WTO Colloquium 2024-2025

Mondays at 12-1:15 in Shriram 262 in Stanford Engineering Quad

Oct 21 - Hatim Rahman

Hatim A. Rahman is an Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. His research focuses on the impact of artificial intelligence and algorithms on work and employment relationships. Rahman earned his Ph.D. in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.

Nov 18 - Ruthanne Huising

Ruthanne Huising is a Professor and Director of the Work, Technology, and Organization Research Center at emlyon business school. Her research focuses on organizational compliance, governance processes, and the role of expertise in regulatory and technological change. Huising earned her Ph.D. from MIT’s Sloan School of Management.

Dec 2 - Olenka Kacperczk

Aleksandra (Olenka) Kacperczyk is a Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School. Her research focuses on entrepreneurship, innovation, social responsibility and mobility and labour markets. Kacperczyk earned her Ph.D. from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Feb 3 - Frederick Wherry 

Frederick Wherry is the Townsend Martin, Class of 1917 Professor of Sociology and Vice Dean for Diversity and Inclusion at Princeton University. His research focuses on economic justice, including issues of debt and financial citizenship. Wherry earned his Ph.D. in Sociology from Princeton University.

Mar 10 - David Pedulla 

David Pedulla is a Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. His research focuses on race and gender labor market stratification, and the impacts of nonstandard employment. Pedulla earned his Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Policy from Princeton University.

Apr 7 - Callen Anthony

Callen Anthony is an Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations at NYU Stern School of Business. Her research explores the intersection of strategy and organization theory, focusing on cognition and innovation. Anthony earned her Ph.D. in Organization Studies from Boston College’s Carroll School of Management.

May 5 - Damon Phillips

Damon J. Phillips is a Professor of Management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on social structural approaches to labor and product markets, entrepreneurship, innovation, organizational change, strategy and structure, as well as social network theory and analysis. Phillips earned his Ph.D. from Stanford University.

May 19 - Summer Jackson

Summer Jackson is an Assistant Professor of Management in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School. She studies issues of identity, inequality, and diversity at work. Jackson earned her Ph.D. in Management from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Past Speakers

2024 - 2025

  • New speakers coming soon

2023 - 2024

  • Ya-Wen Lei, Harvard University

  • David Stark, Columbia University

  • Batia Wiesenfeld, New York University

  • Brayden King, Northwestern University

  • Julie Battilana, Harvard University

2022 - 2023

  • Marion Fourcade, University of California, Berkeley

  • Katherine Klein, University of Pennsylvania

  • Scott Sonenshein, Rice University

  • Beth A. Bechky, University of California, Davis

  • Pamela Tolbert, Cornell University

  • Susan Ashford, University of Michigan

  • Adia Harvey Wingfield, Washington University

  • Karim Lakhani, Harvard University