Kariyushi Rao

About

Kariyushi Rao is a behavioral scientist with experience applying experimental and observational research methods to the study of individual and group decision-making. Her research interests are related to pathologies that arise under suboptimal performance management systems, and include: performance appraisal elicitation and accuracy, collective responses to scarcity, and the behavioral consequences of common incentive structures. Kariyushi received her PhD in behavioral science from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (2021). Kariyushi’s academic career was preceded by nearly a decade of professional experience in high tech, during which time she also completed masters degrees in computer science (University of Chicago, 2016) and business administration (University of Chicago Booth School of Business, 2012), as well as her SCPM credential (Stanford Advanced Project Management Program, 2009).

Employment

• Warwick Business School Houlden Postdoctoral Teaching & Research Fellow
  2022 - Present
• Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management Postdoctoral Scholar
  2021 - 2021
• University of Chicago Booth School of Business Graduate Teaching & Research Assistant
  2016 - 2022
• Google Inc Account Director
  2014 - 2015
• Google Inc Interactive Project Manager / Producer
  2011 - 2014
• Google Inc Business Strategist / Analyst
  2010 - 2011
• Google Inc Publisher Support Associate
  2008 - 2010
• Google Inc Rotational Associate
  2007 - 2008

Education

• The University of Chicago PhD
  2016 - 2021
• University of Chicago MS
  2015 - 2016
• University of Chicago MBA
  2010 - 2012
• Bowdoin College BA
  2003 - 2007

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (1)

• Predicting Outcomes in a Sequence of Binary Events: Belief Updating and Gambler's Fallacy Reasoning
  Cognitive Science 2023 DOI: 10.1111/cogs.13211
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