Key Contacts

Please feel free to reach out to any of the following people with questions about our PhD program, the different sub-groups within the Management Department, the student experience, or anything else. We’re happy to hear from you!

Faculty Representatives


Doctoral Coordinator: Exequiel (Zeke) Hernandez  https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/exequiel

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Interim Doctoral Coordinator: Henning Piezunka
https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/piezunka

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Department Chair: Rahul Kapoor
https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/kapoorr

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Entrepreneurship Area Coordinator: David Hsu
https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/dhsu

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Human & Social Capital Area Coordinator: John Paul MacDuffie
https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/macduffi

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Multinational Management Area Coordinator: Witold (Vit) Henisz
https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/henisz

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Organizational Behavior Area Coordinator: Samir Nurmohamed
https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/nurmo

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Strategy Area Coordinator: Daniel Levinthal
https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/dlev

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Click link for more information on our other faculty: https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty/

PhD Student Representatives

Emily Ulrich:  https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/emulrich

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Marissa Shandell:  https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/msol

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Read more about the community of students that you’ll be joining: https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/programs/phd/current-students/

Additional Program Information

For Current Students

Doctoral Programs Resources

Management PhD Guidelines and Requirements