Faculty & Researchers

Faculty & Researchers

Project Co-Chairs

Joseph B. Fuller

Professor of Management Practice

Joseph Fuller is a Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School, the co-director of the school’s long-term project, Managing the Future of Work. He is also a co-head of the Harvard Project on the Workforce and a non-resident Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He studies issues related to employment and income polarization and the relationship between talent and economic competitiveness. Joe has published widely cited papers on various issues related to the workforce, including the skills gap, degree inflation, care economics, the role of artificial intelligence in employment outcomes, the effectiveness of social entrepreneurs in improving education to employment outcomes, mechanisms for enhancing the earnings prospects of low wage workers and the efficacy of various education to employment programs. He co-hosts the popular Managing the Future of Work podcast, which has been downloaded almost two million times. Prior to joining the Harvard Business School faculty, Joe was a co-founder and long-time CEO of Monitor Group, the global consultancy now called Monitor-Deloitte. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School and a director of PVH Corporation, Aera Technology and Helios Consulting, a trustee of Western Governors University and a Senior Fellow at the Burning Glass Institute.

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Joseph Fuller is a Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School, the co-director of the school’s long-term project, Managing the Future of Work. He is also a co-head of the Harvard Project on the Workforce and a non-resident Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He studies issues related to employment and income polarization and the relationship between talent and economic competitiveness. Joe has published widely cited papers on various issues related to the workforce, including the skills gap, degree inflation, care economics, the role of artificial intelligence in employment outcomes, the effectiveness of social entrepreneurs in improving education to employment outcomes, mechanisms for enhancing the earnings prospects of low wage workers and the efficacy of various education to employment programs. He co-hosts the popular Managing the Future of Work podcast, which has been downloaded almost two million times. Prior to joining the Harvard Business School faculty, Joe was a co-founder and long-time CEO of Monitor Group, the global consultancy now called Monitor-Deloitte. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School and a director of PVH Corporation, Aera Technology and Helios Consulting, a trustee of Western Governors University and a Senior Fellow at the Burning Glass Institute.

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William R. Kerr

Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration

William Kerr is the D’Arbeloff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Bill is Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research, co-director of Harvard’s Managing the Future of Work initiative, and faculty chair of the Launching New Ventures executive education program. Bill is a recipient of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s Prize Medal for Distinguished Research in Entrepreneurship and Harvard's Distinction in Teaching award. Bill's recent book is The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy, & Society.

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William Kerr is the D’Arbeloff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Bill is Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research, co-director of Harvard’s Managing the Future of Work initiative, and faculty chair of the Launching New Ventures executive education program. Bill is a recipient of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s Prize Medal for Distinguished Research in Entrepreneurship and Harvard's Distinction in Teaching award. Bill's recent book is The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy, & Society.

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Raffaella Sadun

Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration

Raffaella Sadun is Charles E. Wilson professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and is a Co-Chair of Harvard Business School's Project on Managing the Future of Work and co-PI of the Digital Reskilling Lab. Her research focuses on managerial and organizational drivers of productivity and growth in corporations and the public sector. She co-founded several large-scale projects to measure management practices and managerial behavior in organizations, such as the World Management Survey, the Executive Time Use Study, and the first large scale management survey in hospitals, MOPS-H, conducted in partnership with the US Census Bureau. Her work has helped uncover the extent to which the diffusion of “basic” management and organizational practices varies across organizations within and across countries, and how this affects productivity at the micro and macro level.

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Raffaella Sadun is Charles E. Wilson professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and is a Co-Chair of Harvard Business School's Project on Managing the Future of Work and co-PI of the Digital Reskilling Lab. Her research focuses on managerial and organizational drivers of productivity and growth in corporations and the public sector. She co-founded several large-scale projects to measure management practices and managerial behavior in organizations, such as the World Management Survey, the Executive Time Use Study, and the first large scale management survey in hospitals, MOPS-H, conducted in partnership with the US Census Bureau. Her work has helped uncover the extent to which the diffusion of “basic” management and organizational practices varies across organizations within and across countries, and how this affects productivity at the micro and macro level.

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Program Director

Manjari Raman

Senior Program Director and Senior Researcher

Manjari supports co-chairs William R. Kerr and Joseph B. Fuller on all project priorities. Her research efforts focus on location choices by global companies, the role of business in making cities and regions more competitive, shared prosperity, and cross-sector collaboration. She also serves as the Program Director and Senior Researcher for the U.S. Competitiveness Project, co-chaired by Professor Michael E. Porter and Professor Jan W. Rivkin. In that capacity, she supports the Young American Leaders Program and the HBS worldwide survey on U.S. competitiveness. Previously, she worked as a Senior Editor in Bain & Company’s global marketing team; and, prior to that, she was the Senior Vice President of Programs at the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, a national not-for-profit focused on revitalizing America’s inner cities.

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Manjari supports co-chairs William R. Kerr and Joseph B. Fuller on all project priorities. Her research efforts focus on location choices by global companies, the role of business in making cities and regions more competitive, shared prosperity, and cross-sector collaboration. She also serves as the Program Director and Senior Researcher for the U.S. Competitiveness Project, co-chaired by Professor Michael E. Porter and Professor Jan W. Rivkin. In that capacity, she supports the Young American Leaders Program and the HBS worldwide survey on U.S. competitiveness. Previously, she worked as a Senior Editor in Bain & Company’s global marketing team; and, prior to that, she was the Senior Vice President of Programs at the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, a national not-for-profit focused on revitalizing America’s inner cities.

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Affiliated Faculty

Lynda M. Applegate

Baker Foundation Professor, Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration, Emerita

Lynda M. Applegate is a Baker Foundation Professor at HBS and is Chair of the Advisory Committee for Harvard University’s Masters Degree of Liberal Arts in Finance and Management at the Harvard University Extension School. She has also played a leading role in developing and delivering HBS Executive Education Programs for entrepreneurs and business owners, most recently as Faculty Chair of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Faculty Chair of the HBS Executive Programs for Business Owners and Entrepreneurs. Since joining the HBS faculty in 1986, she also served as Co-Chair of the HBS MBA Program, Chair of Field Based Learning, and Co-Chair of the Harvard Policy Group on Networked Government Services. Prior to joining the HBS faculty, Lynda was on the faculty at the University of Michigan, University of Washington, and University of Arizona. Lynda has also been an active consultant and mentor to high growth businesses and has served as a Director on venture-backed, publicly traded, and nonprofit boards. Prior to beginning her academic career, Lynda served in a variety of leadership roles in the healthcare industry.

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Lynda M. Applegate is a Baker Foundation Professor at HBS and is Chair of the Advisory Committee for Harvard University’s Masters Degree of Liberal Arts in Finance and Management at the Harvard University Extension School. She has also played a leading role in developing and delivering HBS Executive Education Programs for entrepreneurs and business owners, most recently as Faculty Chair of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Faculty Chair of the HBS Executive Programs for Business Owners and Entrepreneurs. Since joining the HBS faculty in 1986, she also served as Co-Chair of the HBS MBA Program, Chair of Field Based Learning, and Co-Chair of the Harvard Policy Group on Networked Government Services. Prior to joining the HBS faculty, Lynda was on the faculty at the University of Michigan, University of Washington, and University of Arizona. Lynda has also been an active consultant and mentor to high growth businesses and has served as a Director on venture-backed, publicly traded, and nonprofit boards. Prior to beginning her academic career, Lynda served in a variety of leadership roles in the healthcare industry.

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Prithwiraj Choudhury

Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business Administration

Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury is the Lumry Family Associate Professor at the Harvard Business School. His research is focused on studying the Future of Work, especially the changing Geography of Work. In particular, he studies the productivity effects of geographic mobility of workers, causes of geographic immobility and productivity effects of remote work practices such as ‘Work from anywhere’ and ‘All-remote’. His research has been published or is forthcoming in Management Science, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Development Economics, Harvard Business Review, among others. He is an Associate Editor at Management Science.

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Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury is the Lumry Family Associate Professor at the Harvard Business School. His research is focused on studying the Future of Work, especially the changing Geography of Work. In particular, he studies the productivity effects of geographic mobility of workers, causes of geographic immobility and productivity effects of remote work practices such as ‘Work from anywhere’ and ‘All-remote’. His research has been published or is forthcoming in Management Science, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Development Economics, Harvard Business Review, among others. He is an Associate Editor at Management Science.

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Shane Greenstein

Martin Marshall Professor of Business Administration

Shane Greenstein is the Martin Marshall Professor of Business Administration. He teaches in the Technology, Operations and Management Unit. Shane’s research encompasses a wide array of questions about computing, communication, and Internet markets.

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Shane Greenstein is the Martin Marshall Professor of Business Administration. He teaches in the Technology, Operations and Management Unit. Shane’s research encompasses a wide array of questions about computing, communication, and Internet markets.

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Nien-he Hsieh

Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration

Nien-hê Hsieh is a Professor of Business Administration in the General Management Unit. Professor Hsieh’s research and teaching aims at helping business leaders and organizations determine and deliver on their responsibilities. He also studies what democratic values require for economic policies and institutions. He joined the HBS faculty from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was an associate professor of legal studies and business ethics and served as co-director of the Wharton Ethics Program.

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Nien-hê Hsieh is a Professor of Business Administration in the General Management Unit. Professor Hsieh’s research and teaching aims at helping business leaders and organizations determine and deliver on their responsibilities. He also studies what democratic values require for economic policies and institutions. He joined the HBS faculty from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was an associate professor of legal studies and business ethics and served as co-director of the Wharton Ethics Program.

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Karen G. Mills

Senior Fellow

Karen Gordon Mills is a Senior Fellow at Harvard Business School and a leading authority on U.S. competitiveness, entrepreneurship, and innovation. She served in President Barack Obama’s Cabinet as the Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration from 2009 to 2013, and was a member of the President’s National Economic Council. Mills is a venture capitalist and serves in leadership roles for several policy organizations, including as a Vice Chair of the National Bureau of Economic Research. She frequently provides analysis and insight on the small business lending market and its impact on the nation’s economy.

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Karen Gordon Mills is a Senior Fellow at Harvard Business School and a leading authority on U.S. competitiveness, entrepreneurship, and innovation. She served in President Barack Obama’s Cabinet as the Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration from 2009 to 2013, and was a member of the President’s National Economic Council. Mills is a venture capitalist and serves in leadership roles for several policy organizations, including as a Vice Chair of the National Bureau of Economic Research. She frequently provides analysis and insight on the small business lending market and its impact on the nation’s economy.

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Frank Nagle

Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Frank Nagle is an assistant professor in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. Professor Nagle studies how competitors can collaborate on the creation of core technologies, while still competing on the products and services built on top of them. His research falls into the broader categories of the future of work, the economics of IT, and digital transformation and considers how technology is weakening firm boundaries. His work frequently explores the domains of crowdsourcing, free digital goods, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence. He worked in the cybersecurity field for nearly a decade before returning to academia.

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Frank Nagle is an assistant professor in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. Professor Nagle studies how competitors can collaborate on the creation of core technologies, while still competing on the products and services built on top of them. His research falls into the broader categories of the future of work, the economics of IT, and digital transformation and considers how technology is weakening firm boundaries. His work frequently explores the domains of crowdsourcing, free digital goods, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence. He worked in the cybersecurity field for nearly a decade before returning to academia.

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Jan W. Rivkin

C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration

Jan Rivkin is a professor at Harvard Business School. In the past, he has served as Senior Associate Dean for Research, chair of the MBA Program, and head of the Strategy Unit. His research, course development, and teaching focus on two topics: business strategy and U.S. competitiveness.

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Jan Rivkin is a professor at Harvard Business School. In the past, he has served as Senior Associate Dean for Research, chair of the MBA Program, and head of the Strategy Unit. His research, course development, and teaching focus on two topics: business strategy and U.S. competitiveness.

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Willy C. Shih

Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration

Willy Shih is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration at the Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts. He is part of the Technology and Operations Management Unit, and he teaches in the MBA and Executive Education Programs. Willy’s expertise is in manufacturing, supply chains, and product development. Prior to coming to HBS in 2007, Willy spent 28 years in industry. He sits on the Advisory Committee for Supply Chain Competitiveness for the Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce.

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Willy Shih is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration at the Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts. He is part of the Technology and Operations Management Unit, and he teaches in the MBA and Executive Education Programs. Willy’s expertise is in manufacturing, supply chains, and product development. Prior to coming to HBS in 2007, Willy spent 28 years in industry. He sits on the Advisory Committee for Supply Chain Competitiveness for the Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce.

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Christopher T. Stanton

Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration

Christopher Stanton is the Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit. Professor Stanton’s research provides insights into management practices that generate positive spillovers inside firms, while seeking to understand how technology is changing the ability to fragment work beyond traditional organizational boundaries. In addition to his position at HBS, Professor Stanton is a Faculty Research Fellow with The National Bureau of Economic Research, a Research Fellow with CESifo in Germany, and is affiliated with the Center for Economic Policy Research in the UK.

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Christopher Stanton is the Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit. Professor Stanton’s research provides insights into management practices that generate positive spillovers inside firms, while seeking to understand how technology is changing the ability to fragment work beyond traditional organizational boundaries. In addition to his position at HBS, Professor Stanton is a Faculty Research Fellow with The National Bureau of Economic Research, a Research Fellow with CESifo in Germany, and is affiliated with the Center for Economic Policy Research in the UK.

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Sandra J. Sucher

Professor of Management Practice

Sandra Sucher, professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, is an internationally recognized trust researcher. The Power of Trust, her third book, is based on two decades of global research on how companies build stakeholder trust and how, if lost, they can restore it. She is a member of the Edelman Trust Institute Advisory Board, advising them on Trust Barometer research and collaborates with Deloitte on TrustIQ™, a proprietary tool that measures key elements of trust in major corporations and public sector organizations.

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Sandra Sucher, professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, is an internationally recognized trust researcher. The Power of Trust, her third book, is based on two decades of global research on how companies build stakeholder trust and how, if lost, they can restore it. She is a member of the Edelman Trust Institute Advisory Board, advising them on Trust Barometer research and collaborates with Deloitte on TrustIQ™, a proprietary tool that measures key elements of trust in major corporations and public sector organizations.

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Mitchell B. Weiss

Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice
Chair, MBA Required Curriculum

Mitchell Weiss is a Professor of Management Practice in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit. He created and teaches the school's course on Public Entrepreneurship—on public leaders and private entrepreneurs who invent a difference in the world. Prior to joining HBS in 2014, he was Chief of Staff to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.

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  • Shield AI, Harvard Business School case, 2018. With A.J. Steinlage.

Mitchell Weiss is a Professor of Management Practice in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit. He created and teaches the school's course on Public Entrepreneurship—on public leaders and private entrepreneurs who invent a difference in the world. Prior to joining HBS in 2014, he was Chief of Staff to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.

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  • Shield AI, Harvard Business School case, 2018. With A.J. Steinlage.

Executive in Residence

Dan O'Connor

Executive in Residence

Daniel O'Connor is an Executive in Residence with the HBS Managing the Future of Work project. Prior to this, he served as a Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellow in 2017. Daniel O’Connor founded RetailNet Group, an advisory and insights firm for leading retailers and brands worldwide. Mr. O’Connor has been a thought leader in the retail industry, founding a syndicated research firm that he sold to WPP, and working in the CPG and retail group at Deloitte Touche.

Daniel O'Connor is an Executive in Residence with the HBS Managing the Future of Work project. Prior to this, he served as a Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellow in 2017. Daniel O’Connor founded RetailNet Group, an advisory and insights firm for leading retailers and brands worldwide. Mr. O’Connor has been a thought leader in the retail industry, founding a syndicated research firm that he sold to WPP, and working in the CPG and retail group at Deloitte Touche.

Research Team

Clarence Harley

Research Associate

Clarence Harley is a Research Associate on Managing the Future of Work and U.S. Competitiveness projects. He has broad research interests in economic mobility, inequality of opportunity and the returns to schooling. Prior to HBS, he worked as a Consultant and interned as a Summer Research Assistant at Harvard GSAS and Columbia Business School performing development research. He graduated in 2023 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with his BS in Economics, Mathematics and Political Science.

Clarence Harley is a Research Associate on Managing the Future of Work and U.S. Competitiveness projects. He has broad research interests in economic mobility, inequality of opportunity and the returns to schooling. Prior to HBS, he worked as a Consultant and interned as a Summer Research Assistant at Harvard GSAS and Columbia Business School performing development research. He graduated in 2023 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with his BS in Economics, Mathematics and Political Science.

James Palano

Senior Researcher

James is a Senior Researcher with Harvard Business School’s project on Managing the Future of Work. He returned to the team in April after receiving his MBA from Harvard Business School in June of 2022. Prior to his MBA, James was a Research Associate on the Managing the Future of Work team focusing on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Digital Labor Platforms, and other ways in which disruptive technologies are changing business. He produced the first season of the HBS Managing the Future of Work podcast. Prior, James was a Research Associate for the U.S. Competitiveness Project and in the Finance department. James graduated from Dartmouth College in 2015 with a B.A. in Economics with a minor in Design Engineering.

James is a Senior Researcher with Harvard Business School’s project on Managing the Future of Work. He returned to the team in April after receiving his MBA from Harvard Business School in June of 2022. Prior to his MBA, James was a Research Associate on the Managing the Future of Work team focusing on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Digital Labor Platforms, and other ways in which disruptive technologies are changing business. He produced the first season of the HBS Managing the Future of Work podcast. Prior, James was a Research Associate for the U.S. Competitiveness Project and in the Finance department. James graduated from Dartmouth College in 2015 with a B.A. in Economics with a minor in Design Engineering.

Ted Smalley Bowen

Research Associate
Ted Smalley Bowen is a Research Associate with the Project on Managing the Future of Work. A veteran journalist and academic case writer, he has covered business, science and technology, public policy, design, and sustainability for The Financial Times, The New York Times, The Economist, Wired, Metropolis, FastCompany, and other publications. He has written case studies for a number of institutions, including Columbia University.
Ted Smalley Bowen is a Research Associate with the Project on Managing the Future of Work. A veteran journalist and academic case writer, he has covered business, science and technology, public policy, design, and sustainability for The Financial Times, The New York Times, The Economist, Wired, Metropolis, FastCompany, and other publications. He has written case studies for a number of institutions, including Columbia University.

Maggie Bourdon

Staff Assistant

Maggie Bourdon is the Staff Assistant on the Project on Managing the Future of Work, U.S. Competitiveness, and the Young American Leaders Program. Maggie graduated in 2023 from Simmons University with her BA in Political Science with minors in Economics and Public Policy and her Masters of Public Policy. She interned for former Representative Christina Minicucci, and former Governor Charlie Baker. Her interests include economic inequality, public policy, and social justice.

Maggie Bourdon is the Staff Assistant on the Project on Managing the Future of Work, U.S. Competitiveness, and the Young American Leaders Program. Maggie graduated in 2023 from Simmons University with her BA in Political Science with minors in Economics and Public Policy and her Masters of Public Policy. She interned for former Representative Christina Minicucci, and former Governor Charlie Baker. Her interests include economic inequality, public policy, and social justice.

Ethan Mulroy

Research Associate

Ethan Mulroy is a Research Associate and Gordon Family Research Fellow with Harvard Business School’s project on Managing the Future of Work. He graduated from Cornell University in 2024 with a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations and a minor in Business. His research interests include the impact of emerging technologies on labor markets, the intersection of AI and workforce development, and policies that promote equitable access to employment.

Ethan Mulroy is a Research Associate and Gordon Family Research Fellow with Harvard Business School’s project on Managing the Future of Work. He graduated from Cornell University in 2024 with a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations and a minor in Business. His research interests include the impact of emerging technologies on labor markets, the intersection of AI and workforce development, and policies that promote equitable access to employment.