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Department Chairs

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    USC Marshall Department Chairs

    The USC Marshall Department Chairs lead the development of the department and the faculty. They represent the department to the School, USC, and broader academic and research communities. They support faculty recruitment, tenure and promotions, courses and scheduling, and committee and mentoring assignments, amongst other responsibilities.

Department Chairs

  • Christopher S. Jones

    Christopher S. Jones
    • Department Chair, Finance and Business Economics
    • Professor of Finance and Business Economics

    Christopher Jones conducts research on empirical asset pricing and financial econometrics. He is an expert on option pricing and volatility modeling and also conducts research on the term structure, mutual fund performance, and stock return predictability. He has published in the Journal of Finance, the Review of Financial Studies, and the Journal of Financial Economics. He currently serves as an associate editor of the Journal of Finance. Before coming to USC, Professor Jones was on the faculty at the University of Rochester.

  • Kyle J. Mayer

    Kyle J. Mayer
    • Department Chair
    • Professor of Management and Organization

    Kyle Mayer studies how firms govern relationships with other firms, with particular attention to the contract and its role in establishing a framework for the relationship. His research has been published in Organizational Science, Academy of Management Journal, Management Science, and Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization. He served on the editorial board of Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Academy of Management Review, and Strategic Management Journal. He received a Golden Apple Award in 2003, Marshall's Educator of the Year Award in 2006, and a Mellon Mentoring Award from USC in 2006.

  • Jinchi Lv

    Jinchi Lv
    • Department Chair, Data Sciences and Operations
    • Kenneth King Stonier Chair in Business Administration
    • Professor of Data Sciences and Operations

    Jinchi Lv is Kenneth King Stonier Chair in Business Administration and Professor in Data Sciences and Operations Department at USC Marshall, and Professor of Mathematics at USC. He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Princeton University in 2007. He is the recipient of the Royal Statistical Society Guy Medal in Bronze and was McAlister Associate Professor in Business Administration at USC. His research interests include statistics, machine learning, data science, business applications, and artificial intelligence and blockchain. His papers have been published in journals in statistics, economics, business, computer science, information theory, neuroscience, and biology.

  • Elissa Grossman

    Elissa Grossman
    • Director of Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
    • Orfalea Director's Chair in Entrepreneurship
    • Professor of Clinical Entrepreneurship

    Elissa's research concerns social networks in new venturing – encompassing network development for startup resource acquisition and crowdfunding. Her work has been published in journals including Journal of Management and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. Before joining USC, Elissa was on the faculties of Loyola Marymount University and Baruch College.

  • Sivaramakrishnan Siddarth

    Sivaramakrishnan Siddarth
    • Department Chair, Marketing
    • Professor of Marketing

    Sivaramakrishnan Siddarth is an expert in the development and use of response models to understand consumer and market behavior. His research has been published in the Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Marketing, Management Science, and Marketing Science among others. Professor Siddarth currently serves on the editorial board of Marketing Letters. He is a recipient of the O’Dell outstanding paper award from the Journal of Marketing Research, the USC Mellon Award for excellence in mentoring graduate students, the Evan C. Thompson Faculty Teaching and Learning Innovation Award, and several Golden Apple teaching awards.

  • Kirk D. Snyder

    Kirk D. Snyder
    • Department Chair, Business Communication
    • Professor of Clinical Business Communication

    Kirk Snyder is nationally recognized as an expert on the contemporary workplace. His most recent book, Finding Work You Love: 3 Steps to Getting the Perfect Job After College (Penguin Random House, 2020), is written specifically for college students navigating a brand new world of work. He is also the author of two critically acclaimed books, The G Quotient and Lavender Road to Success. His work has been featured in publications that include the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, TIME Magazine, Fortune, strategy + business, and Wall Street Journal . He is the recipient of two USC Marshall Golden Apple Awards as well as a USC Mellon Mentoring Award.