I am an Assistant Professor of Management and Provost’s Distinguished Faculty Fellow at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business. My research focuses on how organizations’ work related practices influence and are influenced by social outcomes and concerns, including the future of work, technological change, socioeconomic mobility, and social responsibility. To study these questions, I use field experiments, natural language techniques, and large datasets.
One stream of my research explores firms’ adoption of skill-based hiring practices—such as removing degree requirements—and their implications for socioeconomic mobility, particularly among individuals who leverage open-source learning or pursue nontraditional career paths. A second stream examines how organizations use identity-based appeals to attract workers searching for meaningful work, and how the effectiveness of these strategies varies with workers’ relative bargaining power across labor markets.
I also hold a Master’s in Public Administration in International Development from Harvard Kennedy School and a BA in Economics from ITAM. My interest in examining organizations’ personnel decisions and strategies was deepened by my professional experiences at the Central Bank of Mexico, the World Bank, and the United Nations.
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