(Finance)
John Barrios
PhD, University of Miami
(Accounting)
Taylor Begley
PhD, University of Michigan
(Finance)
Seth Carnahan
PhD, University of Maryland
(Strategy)
Naveed Chehrazi
PhD, Stanford University
(Operations and Manufacturing Management)
Kimball Chapman
PhD, Pennsylvania State University
(Accounting)
Edwige Cheynel
PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
(Accounting)
Kaitlin Daniels
PhD, University of Pennsylvania
(Operations Management)
Tarek Ghani
PhD, University of California, Berkeley
(Business Administration)
Fausto Gonzalez
PhD, University of California, Berkeley
(Business Administration)
Chad Ham
PhD, University of Maryland
(Accounting)
Ashley Hardin
PhD, University of Michigan
(Organizational Behavior)
Brent Hickman
PhD, University of Iowa
(Economics)
Xing Huang
PhD, University of California, Berkeley
(Finance)
Xiang Hui
PhD, Ohio State University
(Marketing)
Zachary Kaplan
PhD, University of Chicago
(Accounting)
Jeongmin Lee
PhD, University of Maryland
(Finance)
Maarten Meeuwis
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(Finance)
Paulo Natenzon
PhD, Princeton University
(Economics)
Andreas Neuhierl
PhD, Northwestern University
(Finance)
Yulia Nevskaya
PhD, University of Rochester
(Marketing)
Hannah Perfecto
PhD, University of California, Berkeley
(Marketing)
MaryJane Rabier
PhD, University of Maryland
(Accounting)
Iva Rashkova
PhD, London Business School
(Management Science and Operations)
Oren Reshef
PhD, University of California, Berkeley
(Strategy)
Sydney Scott
PhD, University of Pennsylvania
(Marketing)
Janis Skrastins
PhD, London Business School
(Finance)
Ulya Tsolmon
PhD, Duke University
(Strategy)
Professors of Practice
Peter Boumgarden
PhD, Washington University
(Organizational Behavior)
Samuel S. Chun
PhD, Washington University
(Marketing)
Cathy Dunkin
BA, University of Missouri Columbia
(Management)
Jeremy Degenhart
BS, BA, Washington University
(Finance)
John Horn
PhD, Harvard University
(Economics)
Sharon James
PhD, Harvard University
(Strategy)
Patrick Moreton
PhD, University of California, Berkeley
(Strategy and Management)
Patrick Rishe
PhD, Binghamton University
(Sports Business)
Timothy Solberg
University of Chicago
(Sports Business)
Staci Thomas
MA, Webster University
(Communications)
Doug Villhard
MA, Boston University
(Communications)
Liberty Vittert
PhD, University of Glasgow
(Data Analytics)
Michael Wall
Indiana University
(Marketing)
Teaching Professors
Damon Campell
PhD, Washington State University
(Data Analytics)
Julia Deems
PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
(Management)
Clive Muir
PhD, New Mexico State University
(Management)
Senior Lecturers
Sergio Chayet
PhD, Northwestern University
(Operations and Manufacturing Management)
Charles J. Cuny
PhD, Stanford University
(Finance)
Rebecca Dohrmann
PhD, Purdue University
(Management)
Thomas D. Fields
PhD, Northwestern University
(Accounting)
Ronald R. King
Lecturer in Accounting
PhD, University of Arizona
Konstantina Kiousis
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
(Business Administration)
Gary Lin
PhD, University of Florida
(Data Analytics)
David R. Meyer
PhD, University of Chicago
(Management)
Lorenzo Naranjo
PhD, New York University
(Finance)
Chakravarthi Narasimhan
Lecturer in Marketing
PhD, University of Rochester
Jackson A. Nickerson
PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Richard Palmer
PhD, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
(Business Administration)
Sakya Sarkar
PhD, University of Southern California
(Data Analytics)
Eli M. Snir
PhD, University of Pennsylvania
(Finance)
Mark E. Soczek
PhD, Northwestern University
(Accounting)
Durai Sundaramoorthi
PhD, University of Texas at Arlington
(Data Analytics)
Lecturers
Forough Enayaty Ahangar
PhD, University of Arkansas
(Operations and Manufacturing Management)
Mohammadhossein Amini
PhD, Kansas State University
(Industrial Engineering)
Samira Fazel
PhD, Wayne State University
(Industrial Engineering)
Mahsa Mardikoraem
MS, Flinders University
(Operations and Manufacturing Management)
Ivan Lapuka
PhD, University of South Florida
(Marketing)
Gerald Onwujekwe
MBA, National Open University
(Data Analytics)
Esmat Sangari
MS, Northwestern University
(Operations and Manufacturing Management)
Adjunct and Other Faculty
Pier Alsup
MS, Webster University
(Marketing)
John Althoff
BS, University of Missouri-St. Louis
(Accounting)
Amy Altholz
MBA, Washington University
(Accounting)
Yossi Aviv
PhD, Columbia University
(Operations Manufacturing and Management)>
Sundari Balan
PhD, University of Michigan
(Data Analytics)
Richard Batsell
PhD, University of Texas at Austin
(Marketing)
Karen Bedell
MBA, Saint Louis University
(Management)
Anatoliy Belaygorod
PhD, Washington University
(Finance)
Patricia Bland
JD, University of Missouri, Kansas City
(Management)
Alex Borchert
BS, Washington University
(Finance)
Spencer Burke
JD, University of Pennsylvania
(Management)
David Butler
MBA, Washington University
(Health Care Management)>
Amy Choy
PhD, Washington University
(Accounting)
Robert Collins
MBA, Harvard Business School
(Accounting)
Yoni Danieli
MBA, Northwestern University
(Organizational Behavior)
Walker Deibel
MBA, Washington University
(Management)
Jim Deutsch
MA, Webster University
(Finance)
William R. Emmons
PhD, Northwestern University
(Finance)
Peter S. Finley
MBA, Stanford University
(Entrepreneurship)
Ronald K. Fisher
JD, Washington University
(Labor and Employment Laws)
Joseph Frank
PhD, Washington University
(Management)
Hans Fredrikson
MBA, University of Chicago
(Finance)
Laura Freeman
PhD, United States International University
(Management)
David Fritsch
MBA, Washington University
(Business Administration)
Bruce Lee Hall
PhD, MD, Duke University
(Health Care Management)
Mike Jenkins
MA, Webster University
(Management)
Carol F. Johanek
MBA, Saint Louis University
(Marketing)
Lorrie Librizze
MA, Northern Illinois University
(Management)
Sarah Luem
JD, Saint Louis University
(Management)
Steven Malter
PhD, University of Missouri-St. Louis
(Management)
Joseph Martinich
PhD, Northwestern University
(Operations and Manufacturing Management)
Mary Mason
MD, Washington University
(Management)
Tom McCain
MBA, Washington University
(Management)
Chris McCusker
PhD, University of Illinois
(Organizational Behavior)
Ken Moore
MA, Lindenwood University
(Management)
Paul W. Paese
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(Organizational Behavior)
David Pearson
DBA, Indiana University
(Accounting)
Jeff Plunkett
JD, Saint Louis University
(Accounting)
David A. Poldoian
MBA, Harvard University
(Entrepreneurship)
Kristin Poole
MS, Saint Louis University
(Finance)
Casey Quinn
MBA, Washington University
(Health Care Management)
Richard Ryffel
MBA, Boston University
(Finance)
Anthony Sardella
MBA, Northwestern University
(Management)
Mark Sophir
JD, University of Texas School of Law
(Management)
Ted Stann
(Finance)
Michael Stohler
BS, Bellarmine College
(Economics)
Zsuzsanna Szemeredi
PhD, Universidad Complusente de Madrid
(Management)
Cynthia A. Wichelman
MD, Stanford University
(Business and Medicine)
Kristie Wickwire
BA, Washington University
(Management)
Robert Zafft
JD, Harvard University
(Law)
Professors Emeriti
Nicholas Baloff
(Business and Public Administration)
Stuart I. Greenbaum
Former Dean and Bank of America Professor Emeritus of Managerial Leadership
PhD, Johns Hopkins University
James T. Little
Donald Danforth Jr. Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Business
PhD, University of Minnesota
Ambar Rao
Fossett Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Marketing
J. George Robinson
Professor Emeritus of Marketing
Robert L. Virgil Jr.
Dean Emeritus of the John M. Olin Business School and Professor Emeritus of Accounting
John E. Walsh Jr.
(Management)
PhD in Business Administration
PhD students must complete 36 credit units; maintain satisfactory academic progress; pass certain examinations; fulfill residence and teaching requirements; and write, defend and submit a dissertation.
Upon the successful completion of business PhD study, the student is awarded a PhD from the Graduate School at Washington University.
Core Foundation
- A strong foundation in microeconomics or psychology, probability & statistics, and quantitative methods
- Exposure to the student's area of specialization and the required research tools
- Successful completion of the core exam
Specialization
- Courses in one or more areas of study
- In-depth knowledge in the chosen field
- Active association with the research process through faculty mentoring
- Completion of the field exam
Research
- Participation with faculty in research activities
- Research paper presentation
- Individual research pursuing a specialized topic of interest
- Preparation and defense of the dissertation