ADINA D. STERLING Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, Campus Box 1133, St. Louis, MO 63130 Email: sterling@wustl.edu, Web: www.adinadsterling.com, Phone: (314) 935-4198, Fax: (314) 935-6359 ACADEMIC POSITION Washington University, Olin Business School Assistant Professor of Strategy St. Louis, MO 2011-Present EDUCATION Emory University, Goizueta Business School Atlanta, GA Ph.D. in Organization and Management August, 2011 Dissertation: Who You Know: Pre-Entry Contacts and Post-Entry Social Structure Doctoral Committee: Peter Roberts (Chair), Jill Perry-Smith, Chris Rider, Kathleen O Connor The Ohio State University Columbus, OH B.S. in Chemical Engineering, magna cum laude March, 2002 RESEARCH INTERESTS Economic sociology, social networks, labor markets, entrepreneurship, stratification and inequality PUBLICATIONS [1] Pre-Entry Contacts and the Generation of Nascent Networks in Organizations. Organization Science, accepted. Latest version: http://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/orsc.2014.0921 [2] Friendships and Search Behavior in Labor Markets. Management Science, volume 60 (9): 2341-2354, 2014. [3] The Employment Relationship and Inequality: How and Why Changes in Employment Practices are Reshaping Rewards in Organizations (with M. Bidwell, F. Briscoe, and I. Fernandez-Mateo). Annals of the Academy of Management, volume 7, 61-121, 2013. [4] Network progeny? Pre-founding social ties and the success of new entrants (with P. Roberts). Management Science: 58(7): 1292-1304, 2012. WORKING PAPERS [5] Shared Education Affiliations and Workplace Relationships (with C. Rider). Under Review, Management Science [6] Career mobility and racial diversity in law firms (with C. Rider and D. Tan). Provisionally accepted, edited volume of the American Bar Foundation s Research Group on Legal Diversity.
[7] Gender, Trial Employment, and Initial Salaries (with R. Fernandez). Under Review, American Journal of Sociology [8] Gender, Productivity, and Collaborative Networks in Science (with J. Perry-Smith). Analyzing data. Latest version: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2269352 [9] Hiring the Right Employees: Trial Employment, Social Networks, and Post-Entry Outcomes. PROJECTS The Meaning of Overqualified: Observing Short Term Inefficiencies in the Labor Market (with R. Galperin and O. Hahl). Collecting data. The Development of Social Networks among Medical School Students and Their Labor Market Outcomes with D. Hudson). Longitudinal data collection underway (2 nd round of a three year study). INVITED TALKS 2010 Washington University, Olin Business School 2011 University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School 2013 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School; University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign 2014 Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business SELECTED PRESENTATIONS 2014: Academy of Management Conference (Philadelphia, PA); European Group for Organizational Studies Conference (Rotterdam, Netherlands); Midwest Strategy Conference (University of Wisconsin); Strategy Research Forum (Santa Fe, New Mexico); BYU-Strategy Conference (Salt Lake City, Utah), People and Organizations Conference (Wharton Business School), Junior Faculty Organizational Theory Conference (Berkeley, CA) 2013: Academy of Management Conference (Orlando, Florida); Ghoshal Conference (London Business School); DRUID Conference (Barcelona, Spain); American Bar Foundation Conference of the Research Group on Legal Diversity (Chicago, IL); Work, Family, and Public Policy Series (Washington University in St. Louis); Strategy Conference at Duke University, Fuqua Business School (Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina); Labor and Employment Relations Association Annual Meeting (St. Louis, MO)
2012: Academy of Management Conference (Boston, MA); People and Organizations Conference (Wharton Business School); Intra-Organizational Networks Conference (Lexington, Kentucky); European Group for Organizational Studies (Helsinki, Finland) 2011: Strategic Research Initiative ASQ Workshop (Baltimore, Maryland), Wharton s People and Organizations Conference (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Strategic Management Society Annual Meeting (Miami, Florida); Academy of Management Meeting (San Antonio, Texas) 2010: Consortium for Competitiveness and Competition (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor); Academy of Management Meeting (Montreal, Canada); European Groups and Organizations Conference (Lisbon, Portugal); Darden Entrepreneurship Conference (Charlottesville, VA); INFORMS Dissertation Competition (Austin, Texas) TEACHING AND RELATED EXPERIENCE Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis Instructor, The Individual in the Managerial Environment (BSBA core course) Fall 2011-2013 Median /Average Rating (out of 10): 10/9.3 Emory University, Goizueta Business School Teaching Assistant, Leading & Managing Change (MBA/BSBA course) Spring, 2010 Teaching Assistant, Leading Organizations and Strategy (MBA core course) Fall, 2009 AWARDS, GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2014 CRES Research Grant 2010 INFORMS Dissertation Finalist 2009 Goizueta Foundation Fellowship 2009 Laney Graduate School of Arts and Science Dissertation Grant ACADEMIC SERVICE Ad Hoc Reviewer: Management Science, Organization Science, Academy of Management Review, American Sociological Review Symposium Organizer, AOM Meetings (2014, 2013, 2012, 2010) Organizer of the Olin Business School Strategy Seminar Series (2012-2014) UNIVERSITY SERVICE Sociology Department Selection Committee, Washington University (2014) Ervin B. Scholars Direction Selection Committee, Washington University (2013) ABS Undergraduate Mentor, Washington University (2012-2014) Delta Sigma Pi Faculty Brother (2013-2014)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Academy of Management American Sociological Association PhD Project Minority Doctoral Student Association 2006-Present 2008-Present 2006-Present MEDIA COVERAGE OF RESEARCH Forbes, American Lawyer INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE Procter and Gamble Senior Engineer, Research and Development Global Baby Care and Beauty Care 2002-2006 OTHER Born December 13, 1978 Married to Elvin Sterling, two children (ages 9 and 4) Hobbies: Biking, Photography
REFERENCES Peter Roberts (Advisor) Associate Professor Goizueta Business School, Emory University (404) 727-8585 Peter_Roberts@bus.emory.edu Jill Perry-Smith Associate Professor Goizueta Business School, Emory University (404) 727-4820 Jill_Perry-Smith@bus.emory.edu Chris Rider Assistant Professor Goizueta Business School, Emory University (404) 727-4198 Chris_Rider@bus.emory.edu