Research
Summary
Thank you for your interest in my work! I am fascinated by how the context of work informs the content and expression of workers' identities.
For instance, I have studied how employees of color face dilemmas around whether to express their racial identity at work given the risks and benefits; how many workers segment their personal and professional worlds, but are then blindsided by boundary-blurring situations like friend requests from coworkers on social media; and how employees may reconstruct their professional identity when their working environment undergoes cultural and structural changes.
My aim with this research is to uncover how employers and employees can co-create workplaces that resource instead of deplete workers. I use both qualitative and quantitative methods—including interviews, observations, surveys, and experiments—to investigate my research questions.
I have partnered with various organizations to conduct this research. If you're similarly invested in helping employees feel humanized, valued, and able to bring their best to the workplace, I would love to speak with you.