Brandy L. Aven

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Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior & Theory

Teaching and Research Interests:

• Social network analysis, information and innovation diffusion, social psychology and group processes, and entrepreneurship.

Published Papers: 

• Fragmented Networks and Entrepreneurship in Late Imperial Russia
  American Journal of Sociology 117, September, 2011.
  (with: Henning Hillmann)
  
  

Working Papers: 

• Information Transfer: A Network Study of Organizational Information Spread
  November, 2012.
  
  
• The Effects of Corruption on Organizational Networks and Individual Behavior
  July, 2012.
  
  

Publications: 

• "Assessing Trustworthiness in Online Goods and Services"
  in K. S. Cook, C. Snijders, V. Buskens & C. Cheshire (ed.) ETrust: Forming Relationships in the Online World, New York, New York: Russell Sage Foundation, (2009).
  (with: Karen Cook, Coye Cheshire, Alexandra Gerbasi)
  
  

Awards:

• Berkman Faculty Development Grant for a proposal titled "Innovator-Imitator Interactions: A Network Theory Perspective on U.S. Pharmaceutical Markets, 2000-2012" - 2012
• Gerald L. Thompson Excellence in Teaching Award - 2012

Courses Taught:

• Managing Networks and Organizations (45741)
  (Masters Program)
  • 2013, Mini 4 (Section: A)
  • 2013, Mini 4 (Section: F)

• Seminar in Organizational Theory (macro) (47892)
  (Ph.D. Program)
  • 2013, Mini 1 (Section: A)
  • 2012, Mini 2 (Section: A)
  • 2012, Mini 3 (Section: A)

• Organizational Behavior (70311)
  (BSBA Program)
  • 2012, Spring (Section: A)
  • 2012, Spring (Section: B)
  • 2011, Spring (Section: C)
  • 2011, Spring (Section: D)