Ph.D. Students

Justin is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Data Sciences and Operations department at USC Marshall School of Business. His research interests include stochastic modeling, service management, and queueing theory. Before arriving at Marshall, Justin completed his B.S. and M.S. in mathematics at Cal State University, San Marcos.

Merrick Osborne is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Management and Organization at the Marshall School of Business. He received his B.A. in psychology, and earned minors in Business Administration and Spanish for the Professions from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before he came to USC, he served as a research assistant at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Currently, Merrick is studying the impact of empowering lower power employees in power hierarchies. Additionally, he is interested in using computational methods to analyze text-based data.