Will you be reviewing applications in 2024 (to start in Fall 2025)?
Yes, I will be reviewing applications and am interested in being a primary advisor. However, note that our admissions are voted on by the entire department, not just decided by individual faculty. As a department, we are interested in admitting students who could work with at least a couple of members of our faculty. In your statement/application, please mention the names of the faculty you are interested in working with (this will help make sure those faculty review your application).
How do I apply to Yale SOM?
For details about the program and where to apply, see the website for applications: https://som.yale.edu/programs/phd
I’m interested in working with you. Can we chat?
We have a policy of not talking to individual applicants to avoid giving an unfair advantage to anyone. However, if your application advances in our process, we will have multiple opportunities to chat.
What are you looking for in a student?
More than anything, I am looking to recruit a student who is deeply interested in similar research topics as I am. It is in both of our best interest to try to match along this dimension. We will do better research and enjoy it more if we are both working on topics we are truly excited about.
What are you interested in?
I am most excited by questions related to (1) how people think about what’s fair when allocating scarce opportunities, (2) how people’s social judgments of others create inequality, and (3) how people think we ought to reduce inequality. (See here for three recent abstracts describing projects related to each of these broad research topics.)
Any advice on preparing a competitive application?
In your statement, I would love to learn what sorts of topics and questions you find interesting and would be excited to pursue together. I recommend giving examples of a couple of research questions, rather than just describing your interests generally. The questions are meant to illustrate what you find interesting; they are not a commitment to studying those questions.
Also, here is some guidance on applying for a PhD, business school PhD applications, and writing compelling research statements.