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The Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing has appointed its 2026-27 class of 30 fellows: 

J. Jobu Babin, Ford Foundation Fellow

  • Assistant Professor, David W. Wilson College of Business, University of Northern Iowa
  • Studying ownership structure, attitudes, and AI adoption: firm-level and employee-level factors

Kabeer Bora, Employee Ownership Foundation/Louis O. Kelso Fellow

  • Assistant Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Missouri–Kansas City
  • Investigating whether employee-owned firms grow more slowly than traditional firms

Monika Bucha, Research Fellow

  • Ph.D. Candidate, European University Viadrina (Germany) | Researcher, Kelso Institute Europe

John Case, Executive Fellow

  • Independent Researcher

Zheng Cheng, Ford Foundation Fellow

  • Assistant Professor, David W. Wilson College of Business, University of Northern Iowa
  • Examining ESOPs and the employer-employee relationship: the moderating role of employee ownership breadth

Janet Cooper OBE, Executive Fellow

  • Chair, ProShare (UK) | Chair, Royal Commonwealth Society (UK)

Will Foley, Joseph Cabral Distinguished Scholar and Fellow

  • Ph.D. Candidate, School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University
  • Exploring organized labor and worker-owned firms: AFL-CIO of Seattle

Michael Golden, Executive Fellow

  • Independent Board Director and Trustee

John Guzek, Executive Fellow

  • Founder, Gainshares

Steven Hill, Institute Fellow

  • Former Senior Fellow, New America Foundation
  • Writing an intellectual biography of Louis O. Kelso, inventor of the ESOP, and studying citizen ownership and dividend funds

Eric Hoyt, J. Robert Beyster Fellow

  • Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Rhode Island
  • Comparing the impact of employee ownership and managerial practices on firm performance in detailed non-manufacturing industries (2012-2017)

Panu Kalmi, Faculty Fellow

  • Professor and Vice Dean, School of Accounting and Finance, University of Vaasa (Finland)

Mark Kaswan, Corey Rosen Fellow

  • Professor, School of Political Science, Public Affairs, Legal and Security Studies, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
  • Creating a new collection and research volume of worker ownership research for scholars

Gayoung Kim, Joseph Cabral Distinguished Scholar and Fellow

  • Ph.D. Candidate, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Exploring democratic organization and perceived corporate purpose: evidence from worker cooperatives

Fatima Mabrouk, Applied Research Laboratory Fellow

  • Assistant Professor, School of Social Welfare, University at Albany
  • Developing a practical implementation guide for Black women seeking to establish platform cooperatives in the digital economy

Christopher Mackin, Abby Rockefeller Fellow and Ray Carey Fellow

  • Faculty Member, Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School
  • Examining international perspectives on employee ownership adoption outside of the U.S.

Renan Magalhães, Research Fellow

  • Ph.D. Candidate, European University Viadrina (Germany) | Research Coordinator for Data Science and Policy Analysis, Kelso Institute Europe

Arti Mann, Ford Foundation Fellow

  • Associate Professor, David W. Wilson College of Business, University of Northern Iowa
  • Studying ownership structure, attitudes, and AI adoption: firm-level and employee-level factors

Amber McKenzie, Employee Ownership Foundation/Louis O. Kelso Fellow

  • Research Associate, King’s Centre for Military Health Research, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London  
  • Exploring the veteran population in ESOP companies in the U.S.

Kevin McPhillips, Executive Fellow

  • Co-Founder, Pennsylvania Center for Employee Ownership

Scott Moon, Executive Fellow

  • Executive Director, The Baker Project for Employee Ownership

Jack Moriarty, Institute Fellow

  • Executive Director, Lafayette Square Institute

Kusum Mundra, J. Robert Beyster Fellow

  • Professor, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University–Newark
  • Investigating the immigrant and native ESOP gap in the U.S. using evidence from the National Survey of College Graduates

Dennis Paalman, Executive Fellow

  • Founder and Owner, Reward Works B.V. (Netherlands)

Thomas Poulsen, Faculty Fellow

  • CBS Executive Fonden Associate Professor of Corporate Governance, Copenhagen Business School (Denmark)

Jessica Reif, Bill and Connie Nobles Fellow

  • Assistant Professor, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
  • Exploring how organizational practices and technologies shape and undermine the conditions that enable employees to exchange knowledge, self-organize, and make decisions 

Julien Rosenbloom, Executive Fellow

  • Senior Associate, Lafayette Square Institute

Maura Shenker, Applied Research Laboratory Fellow

  • Founder and CEO, AllHold Capital
  • Studying how governance structures in shared ownership firms shape normative commitments to democratic advocacy

Jerome Warren, Faculty Fellow

  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Business School, University of Eastern Finland (Finland) and University of Cologne (Germany)

Felipe Witchger, Executive Fellow

  • Co-Founder and Executive Director, Francesco Collaborative | Managing Partner, Livable Future Impact