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DEAN’S REPORT
STARR’S RESEARCH
BOLSTERS FTC
NONCOMPETE BAN
In April, the Federal
Trade Commission
banned noncompete
agreements that keep
workers from taking
jobs at rivals or starting
a competitor. Professor
Evan Starr was cited in
the ban over 110 times for
his extensive research on
the subject.
RUST NAMED AMONG
MOST IMPACTFUL
RESEARCHERS
Roland Rust,
Distinguished
University Professor
and the David
Bruce Smith Chair in
Marketing, was named
one of the top 86 most
impactful researchers in
business and economics
worldwide by Clarivate in
2023. Rust is also ranked
88th in the world in the
business and management
category and No. 52 in the
U.S. across all business 昀椀elds
in the Best Scientists ranking
by Research.com, 2023.
RATNER ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF
ASSOCIATION FOR
CONSUMER RESEARCH
Rebecca Ratner, the Dean’s
Professor of Marketing,
was elected the
next president of
the Association for
Consumer Research.
KANNAN WINS
DISTINGUISHED AWARD
P.K. Kannan, the Dean’s
Chair in Marketing Science,
won the 2024 European
Marketing Academy
Distinguished
Marketing Scholar
Award for his
extensive, impactful
research contributions.
FACULTY BY THE NUMBERS
21
9,175
Smith professors among
Smith faculty appearances
most-cited worldwide
in news outlets
(Elsevier, 2024)
(March ’23–March ’24)
10
#
89
Best business and
Smith faculty featured, quoted
management university, U.S.
or mentioned in news outlets
(Research.com, 2024)
(March ’23–March ’24)
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Smith Welcomes 23
New Faculty Members
This past year, Smith hired 23 full-time faculty, adding top
researchers and teachers in every academic department.
ACCOUNTING & INFORMATION ASSURANCE
Naman Desai, PhD, Florida State University
Jingyi Qian, PhD, Emory University
Mark Zakota, PhD, University of Florida
DECISION, OPERATIONS &
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
Eaman Jahani, PhD, MIT
Balaji Padmanabhan, PhD, New York University
John Silberholz, UMD ’10, PhD, MIT
FINANCE
Tania Babina, PhD, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
Michael Cichello, PhD, Michigan State University
Agustin Hurtado, PhD, University of Chicago
Terrence O’Brien, PhD, Penn State
Jordan Richmond, PhD, Princeton
LOGISTICS, BUSINESS & PUBLIC POLICY
Kevin McGarry, J.D., St. Thomas University
Sining Song, PhD, Arizona State University
MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATION
Manmohan Aseri, PhD, University of Texas at Dallas
Reuben Hurst, PhD, University of Michigan
Margaret Malewski, MBA, INSEAD
Minoo Modaresnezhad, PhD, University of North
Carolina Greensboro
Aneesh Rai, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Stanwyck, PhD, University of Maryland,
Baltimore County
MARKETING
Cathy Chen, PhD, UCLA
Xinying Hao, PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Daniel McCarthy, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Joseph Reiff, PhD, UCLA
summer 2024
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