BRANDY AVEN:
I am a PhD candidate in the sociology program at Stanford. Presently, I am completing my dissertation on diffusion processes, communication patterns, and social influence within organizations, particularly looking at the spread of corrupt innovations and sentiment.

Using both social network and semantic analysis, I am investigating email exchanges from the Enron Email Corpus. This is longitudinal study consisting of both professional and personal communications.

My past research includes reputations and reputation systems in markets. I have investigated both online markets, such as eBay and emerging economies. My interests include: organizational behavior, economic sociology, social networks, and social psychology.