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WTO’s students are involved in both the design and execution of WTO’s research and they also serve as Teaching Assistants in WTO-related courses. Student backgrounds are diverse, ranging from computer science and product design to religious studies and politics.
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Daisy Chung
Email: dechung [at] stanford [dot] edu
Webpage: N/A
Advisor: Diane Bailey & Steve Barley
Daisy is interested in exploring the institutional factors that affect technology adoption, with a focus on clean technologies in the automotive industry. She is primarily concerned with the phenomenon of front running within industries, and its implications for changing organizational aims and norms. Daisy also researches engineering work, and has spent time collecting data in the Detroit and Bangalore offices of an international automotive company. Daisy earned a B.A. in Science, Technology, and Society from Stanford University. She has also conducted research on the history of wind energy innovation at the Technical University in Berlin.
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Yosem Companys
Email: companys [at] Stanford [dot] edu
Webpage: N/A
Advisor: Steve Barley
Yosem Companys conducts research on the social construction of information and communication technologies, the development of large-scale collective action, and the professionalization of amateurs and the institutionalization of their work. In his dissertation, he is exploring these topics by means of an ethnographic case study of the development of the Netroots movement through online communities during the 2004 US presidential primaries. His research on institutional entrepreneurship with Jeff McMullen is forthcoming in Small Business Economics.
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Elizabeth Gerber
Email: egerber [at] stanford [dot] edu
Webpage: http://www.stanford.edu/~egerber
Advisor: Bob Sutton
Elizabeth's research focuses on the management of innovation. She studies the organizational context for user-centered innovation including social networks for innovators, the brokering of innovation work practices, and the adoption of user-centered design methodologies as a means for innovation. Additionally, she teaches business prototyping and creative collaboration at the Stanford's Design School. She holds a MS degree in Product Design from the Mechanical Engineering Department at Stanford and a bachelor's degree in Engineering and Art from Dartmouth College. Prior to pursuing her doctoral studies, Liz worked in the toy and management software industries. She is looking forward to pursuing an intellectually engaging career as a researcher and professor starting in Fall 2008.
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Ingrid Erickson
Email: ierick [at] stanford [dot] edu
Webpage: N/A
Advisor: Diane Bailey
Ingrid is interested in the implications of ubiquitous computing on social practices, new dimensions of place and space, organizational and cultural rhetoric, and interorganizational collaboration. She has conducted research with the Social Computing Group at IBM's T J Watson Research Center and at Boeing' s Phantom Works research division. Ingrid has an MS in Information (with an emphasis in human-computer interaction) from the School of Information at University of Michigan and an MA in religious studies from University of Chicago Divinity School. Prior to coming to Stanford, she worked for ten years in the publishing industry. |
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Issac Lim
Email: issaclim [at] stanford [dot] edu
Webpage: http://www.stanford.edu/~issaclim
Advisor: Diane Bailey
Issac is curious in how the missions of different types of institutions (public, private, nonprofit and for-profit organizations) pose unique challenges to policy makers and managers. He is also interested about the impact of corporatization on the nature of work of individuals in public and nonprofit organizations. Prior to Stanford, he did a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master of Science in Management in the National University of Singapore. He is passionate about improving the welfare of underprivileged children and aspires to provide free education for them. |
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Lei Liu
Email: liulei [at] stanford [dot] edu
Webpage: N/A
Advisor: Pamela Hinds
Lei is interested in the relationship between technological change and organizational behavior/structure, and the implications of such relationship for organizational management. With a background in information management, he is also interested in the searching, storing, sharing, and using of work-related information in organizations. Prior to joining WTO for doctoral studies, Lei received his B.S. in Management from Beijing (Peking) University.
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Ralph Maurer
email: rmaurer [at] stanford [dot] edu
Webpage: N/A
Advisor: Bob Sutton
Ralph Maurer conducts research on organizational phenomena and strategy in creative industries. Specific interests include innovation at the intersection between producers and audience, the reinvention and renewal of creative intellectual property, and the strategic use of identity-tied resources. Ralph is currently conducting his dissertation research on the production of feature films based on intellectual property from the publishing industry (e.g. books into film). Before coming to Stanford, Ralph received a BS in communication studies from Northwestern University and an MBA from the University of Florida. His work experience includes time with Apple Computer and Deluxe (film industry).
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Carlos Rodriguez-Lluesma
Email: clluesma [at] stanford [dot] edu
Webpage: N/A
Advisor: Diane Bailey
Carlos Rodriguez's research interests include how technical work is interpreted within, and shaped by, communities of practice. He is also interested on the relationships between creativity and business development in the film industry. Prior to Stanford, Carlos earned a Master of Philosophy from Glasgow University and an MBA from IESE Business School.
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Kurt Sandholtz
Email: kws [at] stanford [dot] edu
Webpage: N/A
Advisor: Diane Bailey & Steve Barley
Kurt's research interests focus on the standardization of knowledge
work and the evolution of the human resources profession. Before
coming to Stanford, he was a consultant with The RBL Group, where he
designed and delivered executive education for science- and
engineering-oriented companies. Kurt has been a full-time visiting
instructor at the Marriott School of Business, Brigham Young
University, where he earned a Masters in Organizational Behavior. He
is co-author of two books: Beyond Juggling: Rebalancing Your Busy
Life (Berrett- Koehler, 2002) and HR Competencies: The Intersection
of People and Business (Society for Human Resource Management, 2008).
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Irene Tollinger
Email: ivt [at] stanford [dot] edu
Webpage: http://hci.arc.nasa.gov/pages/Group_Members-i.html
Advisor: Pam Hinds
Irene Tollinger has a background in human-computer interaction. She conducts research on collaborative knowledge management as well as the factors that affect group performance. As she works for NASA, her research and applied work has been focused on the context of supporting space mission operations. Some of her research has appeared in the cognitive science, CSCW, and CHI conferences.
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Isaac Waisberg
Email: waisberg [at] stanford [dot] edu
Webpage: N/A
Advisor: Steve Barley
Isaac's research interests focus on organizational training, on practical knowledge, and on how technicians in the high-tech industry learn and communicate. Isaac holds a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the Israel Institute of Technology, Technion, and a M.Sc. in Organizational and Social Psychology from the London School of Economics. Prior to pursuing doctoral studies, Isaac worked for IBM, Tower Semiconductors, and Creo (Kodak). |
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Dana Wang
Email: dxwang [at] stanford [dot] edu
Webpage: N/A
Advisor: Steve Barley
Dana's research interests include sequencing of interorganizational ties, outsourcing/offshoring, information intermediaries, and the creation of intellectual property. Prior to joining the WTO, she worked in various business capacities: transferring technologies from academia to the private sector, analyst in corporate venture at an utility company, strategic marketing at a MEMS startup, and technical analysis on Wall Street. She also has experience teaching at a leading science museum, teaching in Japan, and conducting scientific research at a leading art museum. Dana received a B.A. in Chemistry from Oberlin College and an MBA from the University of Michigan, where she was a member of Wolverine Venture Fund. |
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Jia (Carol) Xu
Email: carolxu [at] stanford [dot] edu
Webpage: N/A
Advisor: Pam Hinds
Jia (Carol) Xu is broadly interested in sociology of technology and work. One of her many ideas is to incorporate micro-level human interaction processes into macro-level sociological theories of technology and work in order to understand the nuances of technology formation and its effects on social everyday life. Workplace behaviors and interaction serve as a great observational field for her exploration. In addition, she also has interests in philosophy, dance, and self-taught painting. |
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