You begin collaborating with faculty early in the program, building close working relationships that will continue throughout your professional career. Your faculty mentors help you navigate the research process and find your way through the dissertation.

We interviewed three faculty and students doing research together to understand what mentorship is like at Wharton.

Sigal Barsade and Lakshmi Ramarajan
	Sigal Barsade is an associate professor of management, and Lakshmi Ramarajan is a 6th-year doctoral student whose research focus is organizational behavior.

Gerard Cachon and Marcelo Olivares
	Gerard Cachon is the Fred Sullivan Professor and professor of Operations and Information Management. Marcelo Olivares, a 2007 graduate of the Wharton doctoral programs, is a new faculty member at Columbia University.

Robert Inman and Erica Johnson
	Robert Inman is the Richard King Mellon Professor of Finance, vice dean and director of Wharton's Doctoral Programs, and a senior fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics. Erica Johnson is a 4th-year doctoral student in the Applied Economics program.