PhD Student Awards
Wharton Doctoral Programs
Applied Economics
Christina Zhang
- One of the 2012 recipients of the "Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students"
Andrew Paciorek, Ph.D. 2011
- Received the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association Dissertation Award
"Social Interaction Effects and Individual Portfolio Choice: Evidence from 401(k) Pension Plan Investors" by Timothy Lu
- Award for the Best Doctoral Student Paper in Behavioral Finance, Academy of Behavioral Finance & Economics, 2011
Cindy Soo
- AFA Doctoral Student Travel Grant, American Economic Association, 2011
Finance
Brent Glover
- Charles River Associates Award for the Best Corporate Finance Paper, Western Finance Association Meeting, 2011
- SAC Capital Awards, Western Finance Association Meeting, 2011
Oliver Levine
- SAC Capital Awards, Western Finance Association Meeting, 2011
James Park
- SAC Capital Awards, Western Finance Association Meeting, 2011
Management
Justin Berg
- A recipient of the 2012 Penn Prize for Teaching Excellence by a Graduate Student.
- Finalist, Best Paper, Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2010 (one of the top five papers in JOB in 2010)
- Finalist, Best Paper in Positive Organizational Scholarship, 2010
Thomas Klueter
- Best Conference Paper PhD Prize, Strategic Management Society, 2010
- Nominee, Best Paper for Practical Implications Award, Strategic Management Society, 2010
Andrew Knight (placed at Washington University of St. Louis, 2010. PhD 2009)
- Best Conference Paper Based on a dissertation, OB Division, Academy of Management, 2011
Joon Mahn Lee
- Nominee, Best Conference Paper PhD Prize, Strategic Management Society, Miami Conference 2011
Philipp Meyer
- Nominee, Best Paper for Practical Implications Award, Strategic Management Society, Miami Conference, 2011
Lite Nartey (placed at University of South Carolina, 2011. PhD Expected 2012)
- Nominee, Best Paper for Practical Implications Awad, Strategic Management Society, Miami Conference 2011
- Douglas Nigh Award for Best Paper by a junior scholar, IMD Division, academy of Management, 2011
- Nominee, Robert H. Schaffer Award for the best Paper in Applied Intenational Management, IMD Division, Academy of Management, 2011
- Aspen Institute's Center for Business Education, Dissertation Proposal Award, 2010
- Best Paper, Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS) PhD Sustainability Academy, 2010
- Nominee, Haynes Prize for the Most Promising Scholar, 2010
Ram Ranganathan
- Strategy Research Foundation Grant for Dissertation Proposal "Controlling or Complying? The Opportunities and Challenges of Coordinated Technological Change" Ram will present his paper as a member of a select panel of Dissertation Scholars at the Strategic Management Society's Conference in Prague, October 7-9, 2012.
- Finalist, Best Paper Award, Strategic Management Society, Miami Conference, 2011
- Stephen M. Schrader Best Paper Award, Academy of Management, TIM Division, 2010
Operations and Information Management
José Guajardo
- Finalist, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society, 2010
- Juran Center Fellow, 2010
Jun Li
- 3rd Prize, Overseas Chinese Scholars Association in Management Science and Engineering Best Paper Competition, 2011
- Penn Launder CIBER Grant, 2010-2011
Alison Wood
- Best Conerence Paper with a Student as First Author, International Association for Conflict Management, 2010
- Winkelman Fellowship, 2010-2013
- Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center Ackoff Fellowship, 2009-2011
Joel Wooten
- Mack Center Fellowship, 2011-2012


