I study the workplace, pathways into jobs, and gender. I am particularly interested in the intersections of social class origins, gender and the importance that people place on various aspects of work. I also teach courses about social psychology, technology, and the labor force.

My doctoral thesis evaluated the hypothesis that work experiences impact how young people come to emphasize different aspects of jobs. I found evidence that what a person gets out of their job and what one comes to want from future jobs is mediated by how they perceive their degree of efficacy in the world. A published paper from this project can be found here. That work informed my current research on STEM careers and attitudes, especially with respect to groups that are underrepresented in computing occupations. Our most recent paper which explores the connection between video games and early computing pathways can be found here.