The scholars

Jeffrey Pfeffer

Organizational Behavior

Stanford

Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at Stanford's Graduate School of Business and one of the world's foremost authorities on power in organizations.

Jennifer Chatman

Management

Berkeley

Paul J. Cortese Distinguished Professor of Management at Berkeley Haas, researching organizational culture, leadership, and group dynamics.

Sameer Srivastava

Management

Berkeley

Professor at Berkeley Haas studying how organizational culture shapes — and is shaped by — the people inside it, using computational social science.

Mike Lewis

Marketing

Emory

Professor of Marketing at Emory University's Goizueta Business School, studying sports analytics, fandom, branding, and the economics of loyalty.

Dan Hooper

Astrophysics

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Theoretical astrophysicist and cosmologist whose research explores dark matter, the early universe, and the fundamental nature of the cosmos.

Shalma Wegsman

Physics

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Physicist and co-host of Why This Universe?, helping translate the frontier of physics into ideas anyone can follow.

Greg LaBlanc

Strategy & Finance

Berkeley / Stanford

Lecturer and host whose work spans finance, strategy, and the philosophy of knowledge, connecting ideas across traditionally siloed disciplines.

Bridget Stomberg

Accounting

Indiana

Professor of Accounting at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, focused on corporate taxation and financial reporting.

Lisa De Simone

Accounting

UT Austin

Associate Professor of Accounting at the University of Texas at Austin, researching corporate tax strategy and its effects on firms and markets.

A. P. Giannini Professor of Finance at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, studying asset pricing, mutual-fund performance, and how markets value skill.

Nippon Life Professor of Finance at The Wharton School, researching asset pricing, investment management, and the links between financial markets and the macroeconomy.