Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Economics (Neuroeconomics) May 14, 2007 Dissertation Title: Neural Substrates of Decision-Making in Economic Games. Adviser: Paul J. Zak
Visiting Fellow Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; MGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (2006), Harvard University
MS Management Science & Engineering; Concentration: “Technology, Policy, and Strategy”(2001), Stanford University
MBA General Management (1997), UCR
BS Mathematics (1995), UCLA
EXPERIMENTS
In Progress
Hormones in Signaling with John Dickhaut and David Porter (Chapman University)
Are Risks Really Risks or Ambiguities? An fMRI Experiment with Johannes Hewig (Friederich-Schiller University, Germany) and Isabell Welpe (Ludwig-Maximilians University, Germany)
Neural Substrates of Risk, Ambiguity, and Uncertainty: An fMRI Experiment with Johannes Hewig (Friederich-Schiller University, Germany) and Isabell Welpe (Ludwig-Maximilians University, Germany)
Gender Differences in the Neural Substrates of Risk and Ambiguity: An fMRI Experiment with Johannes Hewig (Friederich-Schiller University, Germany)
Genetic Markers of Decision-Making with Risk with Thomas Z. Ramsøy (Copenhagen University, Denmark)
Completed
Oxytocin Increases Generosity in Humans with Paul J. Zak and Sheila Ahmadi (2007), PLoS ONE, 2(11): e1128
Vasopressin and Punishment with Paul J. Zak and Sheila Ahmadi (2007) published as chapter three of Neural Substrates of Decision-Making in Economic Games (2007), Journal of Dissertation 1(1) pages 1:63.
PUBLICATIONS
Published Peer Reviewed Articles and Commentaries
The Correct Definition of Risk and Ambiguity Would Have Provided Different Results. E-letter commentary for Dominik R. Bach, Ben Seymour, and Raymond J. Dolan "Neural Activity Associated with the Passive Prediction of Ambiguity and Risk for Aversive Events." The Journal of Neuroscience 2009; 29: 1648-1656
Zak,P.J., Stanton,A.A., and Ahmadi,S. 2007. Oxytocin Increases Generosity in Humans. PLoS ONE, 2(11): e1128.
A.A. Stanton, S. Ahmadi, P.J. Zak “Oxytocin Increases Generosity” 645.12.2007 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. San Diego, CA: Society for Neuroscience, 2007, Online
Angela A. Stanton "Neural Substrates of Decision-Making in Economic Games." Journal of Dissertation, 2007, 1 (1)
Angela A. Stanton “New Way to Squat without Getting Caught: The Case of the $750,000 Generic Domain Name – It’s Time to Revamp the Internet Domain Name System.” GNSO & ICANN Online http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/new-gtld-pdp-input.htm (January 2006); presented at the GNSO Council Meeting in Washington DC on February 24, 2006.
Books and Book Chapters
Neuroeconomics and the Firm. Editors: Day, Mellani, Stanton, Angela A., and Welpe, Isabell. Edward Elgar forthcoming
Stanton, Angela A. "Forfeited Consent: Body Parts in Eminent Domain," Chapter 5 in Patenting Lives: Life Patents, Culture, and Development. Editor: Johanna Gibson. Ashgate Publishing, 2008 ISBN-10: 0754671046; ISBN-13: 978-0754671046
Articles and Commentaries Under review
Risk Versus Ambiguity in Decision Research (under review)
Can Ambiguity be Treated as Compound Risks in Entrepreneurial Research? (under review)
Is Economics Good Enough for Policy Advice? (under review)
Confused Perspectives in Entrepreneurial Research: Risk, Ambiguity, and Uncertainty, with Isabell Welpe (revise and resubmit status)
Ceteris Paribus and the Paradox of Choices and Revealed Preferences.(under review)
Confused Perspectives in Entrepreneurial Research: Risk, Ambiguity, and Uncertainty.(under review) with Isabell Welpe
Neuroeconomics: A Critique of ’Neuroeconomics: A Critical Reconsideration’. Revue Française d’Economie.(forthcoming)
WORKING PAPERS, WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES
Working Papers
An Economic Model for Decision-Making through Genetic Variations with Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy
Stereotypes: Cultural or Chemical?
Ceteris Paribus and the Paradox of Choices and Revealed Preferences
Is Ambiguity Compound Risks?
Ceteris Paribus
Thinking Humanly: Expectation of the Expected Utility
Where Does Revealed Preference Hide: Choices versus Preferences
Hormonal Perspectives on Hyperbolic Discounting
Multiple Personalities: Hormones of Temptation
Game theoretic model of hormonal states
Evolutionary Neurobusiness with Gad Saad, Nick Lee, Carl Senior, Michael J. Butler, and Justin R. Garcia
Making Up Your Mind: Judgmental Hormones
Neuroentrepreneurship with Isabell M. Welpe and David Audretsch
Homo corporaticus: Hormones and Institutions
Molecular rationality”
Hormones of Coalition Formation: an Experiment with Allan Mazur
Moral Cognition and Moral Development Remain Intact after Oxytocin Infusion with William D. Casebeer, Sheila Ahmadi, and Paul J. Zak
Neuroeconomics: A Critique of 'Neuroeconomics: A Critical Reconsideration' (March 25, 2008). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1113226
Hormones of Selfishness, and Group Dynamics
Evolving Economics: Synthesis (March 2007). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=943914
Barriers to Innovation in Firms: A Shared Mental Model
Oxytocin and Social Diseases: Is Induced Labor Responsible for Increased Autism, ADD, ADHD, and Anxiety?
Workshops and Caucuses
“The Questions (Not So) Rational Entrepreneurs Ask: Decision-Making through the Lens of Neuroeconomics,” Professional Workshop organized for the Academy of Management conference, Anaheim, CA, August 8 – 11, 2008; sponsored by the Entrepreneurship and the Research Methods Division, in co-organization with Mellani Day, Norris Krueger, Isabell Welpe, David Audretsch, and Zoltan Acs.
“Neuroeconomics of Organizations: Developing and New Field of Research,” a caucus organized for the Academy of Management conference, Anaheim, CA, August 8 – 11. 2008, in co-organization with Mellani Day, Norris Krueger, Isabell Welpe, David Audretsch, John Dickhaut, Veronica Gustafsson, Sameeksha Desai, and Zoltan Acs.
Conference Presentations
"Neuroentrepreneurship: Hormones and Entrepreneurial Decision Making" Biology of Cognition, Chateau Hotel Mont Royal, Chantilly, France, October 16-18, 2008.
“Neuroentrepreneurship: The Hormones of a Successful Entrepreneur & Corporate Leader” Economic Science Association (ESA), Lyon, France, 11-14 September, 2008.
“Is Homo Economicus a Myth? Should Organizations Care?” a special symposium organized for the Academy of Management conference, Anaheim, CA, August 8 – 11, 2008, sponsored by the Entrepreneurship and Management Organizational Cognition Divisions, in co-organization with Mellani Day, Norris Krueger, Isabell Welpe, Sameeksha Desai , David Audretsch, John Dickhaut, Joyce E. Berg, Chandra Kanodia, Veronica Gustafsson, and Zoltan Acs.
“Homo corporaticus: Hormones and Institutions” ISNIE, June 20-21, 2008, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
“Oxytocin Increases Generosity in Humans” with Sheila Ahmadi and Paul J. Zak. Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference, San Diego, CA 2007
“A Reciprocity Model of Innovation in Teams: An Agent’s Choice” 67th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2007; also presented at the 11th Annual Conference of ISNIE at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik, Iceland 2007
“Oxytocin Increases Generosity” with Sheila Ahmadi and Paul J. Zak, ESA World Meeting at LUISS in Rome, Italy 2007
“A Model for Reciprocity” Thinking&Doing Conference by ESNIE and ISNIE, Boulder, CO 2006.
“Mean Reversion Model with Jumps: An Application in Forecasting Commercialization of Drugs for a Biomedical Company” with Saumik Paul and Robert Arne. 81st Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International, San Diego, California, 2006.
“Teams, Trust, and Human-Agent” ESNIE, Corsica, France 2006.
“Forfeited Consent: Body Parts in Eminent Domain.” Patenting Lives Conference, Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute, University of London 2005.
“Medicine and Public Health” Panelist at Patenting Lives Conference, Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute, University of London 2005.
“Teams, Trust, and Principal-Agent” European Institute of Advanced Studies for Management, 3rd Workshop on Trust Within and Between Organisations, Special Session IV. Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2005.
“Mathematical Foundation of a Decision Model for Financial Accounting Information Processing.” MBA thesis. University of California, Riverside, 1997. Committee Chair: Waymond Rogers, Members: Sarkis J. Khoury and Woody Liao – copy available upon request.
“Throughput Modeling Financial Information Used by Decision Makers,” Waymond Rodgers. My MBA Thesis (listed above) is published in Chapter Four (1997) JAI.
Edited and provided extensive and substantive comments on the manuscript "U.S. Banking and its Regulation in the Political Context." Sarkis Joseph Khoury. (1997) JAI
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
External Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Economics, Jena, Germany, 10/2008 - present
Visiting Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Economics, Jena, Germany, Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Group in new venture with X-ENT: Neuroentrepreneurship; 7/2008 - 8/2008
Visiting Scholar 5/2007 – present Center for Neuroeconomics Studies, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Assistant Professor of Economics(visiting) 8/2007 – 8/2008 George L. Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University, Orange, CA
Research Assistant to Paul J. Zak (through graduate study years) 8/2003 – 5/2007
Center for Neuroeconomics Studies, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Adjunct faculty 9/ 2004 – 12/ 2004
George L. Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University, Orange, CA
Adjunct faculty 6/1998 – 6/2003 University of California Berkeley, Extension, Berkeley, CA
BRIEF CORPORATE CAREER HISTORY
EYEMINE – PALO ALTO, CA 4/2002 – 8/2003
• Strategic Advisor
VISA – FOSTER CITY, CA 7/1999 – 5/2001
• Department Head/Vice President 8/2000-5/2001
• Director, Risk Management 4/2000 – 8/2000
• Sr. Software Quality Assurance Analyst 7/1999 – 4/2000
BAY NETWORKS, SANTA CLARA, CA 8/1998 – 4/1999
• Knowledge Process Manager
INTEL, SANTA CLARA, CA 1/1998 – 8/1998
• Senior Strategic Procurement Specialist and later Senior Systems Design Engineer