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  [### Joa Alexander

 ](/people/joa-alexander) <jalexander@hbs.edu>Doctoral Student in Organizational Behavior

 

 

 Research Interests: Organizational Change, Leadership, Innovation, Institutions, Organizations, Nonmarket Strategy, Networks Joa Alexander is a doctoral student in the Organizational Behavior program jointly offered by Harvard Business School and the... 

 

 

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   [### Marissa Combs

 ](/people/marissa-combs) <marissacombs@g.harvard.edu>Doctoral Student in Sociology

 

 

 Research Interests: Education Reform, Organizational and Economic Sociology, Cultural Sociology, Accountability and Governance, Research Practice Partnerships, Research Methods Marissa Combs is a PhD student in Sociology, a PIER Fellow at the Center for... 

 

 

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   [### Ryann Noe

 ](/people/ryann-noe) <cnoe@g.harvard.edu>Doctoral Student in Organizational Behavior

 

 

 Research Interests: Economic Sociology; Industry Evolution; Innovation and Ethics; Qualitative and Mixed Methods Ryann Noe is a doctoral student in the Organizational Behavior program jointly offered by Harvard Business School and the Department of... 

 

 

      ![Ryann Noe](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/noe_ryann.jpeg?itok=OD2gOX7G) 

 

 

 

   [### Yoonjae Shin

 ](/people/yoonjae-shin) <yshin@hbs.edu>Doctoral Student in Organizational Behavior

 

 

 Research Interests: Labor market, corporate governance, inequality, culture Yoonjae Shin is a doctoral student in the Organizational Behavior program jointly offered by Harvard Business School and the Department of Sociology at Harvard University. His... 

 

 

      ![Yoonjae Shin](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/shin_yoonjae_photo.jpg?itok=xOuiUaiV) 

 

 

 

   [### David J. Shin

 ](/people/david-shin) <dshin@hbs.edu>Doctoral Student in Organizational Behavior

 

 

 Research Interests: Organizations, Innovation, Social Movements, Race and Ethnicity, Inequality David Shin is a doctoral student in the Organizational Behavior program jointly offered by Harvard Business School and the Department of Sociology at Harvard... 

 

 

      ![David Shin](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/shin_david_photo.jpg?itok=-R5RILMG) 

 

 

 

   [### Erin Shirtz

 ](/people/erin-shirtz) <eshirtz@hbs.edu>Doctoral Student in Organizational Behavior

 

 

 Research Interests: Organizations, Inequality, Gender, Identity, Economic Sociology Erin Shirtz is a doctoral student in the Organizational Behavior program jointly offered by Harvard Business School and the Department of Sociology at Harvard University... 

 

 

      ![Erin Shirtz](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/shirtz_erin.jpeg?itok=5lw7to3E) 

 

 

 

   [### Channing Spencer

 ](/people/channing-spencer) <cspencer@hbs.edu>Doctoral Student in Organizational Behavior

 

 

 Research Interests: Inequality; innovation; gender; race; public policy; Latin America; economic sociology; stratification Channing Spencer is a Doctoral Candidate in the Organizational Behavior program jointly offered by Harvard Business School and the... 

 

 

      ![Channing Spencer](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/spencer.png?itok=43D1xCax) 

 

 

 

   [### Yuval Spiegler

 ](/people/yuval-spiegler) <yspiegler@hbs.edu>Doctoral Student in Organizational Behavior

 

 

 Research Interests: Workplace inequality; Organizations; Diversity; Performance and evaluation; Big data; FLOSS; Quantitative methods Yuval Spiegler is a doctoral candidate in the Organizational Behavior program jointly offered by Harvard Business School... 

 

 

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   [### Emily Tedards

 ](/people/emily-tedards) <etedards@hbs.edu>Doctoral Student in Organizational Behavior

 

 

 Research Interests: inter-organizational relationships, ecosystems, cross-sector collaboration, organizational design, organizational learning and adaptation, technology, entrepreneurship, innovation, institutions, movements, emerging markets, qualitative... 

 

 

      ![Emily Tedards](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/tedards_emily.jpg?itok=jXMS3irU) 

 

 

 

   [### John M. Towey

 ](/people/john-towey) <jmtowey@g.harvard.edu>Doctoral Student in Sociology

 

 

 Research Interests: Economic Sociology; Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility; Organizations, Occupations, and Work; Political Economy; Political Sociology; Quantitative Methods; Social Movements and Collective Behavior; Theory John Towey is a Doctoral... 

 

 

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