University of Southern California

Eric Anicich studies the forms and functions of social hierarchy within groups. His research has been published in leading academic journals and numerous popular media outlets.

Dr. Neha Bairoliya is an assistant professor in the department of finance and business economics at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business

Peter Cardon is a professor of clinical business communication at USC Marshall School of Business, where he studies team communication and the role of technology in workplace communication.

Kristin Diehl is a professor of marketing at USC Marshall School of Business. She studies how people anticipate, experience and remember events that unfold over time, particularly through taking photos.

Kimon Drakopoulos is an Assistant Professor in the Data Sciences and Operations department at USC Marshall School of Business. His research focuses on the operations of complex networked systems, social networks, stochastic modeling, game theory and information economics. Kimon completed his Ph.D. at the Laboratory for Information and Decision systems at MIT, focusing on the analysis and control of contagion processes on networks.

Dr. Nathanael Fast is the Jorge Paulo and Susanna Lemann Chair in Entrepreneurship and Associate Professor of Management at USC Marshall School of Business, where he studies technology adoption and the future of work. He is the director of USC’s Neely Center for Ethical Leadership and Decision Making and cofounder and codirector of the Psychology of Technology Institute.

Marco Giacoletti is an Assistant Professor of Finance and Business Economics at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. His research focuses on economic trends and the factors affecting U.S. home and rental prices.

Nan Jia is Deans Associate Professor in Business Administration. She holds a PhD in Strategic Management from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto (Canada). Her research interests include corporate political strategy, business-governance relationships, emerging technology in management, and corporate governance in international business. Nan’s research has been published in multiple top journals in strategic management. She currently serves as an associate editor for the Strategic Management Journal and on the editorial boards of multiple leading academic journals.

Arthur Korteweg is a financial economist whose research interests include corporate finance, private equity, and alternative assets more generally. His corporate finance work aims to quantify the costs and benefits of leverage and the determinants of corporate capital structures.

Stephen Lind is an associate professor of Clinical Business Communication at USC Marshall School of Business and a communications consultant for global businesses. His research focuses on business communication technology and commercially risk-laden communication choices.

Emily Nix is a labor economist and an assistant professor of finance and business economics at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business.

Davide Proserpio is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. In his research, Davide seeks to measure and quantify the impact of digital data and platforms on industries and markets, particularly sharing economy companies like Airbnb. He holds a B.S. from Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy), an M.S. from Carlos III University (Madrid, Spain), and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Boston University.

Nandini Rajagopalans research examines platform-based markets, diversification and strategic alliances, CEO succession, and corporate governance.

Rodney Ramcharan is an economist and professor of finance and business economics at USC Marshall School of Business. He served as the first chief of the systemic financial institutions and markets section at the Federal Reserve Board from 2012-2015.

Tianshu Suns research, conducted in collaboration with leading private and public sector platforms, addresses how firms can use large-scale field experiments in conjunction with big data to improve business decisions.

Florenta Teodoridis is an assistant professor of management and organization at USC Marshall School of Business. Her research focuses on the economics of innovation and the impact of technology on society.

Sarah Townsend studies the psychological foundations of inequality. Her research reveals the dysfunctional behaviors and physiological costs that can result when individuals’ cultural norms collide with the dominant cultural norms of organizations. She examines how these “cultural divides” are often a hidden source of inequality, but how they can be used to lessen opportunity gaps and fuel greater cross-group understanding. The director of the Culture, Diversity, and Psychophysiology lab (CPD Lab) at USC, Dr. Townsend has received recognition including, being named a “Rising Star” by the Association for Psychological Science and “Professor of the Week” by Poets & Quants.