The Department of Management and Organizations in the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona will be hosting two virtual Ph.D. program open houses for the 2026-2027 PhD admissions cycle. All interested candidates are encouraged to attend!
- Monday Nov 17th, 12:30-2:00 PM MST
- Tuesday Nov 18th, 3:30-5:00 PM MST
Also, if you currently have undergraduate or masters-level students who are interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in management (micro or macro interests welcome, as are students coming from psychology or sociology undergraduate/graduate programs) and are interested in applying, we encourage you to share this information with them to learn more about the research and interests of our faculty.
Current Management and Organizations research faculty include:
- Zhi Cao (Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations)
- Sarah Doyle (Associate Professor of Management and Organizations, Courtesy Appointment in Psychology)
- Aleksander Ellis (Stephen P. Robbins Chair in Organizational Behavior; Courtesy Appointment in Psychology; Research Director, Center for Leadership Ethics)
- Brian Hilligoss (Associate Professor of Management and Organizations)
- Songcui Hu (Associate Professor of Management and Organizations; Associate Editor at Strategic Management Journal)
- Tamar Kugler (Associate Professor of Management and Organizations; Courtesy Appointments in Psychology, Economics, and Cognitive Science; Guest Editor in Experimental Economics)
- Nathan Podsakoff (Eller Professor of Management and Organizations and Department Head; past Associate Editor at Personnel Psychology)
- Katina Sawyer (Associate Professor in Management and Organizations, Affiliate in The Institute for LGBTQ+ Studies and Gender and Women's Studies; Associate Editor of the Psychology and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion stream at Applied Psychology: An International Review)
- Oliver Schilke (Eller Professor of Management and Organizations; Courtesy Appointment in Sociology; Director, Center for Trust Studies Research; past Guest Editor at Organization Science)
- Jerel Slaughter (Eller Professor of Management and Organizations; Courtesy Appointment in Psychology, past Associate Editor at Journal of Business and Psychology)
- Yufei Zhong (Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations)
If you have general questions about the Ph.D. program or the open house, please contact the Ph.D. program manager: Diane Sotelo (
dianesotelo@arizona.edu).
We kindly ask that all registrations are completed by Wednesday, November 5th.
Thank you!
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Katina Sawyer
The University of Arizona
Tucson AZ
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