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I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Business Analytics and Statistics in the Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. I obtained my Ph.D. in Management Science from the Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, advised by Gautam Pant. I am interested in ``What Do People Do All Day?'' and my research focuses on how technological advances change the work we do, with specific implications for employers, individual career development, and education and workforce development policies.
Education
Education
Ph.D. in Management Science, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, 2019
M.A. in Economics, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, 2014
M.A. in Economics, SUNY Buffalo, 2011
Publications
Publications
The dynamic relation between board gender diversity and firm performance: the moderating role of shareholder activism with F Xie, Y Guo, SJ Daniel, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting (2024).
The impacts of COVID-19 on clean energy labor markets: Evidence from Multifaceted analysis of public health interventions and COVID-health factors, with C Chen, JA Greig, Z Shen, Y Shi, Energy Policy (2022) .
"Predicting Labor Market Competition: Leveraging Employee Skills and Interfirm Network" with Gautam Pant and Olivia R. L. Sheng, Information Systems Research (2020).
"Does Star Power Boost Soccer Match Attendance? Empirical Evidence from the Chinese Soccer League" with Bo Li, Olan Scott, and Sarah Stokowski, International Journal of Sport Finance (2019).
Select Working Papers
Select Working Papers
"Is Turing Transformation Happening?" with Chuanren Liu and Tingliang Huang (2023 INFORMS Workshop on Data Science Best Paper Award, R&R MISQ) Video: UTK Mic/Nite 2023.
"Does Machine Learning Reduce Entry-Level Jobs?" with Chuanren Liu and Tingliang Huang (R&R MISQ).
"Artificial Intelligence and Inventory Performance: An Exploratory Investigation" with Junchen Xia, Chuanren Liu and Tingliang Huang (under review MSOM).
"Operations AI in Healthcare: Early Evidence on Adoption and Impact" with Abdullah Salau and Zheng (Justin) Jia (under review POM).
"Predicting Employee Turnover through Network Embeddedness" with Gautam Pant and Olivia R. L. Sheng (WITS 2020 Best Paper Award runner-up).
"IT Skills Complementarity" with Gautam Pant and Olivia R. L. Sheng.
"AI Adoption and the Talent Constraint" with Wei Zheng and Missie Bowers.
"Digital Prophylaxis for Firm Resilience: A Study on COVID-19 Disruption" with Gautam Pant and Shagun Pant.
Awards and Honors
Awards and Honors
AI TENNessee Initiative Seed Funds: Value-Based Skill Recommendation through Retrieval-Augmented Generation ($75,000), 2025 - 2026.
AI TENNessee Initiative Seed Funds: Tracking the New Frontiers of Work in Tennessee. ($64,800), 2024 - 2025.
Nomination for Best Dissertation Proposal Award, Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS) 2018.
Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Fellowship ($10,000), Spring 2019.
University of Iowa Graduate College Summer Research Fellowship ($4,000), Summer 2017.
University of Iowa Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Award ($4,000), Fall 2017.
University of Iowa Department of Management Sciences Research Fellowship ($5,000), Fall 2016.
University of Iowa Tippie College of Business Best Teaching Assistant Nominee, Fall 2015.
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