Shereen Chaudhry

Shereen Chaudhry is a scholar of human judgment and decision-making (JDM), with education and research training at the intersection of psychology, economics, and neuroscience. Her research explores the dynamics of social communication—including thanking, apologizing, bragging, and blaming—by applying game theory to better understand how people subtly coordinate (or fail to coordinate) in conversations. Her research strives to examine how these conversational dynamics can impact organizations through key channels like conflict management, negotiations, teamwork, and customer satisfaction. Chaudhry's research has been published in Psychological Review and Research in Experimental Economics.

Prior to joining Booth, Chaudhry was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center. In her work at the Center, she focused on identifying risk communication strategies that are informed by the psychological processes behind the perception of risk, and that can help people make better decisions about protecting themselves against rare, but catastrophic events.

Chaudhry received a PhD in Behavioral Decision Research from the Department of Social and Decision Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. Additionally, she earned a BS in Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT and a Master of Health Administration at Cornell University.

Education

• PhD Carnegie Mellon University (2011 — 2016)
• MHA Cornell University (2007 — 2009)
• BS Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2002 — 2006)

Companies

• Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (2019)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania (2016 — 2019)
• PhD Candidate, Social and Decision Sciences Carnegie Mellon University (2011 — 2016)
• Research Fellow Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (2009 — 2011)
• Health Care Analyst Intern Government Accountability Office (2008 — 2008)