Biography
Dr. Evan Starr is an Associate Professor of Management & Organization at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland. His research examines issues at the intersection of employee mobility, human capital, entrepreneurship, and technology, with a focus on employer-employee contracting practices. He is particularly interested in the impacts of postemployment restrictive covenants on workers and firms. Dr. Starr has authored more than a dozen articles in leading journals in economics and management and testified in front of the US Senate and the US House of Representatives. His research has been covered in major news outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, NPR, Financial Times, and The Washington Post. Formerly a professor at the University of Illinois, Dr. Starr received his PhD in Economics from the University of Michigan. He has received several awards for his research and teaching. Dr. Starr teaches undergraduate, MBA, and PhD-level courses strategic management and empirical methods.