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PhD Students

Since its founding in 1977, the Roman Family Center for Decision Research has blazed new pathways at the forefront of behavioral science. We continue to conduct innovative research, advance the discipline, and train the next generation of behavioral scientists for careers in academia, business and mission-driven organizations.

Prospective graduate students interested in social psychology, marketing, judgment, and decision-making are encouraged to apply to our PhD Program. Learn more.

Meet our current PhD students:

Rafael Batista

Rafael Batista

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Education

MS, Behavioral & Economic Science (Distinction), University of Warwick
BS, Psychology (Honors), Florida State University
BA, International Relations, Florida State University

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Soaham Bharti

Soaham Bharti

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BA (honors), Psychology, University of Chicago

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Melissa Beswick

Melissa Beswick

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Education

BA, University of Pennsylvania 

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Samuel Borislow

Samuel Borislow

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Education

BA (honors), Psychology and Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania

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Shweta Desiraju

Shweta Desiraju

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BA, Psychology, University of Chicago

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Nicholas DiMaggio

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Education

BA, Psychology, University of North Carolina

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Ibitayo Fadayomi

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Education

BS, Psychology (High Honors), University of Michigan
BS, Cognitive Science, University of Michigan

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Roman Gallardo

Roman Angel Gallardo

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BA, Psychology, Sonoma State University

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Michael Herzog

Nicholas Herzog

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Education

MA, Social Sciences, University of Chicago
BA, Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Stephanie Hong

Stephanie Hong

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BBA & BA, Cognitive Science, University of Michigan

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Krin Irvine

Krin Irvine

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Education

JD, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Bachelor of Computer Science, Acadia University, Canada

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Minkwang Jang

Minkwang Jang

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Education

BS, Economics, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
BA, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania

 
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Felicia Joy

Felicia Joy

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Education

MEd (honors), Human Development & Psychology, Harvard University
BA, Political Science, University of Georgia
BA, Journalism, University of Georgia

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Daniel Katz

Daniel Katz

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Education

MA, Boston University, Economics
BS, Economics, Northeastern University

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Graelin Mandel

Graelin Mandel

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Education

BS, Economics (Summa Cum Laude), The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania

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Yena Kim

Yena Kim

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Education

BA in Psychology (Honors), University of Chicago

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Dan Medvedev

Dan Medvedev

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Education

MFA, Boston University
BA, Psychology (magna cum laude), Cornell University

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Natalie Moore

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Nick Owsley

Nicholas Owsley

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Education

MA, Development Economics, University of Cape Town
BSocSci (Hons), Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Cape Town
BComm, Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Cape Town

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Russell Roberts

Russell Roberts

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MA, Psychology, New School for Social Research
MS, Education, Hunter College, CUNY
BA, Philosophy, College of Wooster, Ohio

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Radhika Santhanagopalan

Radhika Santhanagopalan

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Education

MA, Psychology, Cornell University
BS, Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience, University of Michigan

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Tong Su

Tong Su

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Education

BA, Psychology, Bard College

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Jiabi Wang

Jiabi Wang

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Education

MA, Yale University
MS, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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Sophie Wang

Sophie Wang

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Education

MA, Computational Social Science, University of Chicago
BA, Economics and History, University of Colorado

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Yusu Wang

Yusu Wang

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Texas A&M University

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Umy Yasar

Ugur Mert Yasar (Umy)

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Education

Bachelor of International Economics (BIE) - University of British Columbia

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Jiaqi Yu

Jiaqi Yu

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Education

MA, Social Sciences, University of Chicago
BA, Psychology (Honors), Northwestern University

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Samantha Zaw

Samantha Zaw

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Education

BS, Psychology, University of Florida

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Grace Zhang

Grace Zhang

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Education

BA (honors), Mathematics, Cornell University
BA, Economics, Cornell University

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Our alumni include:

Pankaj Aggarwal
Akshina Banerjee
Simona Botti
Jessica Bregant
Zach Burns
John Burrows
Katherine Burson
Colin Camerer
Arjun Chakravarti
Andrew Chiu
Jinhee Choi
Ben Converse
Diag Davenport
Veronique D'Estaintot
Mindy Douthit
Gideon Falk
Elizabeth Fama
David Faro
Lin Fei
Stacey Finkelstein
Rachel Fisher
Brian Gibbs
Ayelet Gneezy
Indranil Goswami
John Gourville
Young Ha
Cintia Hinojosa
Samuel Hirshman
Christine Hosey
Elizabeth Huppert
Ichiro Innami
Greg Janicik
Scott Jeffrey
Michael Johnson
Michael Kardas
Hye-young Kim
Sara Kim
Yangyul Kim
Nadav Klein
Don Kleinmuntz
Jay Koehler
Minjung Koo
Hiro Kotabe
Soraya Lambotte
Becky Lau
Xilin Li
Ye Li
Marlys Lipe
Jessica Lopez
Haim Mano
Alex Markle
Cade Massey
Ann McGill
Craig McKenzie
Deborah Mitchell
Elizabeth Moliski
Sarah Molouki
Alex Moore
David Munguia Gomez
Kristian Myrseth
Joe Nunes
Kariyushi Rao
Annabelle Roberts
Donovan Rowsey
Juliana Schroeder
Franklin Shaddy
Luxi Shen
Dilip Soman
Suzanne Shu
Jack Soll
Raegan Tennant
Maferima Tillery
Anirudh Tiwathia
Claire Tsai
Yanping Tu
Daniel Walco
Kristina Wald
Klaus Wertenbroch
Pat West
Natalie Wheeler
Shannon White
Yuji Winet
Kaitlin Woolley
Adelle Yang
Mike Yeomans
Fang (Frank) Yu
Jiao (Joe) Zhang
Yan Zhang
Ying Zhang

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