Faculty & Research Research Speakers Facet Event Type - Research Speakers Curry School of Education Department of Economics Facet UVA Partner - Research Speakers Social Psychology Economics Facet Area of Focus - Research Speakers Dec 02 Miguel Urquiola Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Columbia University TBD Dec 02, 2019 12:00 PM BAVARO HALL, HOLLOWAY HALL (RM. 116) Miguel Urquiola is a Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Columbia University, where he also chairs the Columbia Committee on the Economics of Education. He is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a Fellow at the Bureau for Research in Development Economics (BREAD). Learn more Jan 24 Anuj K. Shah Associate Professor of Behavioral Science, Chicago Booth TBD Jan 24, 2019 12:00 PM GARRETT HALL SEMINAR ROOM Anuj K. Shah studies the psychology that arises from facing resource scarcity. In one line of work, he studies how being short on money and time affects decision-making. In another line of work, he studies how behavioral science can help shape interventions to reduce crime and violence. Learn more Feb 07 Sarah Bermeo Associate Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University Feb 07, 2020 12:00 PM GARRETT HALL SEMINAR ROOM Sarah Bermeo is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Political Science in the Sanford School at Duke University. Her research lies at the intersection of international relations and development, with a particular focus on relations between industrialized and developing countries. Learn more Feb 14 W. David Bradford Professor of Public Administration and Policy, University of Georgia TBD Feb 14, 2020 12:00 PM GARRETT HALL SEMINAR ROOM W. David Bradford, Ph.D. is the Busbee Chair in Public Policy in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia. A significant component of Dr. Bradford’s current research involves the origins of time and risk preferences, and their effects on health care related decisions; he also explores other aspects of behavioral economics, including integrating the adaptation into neoclassical models of consumer choice. Learn more Mar 06 Steven Blader Kenneth G. Langone Professor of Business, NYU Stern Mar 06, 2020 12:00 PM GARRETT HALL SEMINAR ROOM Steven Blader received his B.A. in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania (1994) and his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from New York University (2002). His research identifies the organizational conditions that motivate employee performance by addressing employees’ social and relational concerns in the workplace. His work focuses on understanding how employees assess their social and relational standing in their work organizations, and the influence of those judgments on their behavior at work. Learn more Mar 20 Eli Finkel Professor of Psychology, Northwestern University TBD Mar 20, 2020 12:00 PM GARRETT HALL SEMINAR ROOM Eli Finkel is a professor in the psychology department and in the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He earned has BA (1997) in psychology from Northwestern and his PhD (2001) in social/quantitative psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He joined the Northwestern faculty in 2003. Learn more Mar 27 Rebecca Hetey Associate Director of Criminal Justice Partnerships and Research Scientist, SPARQ Mar 27, 2020 12:00 PM GARRETT HALL SEMINAR ROOM Rebecca Hetey, Ph.D., is Associate Director of Criminal Justice Partnerships and Research Scientist at SPARQ. She is an expert on race and the criminal justice system and focuses on strategies to improve police-community relations. Learn more Apr 10 Parag A. Pathak Professor of Microeconomics, MIT TBD Apr 10, 2019 GARRETT HALL SEMINAR ROOM Parag A. Pathak is the Jane Berkowitz Carlton and Dennis William Carlton Professor of Microeconomics at MIT, founding co-director of the NBER Working Group on Market Design, and founder of MIT’s School Effectiveness and Inequality Initiative (SEII), a laboratory focused on education, human capital, and the income distribution. Jointly sponsored by Curry, Economics, and the Frank Batten School Learn more
Dec 02 Miguel Urquiola Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Columbia University TBD Dec 02, 2019 12:00 PM BAVARO HALL, HOLLOWAY HALL (RM. 116) Miguel Urquiola is a Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Columbia University, where he also chairs the Columbia Committee on the Economics of Education. He is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a Fellow at the Bureau for Research in Development Economics (BREAD). Learn more
Jan 24 Anuj K. Shah Associate Professor of Behavioral Science, Chicago Booth TBD Jan 24, 2019 12:00 PM GARRETT HALL SEMINAR ROOM Anuj K. Shah studies the psychology that arises from facing resource scarcity. In one line of work, he studies how being short on money and time affects decision-making. In another line of work, he studies how behavioral science can help shape interventions to reduce crime and violence. Learn more
Feb 07 Sarah Bermeo Associate Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University Feb 07, 2020 12:00 PM GARRETT HALL SEMINAR ROOM Sarah Bermeo is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Political Science in the Sanford School at Duke University. Her research lies at the intersection of international relations and development, with a particular focus on relations between industrialized and developing countries. Learn more
Feb 14 W. David Bradford Professor of Public Administration and Policy, University of Georgia TBD Feb 14, 2020 12:00 PM GARRETT HALL SEMINAR ROOM W. David Bradford, Ph.D. is the Busbee Chair in Public Policy in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia. A significant component of Dr. Bradford’s current research involves the origins of time and risk preferences, and their effects on health care related decisions; he also explores other aspects of behavioral economics, including integrating the adaptation into neoclassical models of consumer choice. Learn more
Mar 06 Steven Blader Kenneth G. Langone Professor of Business, NYU Stern Mar 06, 2020 12:00 PM GARRETT HALL SEMINAR ROOM Steven Blader received his B.A. in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania (1994) and his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from New York University (2002). His research identifies the organizational conditions that motivate employee performance by addressing employees’ social and relational concerns in the workplace. His work focuses on understanding how employees assess their social and relational standing in their work organizations, and the influence of those judgments on their behavior at work. Learn more
Mar 20 Eli Finkel Professor of Psychology, Northwestern University TBD Mar 20, 2020 12:00 PM GARRETT HALL SEMINAR ROOM Eli Finkel is a professor in the psychology department and in the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He earned has BA (1997) in psychology from Northwestern and his PhD (2001) in social/quantitative psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He joined the Northwestern faculty in 2003. Learn more
Mar 27 Rebecca Hetey Associate Director of Criminal Justice Partnerships and Research Scientist, SPARQ Mar 27, 2020 12:00 PM GARRETT HALL SEMINAR ROOM Rebecca Hetey, Ph.D., is Associate Director of Criminal Justice Partnerships and Research Scientist at SPARQ. She is an expert on race and the criminal justice system and focuses on strategies to improve police-community relations. Learn more
Apr 10 Parag A. Pathak Professor of Microeconomics, MIT TBD Apr 10, 2019 GARRETT HALL SEMINAR ROOM Parag A. Pathak is the Jane Berkowitz Carlton and Dennis William Carlton Professor of Microeconomics at MIT, founding co-director of the NBER Working Group on Market Design, and founder of MIT’s School Effectiveness and Inequality Initiative (SEII), a laboratory focused on education, human capital, and the income distribution. Jointly sponsored by Curry, Economics, and the Frank Batten School Learn more
