PhD: Programs: Kelley School of Business: Indiana University

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Accounting

Business Economics and Public Policy

Finance

Marketing

Management & Entrepreneurship

Operations & Decision Technologies

2:1AVERAGE FACULTY-STUDENT RATIO

95%GRADUATES PLACED IN ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS

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Our faculty are highly respected experts who provide personal attention to PhD students as they build their academic careers.Rebecca Slotegraaf, Chair, Doctoral Programs, Conrad Prebys Professor of Marketing

Notable PhD Alumni

Hubert Pun, PhD'10

Assistant Professor, Ivey Business School

Pun earned his PhD in Operations Management/Decision Sciences.

Elitsa Banalieva, PhD'07

Associate Professor, Northeastern University

Banalieva earned her PhD in Business Economics and Public Policy.

Brett Gilbert, PhD'04

Associate Professor, Rutgers Business School

Gilbert earned her PhD in Entrepreneurship.

Yifei Mao, PhD'15

Assistant Professor, Cornell University

Mao earned her PhD in Finance.

Daniel Bachrach, PhD'02

Professor, University of Alabama

Bachrach earned his PhD in Organizational Behavior and HR Management.

Lionel Robert, PhD'06

Assistant Professor, University of Michigan

Robert earned his PhD in Information Systems.

Mary Billings, PhD'07

Associate Professor, NYU

Billings earned her PhD in Accounting.

Mitchell Olsen, PhD'16

Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame

Olsen earned his PhD in Marketing.