Zorina Chen

Zorina Chen
  • Doctoral Student

Contact Information

  • office Address:

    2058 SH-DH
    3620 Locust Walk
    Philadelphia, PA 19104

Overview

Zorina Chen is a PhD candidate at Wharton, studying career mobility with a focus on university-to-industry transitions and high-skilled labor markets. Zorina’s dissertation examines supply-side gatekeeping in the labor market, using quantitative and qualitative methods to explore how pre-professional student clubs on college and university campuses shape graduates’ career trajectories.

Prior to joining Wharton, Zorina received her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University, where she majored in Sociology and Political Science.

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Awards and Honors

  • 2025: Winkelman Fellowship (awarded to one rising 3rd year PhD student annually who has shown the greatest academic job potential across all departments at Wharton)
  • 2025: ABCD Reviewing Award (awarded to the top 4% of all reviewers by the OMT Division of the Academy of Management)

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