PhD Students
WOS PhD students are investigating new and sometimes controversial theories and ideas. And they are initiating an important dialogue around the changing nature of work and what those changes mean for people and organizations. Below is a list of current PhD students in the Work and Organizational Studies group.
IWER PhD Students

Arrow Minster
B.A. Economics; M.A. Economics
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Soohyun Roh
B.A. Economics and Sociology; M.A. Sociology
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K. MacKenzie Scott
B.A. Economics and French; M.P.A.
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Di Tong
B.A. English Language and Literature; M.A. Computational Social Science
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Jeremy Thompson
B.A. Mass Communication, M.A. Urban Planning and Policy
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Raquel Kessinger
B.A. Political Science; MBA
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James Mellody
B.A. Foreign Languages/Literatures
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Laura Changlan Wang
B.A. Psychology & Statistics
Learn MoreAlan Zhang
B.A. Neuroscience and Healthcare Management; M.S. Customer Analytics
Learn MoreRecent Former PhD Students
IWER
Duanyi Yang, PhD 2020 - Cornell University, The ILR School
Gokce Basburg, PhD 2017 - SKK Graduate School of Business
Maja Tampe, PhD 2016 - ESADE
Organization Studies
Vanessa Conzon, PhD 2020 - Boston College’s Carroll School of Management
Jenna Myers, PhD 2020 - University of Toronto Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources
Heather Yang, PhD 2020 - Bocconi University
Julia DiBenigno, PhD 2016 - Yale School of Management
Economic Sociology
Brittany Bond, PhD 2020 - Cornell University, The ILR School
Summer Jackson, PhD 2020 - Harvard Business School
James Riley, PhD 2020 - Harvard Business School
J. Michael Whalen, PhD 2020
Tristan Botelho, PhD 2017 - Yale School of Management
Santiago Campero, PhD 2016 - University of Toronto
Jae Kyung Ha, PhD 2016 - Boston University, Questrom School of Business