Meet the Professors Who Will Inspire Your Business School Journey

In an era where artificial intelligence is reshaping how we work and make decisions, faculty at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management are uncovering the patterns that matter.

These scholars—behavioral economists, sociologists, accounting experts—are digging into the messy, fascinating reality of human decision-making.

They're exploring everything from how we respond to advertisements to why financial data sometimes leads us astray, from the unexpected paths of career mobility to the everyday choices we make about money and food.

They're examining workplace misconduct, consumer behavior and the ripple effects of organizational change.

What unites them isn't just academic curiosity; it's a genuine desire to understand the forces shaping our work lives and, ultimately, to make things better.

At the UC Davis, you'll learn from professors who don't just teach business—they live it. Our "We Are GSM" faculty video series spotlights the inspiring, world-class teachers who will challenge, mentor and guide you on your graduate business school journey. Learn more about their research, passions and impact—inside and outside the classroom.

Video Transcript

Beth Bechky 
Professor | Stephen Newberry Chair in Leadership

What I look at and what I care about is artificial intelligence and how it affects the workplace.

Victor Stango
Professor

I'm what they call a behavioral economist, I steal good ideas from psychology and incorporate them into models of how individuals like you and me make decisions.

Greta Hsu
Professor | Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs | Robert W. Glock and Miriam R. Glock Endowed Chair in Management

I am an organizational sociologist. We take a general theoretical lens and apply it to a wide range of contexts, because we're trying to develop generalized understandings and mechanisms of how organizations make decisions, how they perform.

Paul Wong
Assistant Professor of Accounting

My area of research within accounting is financial reporting, and how users of financial information extract data, and then how that information informs their choices.

Gina Dokko 
Professor

I study job mobility and people's careers—when people make career choices, what does that mean for them further on in their careers? What does that mean for the companies that they're joining or in some cases, leaving?

Prasad Naik
Professor

My research is about attribution and allocation in dynamic markets.

Ashwin Aravindakshan
Associate Professor | MSBA Academic Director

My research mainly involves the study of advertising models and how consumers respond to advertising models.

Don Palmer
Professor Emeritus

I study misconduct in and by organizations. We tend to imagine people who are malevolent in some way. The research that I've conducted suggests that we're all at risk of crossing the line between right and wrong.

Mike Palazzolo
Associate Professor of Marketing

I study two streams of research. One is consumer financial decision making, and one is consumer nutrition. So I would personally like my research to not only contribute knowledge to the world, maybe make some people's lives better as a result.