Ph.D. - Doctoral Faculty
Doctoral Faculty
Darden's top-ranked faculty introduce Ph.D. candidates to a world of research and publishing opportunities that aim to push candidates' purpose toward professional reward.
Currently our program supports specialization in Ethics, Entrepreneurship and Leadership in Organizations.
Please note: The Ph.D. program is not accepting new applications. Check here for updated information on when the program will accept new applications.
Business Ethics
R. Edward Freeman
(Ph.D., Washington University) University Professor; Elis and Signe Olsson Professor of Business Administration; Senior Fellow, Darden Olsson Center for Applied Ethics; Academic Director, Darden Institute for Business in Society
Jared D. Harris
(Ph.D., University of Minnesota) Samuel L. Slover Research Chair and Associate Professor of Business Administration
Andrew C. Wicks
(Ph.D., University of Virginia) Ruffin Professor of Business Administration; Director, Darden Olsson Center for Applied Ethics; Director, Darden Doctoral Program
Bidhan "Bobby" L. Parmar
(Ph.D., University of Virginia) Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Entrepreneurship
Ming-Jer Chen
(Ph.D., University of Maryland) Leslie E. Grayson Professor of Business Administration
Gregory B. Fairchild
(Ph.D., Columbia University) Isidore Horween Research Associate Professor of Business Administration; Associate Dean, Washington, D.C., Area Initiatives; Academic Director, Public Policy and Entrepreneurship
Michael Lenox
(Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Tayloe Murphy Professor of Business Administration; Senior Associate Dean; Darden School Chief Strategy Officer
Jeanne M. Liedtka
(DBA, Boston University) United Technologies Corporation Professor of Business Administration; Senior Associate Dean for Degree Programs
Saras D. Sarasvathy
(Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University) Paul M. Hammaker Professor of Business Administration; Jamuna Raghavan Chair; Professor in Entrepreneurship, Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore
Sankaran "Venkat" Venkataraman
(Ph.D., University of Minnesota) MasterCard Professor of Business Administration; Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research
L.J. Bourgeois III
(Ph.D., University of Washington) Professor of Business Administration; Senior Fellow, Darden Center for Global Initiatives
Leadership in Organizations
Peter Belmi
(Ph.D., Stanford University) Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Martin N. Davidson
(Ph.D., Stanford University) Johnson and Higgins Professor of Business Administration; Senior Associate Dean; Darden School Chief Diversity Officer
Jim Detert
(Ph.D., Harvard University) Professor of Business Administration; Associate Dean for Executive Degree Programs and Leadership Initiatives
Morela Hernandez
(Ph.D., Duke University) Associate Professor of Business Administration
Alexander B. Horniman
(DBA, Harvard University) Killgallon Ohio Art Professor of Business Administration; Senior Fellow, Darden Olsson Center for Applied Ethics
Lynn A. Isabella
(DBA, Boston University) Associate Professor of Business Administration
