Nathan Pettit

– Vice Dean for MBA and Graduate Programs
– Associate Professor of Management and Organizations
– George and Edythe Heyman Faculty Fellow
Nathan Pettit

Joined Stern 2011

Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Kaufman Management Center
44 West Fourth Street, 7-64
New York, NY 10012

E-mail ncp3@stern.nyu.edu

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Biography

Nate Pettit is the Vice Dean for MBA and Graduate Programs and Associate Professor of Management and Organizations. He currently teaches core and elective leadership courses in the full-time MBA program and NYC and DC Executive MBA programs, and proudly serves as the faculty representative for the MBA student podcast, Stern Chats.

Nate's research broadly focuses on hierarchical dynamics and competition. His work has been published in management, psychology, and general science journals, including Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Psychological Science. He also currently serves on the editorial board of Academy of Management Discoveries and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. Nate has won various awards for his research and teaching, included being named to Poets & Quants “40 most outstanding MBA professors under 40,” receiving Stern’s Distinguished Teaching Award, and has twice been voted “Professor of the Year” by MBA students and four times voted “Great Professor” by the graduating EMBA class.

Research Interests

  • Social hierarchy
  • Underdogs and favorites
  • Cross-cultural issues

Courses Taught

  • Behavioral Leadership Skills (DC EMBA)
  • Leadership (Full-time two year and focused one year MBA)
  • Leadership in Organizations (NYC EMBA)

Academic Background

Ph.D., Management, 2011
Cornell University

M.A., Social-Organizational Psychology, 2006
Columbia University

M.P.S., Statistics, 2003
Cornell University

B.S., Statistics, 2002
Cornell University



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