As they prepare for the job market, our PhD students have access to an extensive array of career resources.

Since 2007, our Pichler Initiative on Professional Development has supported student success through workshops, individual coaching, writing seminars and consultations, student and faculty panels, and more. With more than 30 events a year, the Pichler Initiative empowers our students to take charge of their professional development and succeed at the highest levels.

Discover below where some of our most recent graduates are making an impact.

Featured Stevens Doctoral Program Alumni

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Yuexi Wang, MBA '23, PhD '23

Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Her dissertation area is in econometrics and statistics.

Yuexi Wang, MBA '23, PhD '23

2024 Graduate Placement

Our most recent graduates have found jobs in academia, government, and industry across the globe.

Accounting

  • Roope Keloharju, Assistant Professor of Accounting, School of Business, Aalto University
  • Maria Khrakovsky, Assistant Professor, Department of Accounting, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University
  • Fabian Nagel, Donald P. Jacobs Scholar and Assistant Professor of Accounting Information and Management, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
  • Hristiana Vidinova, Assistant Professor of Accounting, McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin

Behavioral Science

  • Dan Medvedev, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dispute Resolution Research Center, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University (2024-2026)

Econometrics and Statistics

  • Shuo-Chieh Huang, Post-Doctoral Associate in Statistics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
  • Jizhou Liu, Postdoctoral Scientist, Amazon
  • Boxiang (Shawn) Lyu, Quantitative Researcher, Point72 Asset Management
  • Dake Zhang, Assistant Professor of Finance, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiaotong University

Economics

  • Olivia Bordeu, Postdoctoral Scholar, International Economics Section (IES), Princeton University; 2025: Assistant Professor, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
  • William Cockriel, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Florida State University
  • Benedict Guttman-Kenney, Assistant Professor of Finance, Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University
  • Arshia Hashemi, Associate, Cornerstone Research
  • Pauline Mourot, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Boston University
  • Lillian Rusk, Associate, Cornerstone Research
  • Christoph Schlom, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of California, Davis
  • Karthik Srinivasan, Assistant Professor of Economics, School of Information, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Finance

  • Young Soo Jang, Assistant Professor of Finance, Smeal College of Business, The Pennsylvania State University

Joint PhD Program in Financial Economics

  • Zhiyu Fu, Assistant Professor of Finance, Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis

  • Sangmin (Simon) Oh, Assistant Professor of Business, Finance Division, Columbia University

  • Michael Varley, Assistant Professor of Finance, Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky

  • Jingtao Zheng, Quantitative Researcher, Citadel Securities

Marketing

  • Minkwang Jang, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Singapore Management University (tenure track)
  • Daniel Katz, Visiting Assistant Professor of Marketing, Northeastern University
  • Yuxiao Li, Associate, Cornerstone Research
  • Walter Zhang, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania

Management Science/Operations Management

  • Amir Alwan, Assistant Professor of Supply Chain, Operations and Technology, Lubar School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Gulin Tuzcuoglu, Data Scientist (Research), Google Health

Initial Graduate Employment from 2005 to 2023

Below is a list of the positions our graduating PhD students have accepted in recent years.