# Research Seminar Series

![JK Suh standing in front of a podium](/sites/default/files/styles/640w_x_535h/public/2023-11/JK%20Suh%20Research%20Seminar%20Series.jpg.webp?itok=JO1KMuQi)

Management and Organizations

##  Research Seminar Series

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##  2025-2026 Research Seminar Series Forthcoming

![Dan Cable Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2025-10/dan.jpeg?h=f110449f&itok=VhlgBea3)

###  Dan Cable (London Business School)

Friday, December 5th: After Shocks: Humble Leadership Improves Employee Adjustment Following Shock Events

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![Tristan Botelho Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2025-10/tristan.jpg?h=b044a8f9&itok=yi9J7P-K)

###  Tristan Botelho (Yale School of Management)

Friday, February 6: Customers in Charge: Cancellations and Racial Inequality in On-Demand Work

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![Mary Tripsas headshot photo](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2025-11/mary-tripsas_1.jpg?h=ef2b2afe&itok=UfWf1NXe)

###  Mary Tripsas (UC Santa Barbara, Technology Management)

Friday, February 27: Playing with Plaforms - A Complementor Perspective

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![Pierce Lamar headshot ](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2025-11/pierce_lamar.png?h=fe27a07d&itok=H9wM1d6D)

###  Lamar Pierce (Olin Business School, Washington University)

Friday, March 27: Clutch Performers

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![Tiantian Yang headshot ](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_300h/public/2025-11/tiantian_yang_3781_0065-cropped.png.webp?itok=rOJttzSn)

###  Tiantian Yang (Wharton)

Friday, April 24: Looking the Part? How Candidates' Race and Attire Shape Employer Hiring Decisions in a Low-Wage Labor Market.

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![Morela Hernandez Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2025-11/hernandez-morela-profile-feb2021-1800x2280.jpg?h=20dd5773&itok=BgpR55gl)

###  Morela Hernandez (Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan)

Friday, May 8: The Social Dynamics of Political Polarization

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##  2024-2025 Research Seminar Series

![Mark Desjardine Headshot ](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2024-11/mark-desjardine.jpg?h=ed45ede7&itok=Usmqyybf)

###  Mark DesJardine (Tuck)

Friday, February 7: Windows of Opportunity: How Shareholder Activists Capitalize on Periods of Disruptive Organizational Change

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![Emilio Castilla ](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2024-12/182_emilio_castilla_posando.jpg?h=180da91e&itok=3Ihl-cbH)

###  Emilio Castilla (MIT)

Friday, February 21: The Unfulfilled Promise of Meritocracy in Organizations

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![Ramana Nanda Headshot ](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2024-11/ramana-nanda_0.jpg?h=5cfb6e8a&itok=yY99jR7R)

###  Ramana Nanda (Imperial)

Friday, March 7: Moral Hazard in Experiment Design: Implications for Financing Innovation, with Patrick Bolton, Shannon Liu and Savitar Sundaresan

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![Michael Parke headshot ](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2024-11/michael-parke2.jpg?h=cd2a7045&itok=3P5VqkiH)

###  Michael Parke (Wharton)

Friday, March 21: Putting Feelings into Words: How Voicer Affect Labeling Influences Voice Endorsement

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![Cydney Dupree Headshot ](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2024-11/cyndey-dupree-.jpg?h=5ffa8d61&itok=sOJ56jhe)

###  Cydney Dupree (UCL)

Friday, April 4: Crossing Status Divides: Stereotypes, Strategies, and Solutions

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![Sameer Srivastava ](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2024-11/sameer-srivastava.jpg?h=3674c3e0&itok=UFtjfbbI)

###  Sameer Srivastava (Haas)

Tuesday, April 18: From Contestation to Camaraderie: Structural Similarity Dampens Derogatory Discourse in Polarized Social Groups

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![Chris Rider headshot ](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2024-11/chris-rider.jpg?h=71bfea15&itok=B_zcxHR-)

###  Chris Rider (Michigan Ross)

Tuesday, April 25: Network Position and Performance: Merit or Privilege?

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##  2023-2024 Research Seminar Series

![Hong Lou headshot smiling ](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2023-11/final%20portrait_0.jpeg?h=813b50f3&itok=OGXdgsYv)

###  Hong Luo (Harvard Business School)

Friday, December 1: Product liability litigation and medical device innovation

[Learn More](https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=601709)

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![A headshot of Yuan Shi smiling ](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2023-11/ys943_yuan_shi%20%282%29_0.jpg?h=7352c5e0&itok=SVwXn0IT)

###  Yuan Shi (Cornell University)

Friday, December 8: The new argonauts: the international migration of venture-backed companies

[Learn More](https://sha.cornell.edu/faculty-research/faculty/ys943/)

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![A headshot of Carolyn Stein smiling ](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2023-11/Caroline-Stein_0.jpg?h=444bd52c&itok=IlybAmy0)

###  Carolyn Stein (Berkeley Haas)

Friday, January 26: The Wandering Scholars: Understanding the Heterogeneity of University Commercialization

[LEARN MORE](https://haas.berkeley.edu/faculty/carolyn-stein/)

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![A headshot of Njoke Thomas ](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2023-11/1njoke.thomas.jpg?h=9508b563&itok=remwa6wC)

###  Njoke Thomas (Boston College)

Friday, March 29: Two sides of the same coin? Unpacking the mutually reinforcing relationship between performance and care in the workplace

[LEARN MORE](https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/carroll-school/faculty-research/faculty-directory/Njoke-Thomas.html)

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![Portrait of Michele ](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2023-11/michele-lamont.jpg?h=8b4ae40b&itok=eWd5JHUC)

###  Michele Lamont (Harvard University)

Friday, April 5: Seeing Others: How Recognition Works and How it Can Heal a Divided World (based on 2023 book of the same title).

[LEARN MORE](https://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/people/michele-lamont)

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![Michel Anteby headshot smiling](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2023-11/michel-anteby_0.jpg?h=eeb6a02e&itok=WolazLAt)

###  Michel Anteby (Boston University)

Friday, April 12: Why what resists is often revealing (Based on a forthcoming book)

[LEARN MORE](https://www.bu.edu/questrom/profile/michel-anteby/)

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![Headshot of Andrew smiling](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2023-11/carton-drew.jpg?h=c6c526ee&itok=RTbrmswM)

###  Andrew Carton (Wharton)

Friday, April 19: A Balancing Act: Why Efforts to Improve Work-Life Balance Backfires for East Asian Employees

[LEARN MORE](https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/carton/)

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![Headshot of Colleen Cunningham](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2023-11/colleen-cunningham_0.jpg?h=d2a1ecf6&itok=qksdgUAw)

###  Colleen Cunningham (The University of Utah)

Friday, May 3: The limits of user innovation: MD inventors and potential substitute invention.

[LEARN MORE](https://eccles.utah.edu/team/colleen-cunningham/)

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![Nir Halevy headshot ](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2023-11/nir-halevy.jpg?h=f7495f53&itok=N97ZhsRA)

###  Nir Halevy (Stanford University)

Friday, May 10: Cooperation Liberates: Putting the "Us" in Autonomous

[LEARN MORE](https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/nir-halevy)

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![Daniel Effron smiling](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2024-05/daniel1.png?h=172e24e8&itok=fIFhPSTC)

###  Daniel Effron (London Business School)

*(Co-hosted with the NYU Stern Business and Society Program)*

Thursday, May 16: The Moral Psychology of Misinformation

[Learn More](https://www.london.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-profiles/e/effron-d)

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##  2022-2023 Research Seminar Series

![Tiona Zuzul](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/Tiona%20Zuzul.v1%20%283%29.jpg?h=3adb06c9&itok=4XZ3EaX9)

###  Tiona Zuzul

Friday, October 7: Building Support for Transformation: Outcome and Process Frames at the Federal Bureau of Investigation

[Learn More](https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=478965)

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![Angelica Leigh](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2023-02/Angelica-Professional-Headshot-1.jpeg?h=5fd1f310&itok=bLkacU7x)

###  Angelica Leigh (University of North Carolina)

February 24, 2023

[Learn More](https://angelicaleigh.com)

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![Brayden King](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/King-Brayden_1.jpg?h=9f7512aa&itok=qVZXljQJ)

###  Brayden King (Northwestern)

March 3, 2023

[Learn More](https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/directory/king_brayden.aspx)

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![Steven Gray](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2023-02/Steven%20Gray.jpeg?h=f7495f53&itok=YxcBk57R)

###  Steven Gray (University of Texas)

March 10, 2023

[Learn More](https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-directory/steven-gray/)

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![Melissa Mazmanian](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/MELISSA%20MAZMANIAN.jpg?h=907f0c6d&itok=kuRlsjrK)

###  Melissa Mazmanian (University of California, Irvine)

March 24, 2023

[Learn More](https://melissamazmanian.com)

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![Yue Maggie Zhou](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/YueMaggieZhou.jpg?h=1f7739e7&itok=Ry3xwc27)

###  Yue Maggie Zhou (University of Michigan)

March 31, 2023

[Learn More](https://michiganross.umich.edu/faculty-research/faculty/yue-maggie-zhou)

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![Olivier Chatain](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/Olivier%20CHATAIN%20-HecParis2016-201992-%C2%A9%20Nicolas%20Reitzaum.jpg?h=d477ad79&itok=Id4JR1D-)

###  Olivier Chatain (HEC)

April 21, 2023

[Learn More](https://www.hec.edu/en/faculty-research/faculty-directory/faculty-member/chatain-olivier)

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![Katy Milkman](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/katy-milkman.jpg?h=79889242&itok=YV1eMn6e)

###  Katy Milkman

April 28, 2023

[Learn More](https://www.katymilkman.com)

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![Ivana Naumovska](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/Naumovska%20Ivana.jpg?h=303fbe8e&itok=3v9fd0-T)

###  Ivana Naumovska (INSEAD)

May 12, 2023

[Learn More](https://www.insead.edu/faculty-research/faculty/ivana-naumovska)

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##  2021-2022 Research Seminar Series

![Raina Brands](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/Raina%20Brands_0.jpeg?h=251882e5&itok=veF3ND6_)

###  Raina Brands (UCL)

November 12, 2021

[Learn More](https://www.mgmt.ucl.ac.uk/people/rainabrands)

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![Jennifer Howard Grenvilee](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/Jennifer%20Grenville_0.jpg?h=abfaf17c&itok=AAaUFgLs)

###  Jennifer Howard-Grenville (Cambridge University)

December 10, 2021

[Learn More](https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/faculty-a-z/jennifer-howard-grenville/)

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![Robert Lount](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/Robert%20Lount_0.jpg?h=267c90d9&itok=oeyRFZRd)

###  Robert Lount (Ohio State)

January 28, 2022

[Learn More](https://fisher.osu.edu/people/lount.1)

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![Michael Kraus](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/Michael%20Kraus.jpg?h=7d3fb43c&itok=Efk_ndQv)

###  Michael Kraus (Yale)

February 4, 2022

[Learn More](https://som.yale.edu/faculty/michael-kraus)

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![Olivier Chatain](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/Olivier%20Chatain.jpg?h=9567c031&itok=gGD5tBRE)

###  Olivier Chatain (HEC Paris)

February 11, 2022

[Learn More](https://www.hec.edu/en/faculty-research/faculty-directory/faculty-member/chatain-olivier)

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![Stine Grodal](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/Stein%20Grodal.jpg?h=b59ba5f5&itok=z8K5LrWP)

###  Stine Grodal (Northeastern)

March 4, 2022

[Learn More](https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/people/stine-grodal/)

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![Joe Mahoney](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/Joe%20Mahoney.jpg?h=71b2c219&itok=LW8HZ9pS)

###  Joe Mahoney (Illinois)

April 8, 2022

[Learn More](https://giesbusiness.illinois.edu/profile/joseph-mahoney)

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![LAURINA ZHANG](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/laurina%20zhang_0.jpg?h=082b738d&itok=frhvM2hQ)

###  Laurina Zhang (Boston U)

April 22, 2022

[Learn More](https://www.bu.edu/questrom/profile/laurina-zhang/)

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![Sekou Bermiss](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/Sekou%20Bermiss.jpg?h=0ea43e2a&itok=ZH3t9Ice)

###  Sekou Bermiss (University of North Carolina)

April 29, 2022

[Learn More](https://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/faculty/directory/sekou-bermiss/)

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##  2020-2021 Research Seminar Series

![Headshot of Jay Barney](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/Jay-Barney_grey_adobespark.jpeg?h=4cef7ce9&itok=Rya7-EGe)

###  Jay Barney (University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business)

October 2, 2020- “Why Resource-based Theory’s Model of Profit Appropriation Must Adopt a Stakeholder Perspective.”

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![Headshot of Maryam Kouchaki](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/Kouchaki_Maryam_081114_adobespark.jpeg?h=3a5836fd&itok=devzKRpl)

###  Maryam Kouchaki (Kellogg School of Management)

October 16, 2020- "Morality at Work: Understanding the Persistence of Unethical Behavior in Organizations"

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![Headshot of Alberto Galasso](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/unnamed_adobespark.jpeg?h=b868856f&itok=cKwKCutz)

###  Alberto Galasso (University of Toronto)

October 23, 2020

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![Headshot of John Joseph](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/John-Joseph_adobespark%20%281%29.jpeg?h=9f19c0da&itok=ONEgyQ-U)

###  John Joseph (University of California Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business)

November 6, 2020- "Capacity with Comprehension: Information Processing, Mutual Understanding, and Organization Design in Healthcare."

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![Headshot of Mary Benner](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/marybennerdac2014_5-1_adobespark_0.jpeg?h=74e31af0&itok=WNAybdiK)

###  Mary Benner (Carlson School of Management)

February 5, 2021 - "The Influence of Securities Analysts on Innovation: An Evolutionary Approach"

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![Headshot of Derek Harmon](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/HarmonDerek_adobespark.jpeg?h=53a464be&itok=QZL3-VHK)

###  Derek Harmon (University of Michigan Ross School of Business)

March 5, 2021- "The Epidemiology of Organizational Misconduct: Evidence from the Chicago Police Department"

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![Headshot of Jill Perry-Smith](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/0082601-13BM-F033_adobespark.jpeg?h=59dcb76e&itok=dQ2W8u2f)

###  Jill Perry-Smith (Emory University Goizueta Business School)

March 12, 2021- "Who Are You Going to Call?" Network Activation in Creative Idea Generation and Elaboration

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![Headshot of Colleen Stuart](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/Colleen%20Stuart_Web_4_adobespark_0.jpeg?h=f5b113c4&itok=xE9AvZt0)

###  Colleen Stuart (Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School)

March 26, 2021- "External stakeholders and career attainment: Gender differences in tasks and promotion time of patent examiners"

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![Headshot of Sean Martin](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/Sean-Martin_web_adobespark.jpeg?h=db0e4358&itok=_qsWXxbf)

###  Sean Martin (UVA Darden School of Business)

April 16, 2021- "Class Transitioners and Employee Voice in White Collar Work"

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##  2019-2020 Research Seminar Series

![Headshot of Felix Danbold](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/FelixDanbold1_adobespark.jpeg?h=f55658e6&itok=MQ_lZfMR)

###  Felix Danbold (NYU Stern)

September 6, 2019 - "Who Gets to Represent Us? Understanding Dominant Groups’ Reactions To Diversity"

[Learn More](http://www.felixdanbold.com/)

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![Headshot of Siyu Yu](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/Siyu200x300_adobespark.jpeg?h=96ac1c69&itok=XipE6uzU)

###  Siyu Yu (NYU Stern)

September 13, 2019 - "On Navigating Informal Organizational Structures: Implications for Social Networks, Performance, and Status Attainment"

[Learn More](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/academic-departments/management-and-organizations/academic-programs/phd-overview/siyu-yu)

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![Headshot of Ethan Burris](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/Ethan-Burris-2019-11%20%281%29.1_adobespark.jpeg?h=ba234b9b&itok=9RC9NVfu)

###  Ethan Burris (UT Austin)

September 20, 2019 - "Mixed Messages: Why managers (do not) endorse employee voice"

[Learn More](https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/Directory/Profiles/Burris-Ethan)

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![Tina Wu headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/tinawu.jpg?h=2ceb56b3&itok=D8DtgXd6)

###  Tina Wu (NYU Stern)

October 4, 2019 - “A Home Here in the Office”: Managerial Emotional Labor as A Form of Organizational Control

[Learn More](https://community.chronicle.com/people/1025242-tina-wu/profile)

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![Mary Ann Glynn headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/profileImage.img_.png?h=c4320efc&itok=jV5ALFkT)

###  Mary Ann Glynn (Boston College)

November 15, 2019 - "How Boston Got Strong"

[Learn More](https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/carroll-school/faculty-research/faculty-directory/mary-ann-glynn.html)

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![Eden King headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/king2019c2_0.jpg?h=4a6b4c6f&itok=L-TI38M0)

###  Eden King (Rice University)

February 21, 2020 - “The ‘Opt Out’ Explanation is Insufficient: Subtle Messages Push Moms Out of Work”

[Learn More](https://eden-king.scholar.rice.edu/)

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