Academic Freedom
They have the freedom to bring their cutting-edge knowledge of business fundamentals into the classroom in the ways that they believe will bring the most transformative, enduring value for their students.
Academic FreedomThe Chicago Booth faculty are a diverse group of more than 200 preeminent scholars of business, committed to the success of every student, in every Booth program, at all three of our global campuses.
At Booth, we are proud of our award-winning faculty—including our ten Nobel Prize–winning professors—who have helped shape the world as it is today. That transformative knowledge, expertise, and commitment to creating enduring impact extends throughout the more than 200 tenured, tenure-track, clinical, and adjunct professors who teach our MBA and PhD students and our Executive Education participants.
Faculty members at Booth are known for their award-winning research. World leaders, media outlets, and top global companies regularly turn to them for their expertise and insights. At the same time, our faculty are committed to teaching and mentoring students in every program at all of our campuses. Here’s how our faculty are different:
They have the freedom to bring their cutting-edge knowledge of business fundamentals into the classroom in the ways that they believe will bring the most transformative, enduring value for their students.
Academic FreedomThey teach how they feel will work best, always adapting and innovating their curriculum to be more relevant, timely, and most effective at helping students—regardless of their program or career goals—achieve success.
Innovative CurriculumTheir research not only creates enduring impact in the world—it creates enduring impact in the Booth classroom. Booth students receive an inside look into the latest and most relevant research and academic literature.
Research with ImpactAt Booth, we celebrate the success of our faculty, who regularly receive the most prestigious awards in their fields—from accounting and economics to finance and the social sciences. Here are some of the most recent awards our faculty have received.
From events and retrospective features to an oral history project for our alumni, see how our community is celebrating 125 years of creating community and impact.
Chicago Booth’s 125th Year AnniversaryDiscover some of the most recent preeminent scholars to join our faculty.
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Nabarun DebNeubauer Family Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science
Joshua Conrad JacksonAssistant Professor of Marketing and Asness Faculty Fellow
Andreas KraftAssistant Professor of Accounting
Bradford LevyAssistant Professor of Accounting
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At Booth, students and faculty develop lasting connections, and those connections often last well into a student's career journey. Explore stories from our collaborative community.
Inspired by a Booth professor, Peter Williams, ’10 (AXP-9), discovered that remaining open to possibilities is a dependable way to ensure new ideas find you.
A Predictable Route to SerendipityIn Interpersonal Dynamics with professor Lisa Stefanac, ’09, students learn to build relationships through open, vulnerable communication.
The Data of FeelingsThe faculty at Booth possess an unwavering commitment to the success of every student, in every program, at each of our three global campuses.
Find a Faculty MemberDiscover the 11 academic areas under which our pathbreaking faculty conduct research and teach.
Explore Our Academic AreasSince the creation of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, ten of our faculty members have won the award. Learn more about each of our Nobel laureates.
In subject areas from entrepreneurship to artificial intelligence, our research centers are creating lasting and profound impact in business, culture, and society.
Research Centers and InnovationProfessor Anita Rao shares what she loves most about teaching marketing, what she hopes students take away from the course, and what inspires her lessons.
I'm Anita Rao, I teach the introductory marketing course, at Booth here. It's called Marketing Strategy. All teachers over the course of my educational life, including, I think my parents and my elder brother, who have instilled in me this need to be curious, to always ask why, and to be critical in my thinking. And I try and do this.
I try and encourage my students to also behave that way, to always ask why, when they see something not to take it for granted, and also to be critical in their thinking. But what I like to emphasize, and this is very inspirational to me, is that the same framework that we teach about marketing, that is fundamentally everything starts from the consumer. That same framework applies to a product that sold in say, the 1970s, as well as something that is sold today in the market. And I think once students get that, it's like an aha moment for them, and that's very exciting to me.
I was reached by one of my students recently who had taken the class. What the student said was particularly insightful. And I think the idea was I completely did not know this was what marketing was about. I thought I just thought this would be a class about understanding why selling is important. But then this was very insightful in understanding that it not just applies to a product or a service, it even applies to a day-to-day, my own job and how others are evaluating me.
And the idea is what is it that the person you're talking to, and it could be a consumer, it could be an interviewer, what is it that they might be looking for? And is there an unmet need in that person's mind that you can fill?
Students asking questions, being engaged in the discussion. That is super interesting, not just for me, but I think keeps the class lively. And the more lively it is, the more discussions and new ideas are made.
Faculty come to Booth with a diverse array of personal stories, professional perspectives, and scholarly interests. Our faculty hail from locations as diverse as Bulgaria, Iran, Moldova, and Shanghai, and their research focuses on everything from the volatility of financial markets and challenges of remote work to the dynamics of discrimination and importance of networking. These diverse points of view promote a dynamic classroom environment where ideas compete and people collaborate.
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Learn About Our Research WorkshopsDiscover the academic journals that Booth has the primary responsibility for editing, and the journals that were founded here.
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