PhD

Economic Sociology Faculty

DIRECTOR

Ezra W. Zuckerman Sivan

Ezra W. Zuckerman Sivan

Alvin J. Siteman (1948) Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy

Ezra Zuckerman Sivan is  the Alvin J. Siteman (1948) Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship. He is also cofounder of MIT Sloan's PhD Program in Economic Sociology.Zuckerman Sivan is an economic sociologist whose research focuses on showing how…

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CORE FACULTY

Emilio J. Castilla

Emilio J. Castilla

NTU Professor of Management

Emilio J. Castilla is the NTU Professor of Management and a Professor of Work and Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management.Castilla is currently the co-director of the Institute for Work and Employment Research. He joined the MIT…

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Johan Chu

Sarofim Family Career Development Assistant Professor

Johan Chu is the Sarofim Family Career Development Assistant Professor and an Assistant Professor of System Dynamics at the MIT Sloan School of ManagementJohan’s research examines the shifting bases of social power and corporate advantage. Recently…

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Kate Kellogg

Kate Kellogg

Hear name pronounced.

David J. McGrath jr (1959) Professor of Management and Innovation

Kate Kellogg is the David J. McGrath Jr Professor of Management and Innovation, a Professor of Business Administration at the MIT Sloan School of Management.Kate's research focuses on helping knowledge workers and organizations develop and implement…

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Ray Reagans

Ray Reagans

Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Ray Reagans is the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Management in the Work and Organization Studies Group at the MIT Sloan School of Management.His research focuses on a set of related questions, including how demographic characteristics such as age,…

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Georg Rilinger

Georg Rilinger

Fred Kayne (1960) Career Development Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship

Georg Rilinger is the Fred Kayne (1960) Career Development Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and an Assistant Professor of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management.Georg’s…

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Catherine J. Turco

Catherine J. Turco

Michael M. Koerner (1949) Professor of Entrepreneurship

Catherine J. Turco is the Michael M. Koerner (1949) Professor of Entrepreneurship and a Professor in MIT Sloan's Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management group as well as its program in Economic Sociology. Turco is an…

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Nathan Wilmers

Nathan Wilmers

Sarofim Family Career Development Associate Professor

Nathan Wilmers is the Sarofim Family Career Development Associate Professor and an Associate Professor of Work and Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is in the core faculty of the Institute for Work and Employment…

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AFFILIATED FACULTY

Robert Gibbons

Robert Gibbons

Sloan Distinguished Professor of Management

Robert Gibbons is the Sloan Distinguished Professor of Management and a Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and he is Professor of Economics in MIT’s Department of Economics. He is also the co-principal…

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Renee Richardson Gosline

Renee Richardson Gosline

Senior Lecturer

Renée Richardson Gosline is a Research Scientist and Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and head of the Human-First AI group at MIT's Initiative on The Digital Economy. She is an expert on the intersection between behavioral…

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Fiona E. Murray

Fiona E. Murray

Associate Dean for Innovation and Inclusion

Fiona Murray is the Associate Dean of Innovation and Inclusion at the MIT School of Management and the William Porter (1967) Professor of Entrepreneurship. She is the codirector of MIT’s Innovation Initiative and Faculty Director of the MIT Legatum…

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Wanda Orlikowski

Wanda Orlikowski

Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Management

Wanda Orlikowski is the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Information Technology and Organization Studies at MIT's Sloan School of Management. She received her Ph.D. from New York University. Her research examines technologies in the workplace, with a…

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Susan Silbey

Susan Silbey

Leon and Anne Goldberg Professor of Humanities

Professor Susan S. Silbey is Leon and Anne Goldberg Professor of Humanities, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, and Professor of Behavioral and Policy Sciences, Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Silbey is…

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Emeritus Faculty

Roberto Fernandez

Roberto Fernandez

Professor; William F. Pounds Professor in Management

Roberto M. Fernandez is the William F. Pounds Professor of Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management.  Fernandez currently serves as the co-director of the Economic Sociology PhD Program and served as the head of the Behavioral and…

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