PhD, Strategic Management, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2006

MBA, Management, University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh, 2001

BBA, Accounting, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 1994

Research Excellence Award, Terry College of Business, 2017

Hugh O. Nourse Outstanding MBA Teacher Award, Terry College of Business Full-time MBA Program, 2015

Professor of the Year  , Terry College of Business Evening MBA Program, 2013

Outstanding Teacher, Terry College of Business, 2012

• Corporate Governance
• CEO Reputation and Status
• CEO Succession

• Quigley, T. J., Hubbard, T. †, Ward, A. & Graffin, S. Still in Control: Information Releases and CEO Stock Option Grants.  Forthcoming in the Academy of Management Journal.

• Campbell, R., Jeong, S., Graffin, S. Born to take risk? The effects of CEO birth order on strategic risk taking.  Forthcoming in the Academy of Management Journal.

• Gamache, D.L, McNamara, G.M., Graffin, S.D., Kiley, J.T. ††, Haleblian, J.J., Devers, C.D. Impression offsetting as an early warning signal of CEO self-interest in acquisitions. Forthcoming in the Academy of Management Journal

• Hubbard, T., Christensen, D., & Graffin, S. 2017. Higher Highs and Lower Lows: The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in CEO Dismissal. Strategic Management Journal, 38:2255-2265. 

• Quigley, T., & Graffin, S. 2017. Reaffirming the CEO effect is Significant and Much Larger than Chance: A Comment on Fitza (2014). Strategic Management Journal, 38:793-801. 
• Boivie, S., Graffin, S., Withers, M., Oliver, A. 2016. Welcome aboard! Exploring the Effects of Directorships in the Executive Labor Market.Academy Of Management Journal , 59(5):1681-1706. 
• Graffin, S., Haleblian, J., Kiley, J. 2016. Ready, AIM, Acquire: Impression Offsetting and Acquisitions. Academy Of Management Journal , 59:232-252. 
• Boive, S., Graffin, S., & Gentry, R. 2016. Understanding the Direction, Magnitude, and Joint Effects of Reputation When Multiple Actors' Reputations Collide. Academy Of Management Journal , 59:188-206. 
• Christensen, D., Dhaliwal, D., Boivie, S., & Graffin, S. 2015. Top Management Conservatism and Corporate Risk Strategies: Evidence from Managers’ Personal Political Orientation and Corporate Tax Avoidance. Strategic Management Journal, 36:1918-1938. 
• Graffin, S., Bundy, J., Porac, J., Wade, J., Quinn, D. 2013. Falls from Grace and the Hazards of High Status: The 2009 British Expense Scandal and its Impact on Parliamentary Elites. Administrative Science Quarterly, 58:313-345. 
• Graffin, S., Boivie, S., & Carpenter, M. 2013. Examining CEO Succession and the Role of Heuristics in Early-Stage CEO Evaluation. Strategic Management Journal, 34:383-403. 
• Boivie, S., Graffin, S., & Pollock, T. 2012. Time For Me to Fly: Predicting Director Exit at Large Firms. Academy Of Management Journal, 55:1334-1359. 
• Graffin, S., Carpenter, M., & Boivie, S. 2011. What's All That (Strategic) Noise? Anticipatory Impression Management in CEO Successions. Strategic Management Journal, 32:748-770. 
• Graffin, S. & Ward, A. 2010. Certifications and Reputation: Determining the Standard of Desirability Amidst Uncertainty.Organization Science, (21):331-346. 
• Ward, A., Brown, J., & Graffin, S. 2009. Under the Spotlight: Institutional Invest and Firm Reponses to the Council of Institutional Investors' Annual Focus List. Strategic Organization, (7):107-135. 
• Graffin, S., Wade, J., Porac, J., McNamee, R. 2008. The Impact of CEO Status Diffusion on the Economic Outcomes of Other Senior Managers. Organization Science, (19):457-474. 
• Wade, J., Porac, J., Pollock, T., Graffin, S. 2006. The Burden of Celebrity: The Impact of CEO Certification Contests on CEO Pay and Performance. Academy Of Management Journal, (49):643-660.

Editorial Board Member, Academy of Management Journal, 2010 - present

Associate Editor, Academy of Management Journal, 2013 - 2016

Editorial Board Member, Academy of Management Review, 2011 - 2014

Editorial Board Member, Academy of Management Learning & Education, 2008 - 2011