Marialena Bevilacqua

Marialena Bevilacqua received a BA in Mathematics with a minor in Statistics from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Following graduation, she worked at an e-commerce startup, Thrasio, as a brand operations analyst and manager. While working, Marialena enhanced her applied analytical skills by earning an MS in Business Analytics from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. These influential experiences in both higher education and the business technology discipline ultimately led Marialena to the University of Notre Dame's PhD in Analytics program at the Mendoza College of Business. As a second year PhD student, Marialena is conducting domestic and international research focused on the intersection of AI technologies, ethics and moral judgments.