PhD, University of Arizona
MA, University of Arizona
BA, UC Santa Barbara
Research Interest
Organization Theory
Work and Occupations
Sociology of Culture
Hiring and Careers
Creative Industries
Sharon Koppman joined The Paul Merage School of Business in 2015. She is an Associate Professor of Organization & Management. Her research examines sociological factors underlying hiring, careers, and collaboration in creative fields like advertising, music, tech, and science. She examines how people enter these jobs, the factors that shape their careers, and how they collaborate with members of other occupations. Her research has been funded by grants from the National Science Foundation and received awards from the Academy of Management and other conferences. Recent publications appear in the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, the American Journal of Sociology, and Organization Science, among others.
She is currently a senior editor at Organization Science. She also serves on the editorial board of Administrative Science Quarterly and previously served on the editorial board of the American Sociological Review.
2020 Junior Faculty Research Award, The Paul Merage School of Business
2019 National Science Foundation Education and Human Resources Core Research Grant, Division of Graduate Education
2018 Best Environmental & Social Practices Paper Award Finalist, AOM Division of Organization and Management Theory
2018 Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management
2017 Best Published Paper Award, AOM Division of Organizational Communication & Information Systems
2017 Best Paper Award, Davis Conference on Qualitative Research
2016 Junior Faculty Research Award, Paul Merage School of Business
2013 Carolyn Dexter Best International Paper Award Finalist, Academy of Management
2013 Best International Paper Award, AOM Division of Organizational Communication & Information Systems
2011 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Grant, Division of Social & Economic Sciences
Professor Koppman is interested in Ph.D. applicants who want to take asociologicalapproach to the study of work, organizations, and/or occupations. She is open to students interested in participant observation, interview studies, and survey research. She has supervised Ph.D. projects on topics like screenwriters' creative process and Big Tech software engineers’ hiring practices. For information on her current projects, please see herwebsite. She welcomes all applicants, including those with non-traditional backgrounds and from underrepresented groups.
