Meet our PhD students on the job market

Students nearing completion of our PhD program are recognized as strong, independent scholars who are ready to take on the challenges of a tenure-track position. For this reason, they are sought out by top universities around the globe.

Barnini Bhattacharyya

Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management

Previous degrees:

MPhil in Management Studies
M.A. in Human Resource Management & Labour Relations: Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India
B.A. (Honours) in Economics: Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi, India

Research interests: Diversity and Inclusion, Allyship, Intersectionality, Stigma, Multiple Identities

Supervisory Committee Members: Dr. Jennifer Berdahl

Ekin Ok

Marketing

Previous degrees:

Master of Management (MM): Sauder School of Business UBC
M.A.: Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
B.A. (Honours): Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey

Research interests: Consumer-brand relationships, Identity, Interpersonal Relationships, Moral Decision-Making

Supervisory Committee Members : Darren Dahl (co-supervisor), Dale Griffin (co-supervisor), JoAndrea (Joey) Hoegg, Ron Cenfetelli

Navid Siami

Applied Microeconomics, Environmental Economics

Previous degrees:

M.Sc. in Physics: University of British Columbia
Bachelor of Science in Physics: Sharif University of Technology

Research interests: Economics of Innovation, Public Policy Analysis, Decision making under uncertainty, Dynamic Programming

Supervisory Committee Members: James Brander, Paul Schrimpf, Ralph Winter

Wade Wade

Marketing

Previous degrees:

Bachelor of Psychology: Brigham Young University

Research interests: Creativity, Prosocial Consumer Behaviour, Sustainability

Supervisory Committee Members: Darren Dahl, Joey Hoegg, Ravi Mehta