Sharon Oster
Encyclopedia
Sharon Oster is Frederic D. Wolfe Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at Yale School of Management
. She is widely known as an economist focusing on business strategy and non-profit organization
management. Sharon lives in New Haven
, Connecticut
, with her husband Ray Fair
, a professor at Yale College
. She served as interim dean of the Yale School of Management
from 2008 to 2011, following Joel M. Podolny
's departure for Apple, Inc. and preceding Ted Snyder (economist)
's arrival from the Booth School of Business
. She is the mother of Emily Oster
, an economist at the University of Chicago
. She received her undergraduate degree from Hofstra University
in 1970.
Yale School of Management
The Yale School of Management is the graduate business school of Yale University and is located on Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. The School offers Master of Business Administration and Ph.D. degree programs. As of January 2011, 454 students were enrolled in its MBA...
. She is widely known as an economist focusing on business strategy and non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
management. Sharon lives in New Haven
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and...
, Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
, with her husband Ray Fair
Ray Fair
Ray Clarence Fair is the John M. Musser Professor of Economics at Yale University.Fair received his B.A. from Fresno State College in 1964 and his Ph.D. from MIT in 1968. He spent several years at Princeton University before moving to Yale...
, a professor at Yale College
Yale College
Yale College was the official name of Yale University from 1718 to 1887. The name now refers to the undergraduate part of the university. Each undergraduate student is assigned to one of 12 residential colleges.-Residential colleges:...
. She served as interim dean of the Yale School of Management
Yale School of Management
The Yale School of Management is the graduate business school of Yale University and is located on Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. The School offers Master of Business Administration and Ph.D. degree programs. As of January 2011, 454 students were enrolled in its MBA...
from 2008 to 2011, following Joel M. Podolny
Joel M. Podolny
Joel M. Podolny is an American sociologist and is the former Dean of the Yale School of Management. On November 1, 2008, Podolny stepped down as dean to be replaced by Sharon Oster, and in early 2009 assumed the position of Senior Vice President of Human Resources, and Dean of Apple Inc.'s new...
's departure for Apple, Inc. and preceding Ted Snyder (economist)
Ted Snyder (economist)
Edward A. "Ted" Snyder is an American economist and the dean and William S. Beinecke Professor of Economics and Management at Yale University's School of Management...
's arrival from the Booth School of Business
Booth School of Business
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is a graduate business school located in Chicago, Illinois, at the University of Chicago. Formerly known as the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, Chicago Booth is the second oldest business school in the U.S., the first such school...
. She is the mother of Emily Oster
Emily Oster
Emily Fair Oster is an American economist. After receiving an B.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard in 2002 and 2006 respectively, Oster moved to the University of Chicago where she is now a Becker Fellow, which is a two year position at the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory...
, an economist at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
. She received her undergraduate degree from Hofstra University
Hofstra University
Hofstra University is a private, nonsectarian institution of higher learning located in the Village of Hempstead, New York, United States, about east of New York City: less than an hour away by train or car...
in 1970.