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B.S. in Applied Sociology

Texas State University

PhD in Organizational Science

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Doctoral Candidate

• Dissertation: Ethical Sensemaking in the AI Assemblage

UNC Charlotte Graduate Summer Fellowship

The Graduate School at UNC Charlotte

The Graduate School Summer Fellowship Award is a competitive grant to provide support for dissertation research during the summer. Projects are reviewed based on their novelty and significance.

Electronic Communication

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology

Electronic communication, encompassing email, social media, and artificial intelligence, profoundly impacts individuals, their relationships, personal identity, group affiliation, and community functioning. As new communication technologies continue to emerge, it is crucial for social psychologists to study the positive and negative effects of electronic communication on people.

Labor in Fissured Workplaces: Contract Workers’ Membership Negotiation in Big Tech.

Western Journal of Communication

Big Tech companies increasingly use contract workers for key roles, enhancing their careers but limiting their influence and inclusion within the organization. Analysis of 500 crowdsourced reviews reveals these workers struggle with membership negotiation, impacting their ability to fully integrate and influence organizational processes.

The discursive construction of risk in gig work

Organizational Risk Management

The gig economy has disrupted traditional working arrangements by introducing independent, hyper-flexible, short-term jobs with few worker-organization communication channels, leading gig workers to rely on virtual communities for shared interpretations and coping strategies due to limited face-to-face interactions. This chapter examines the unique risk-related dynamics of the gig economy, proposes a new theoretical framework, and suggests directions for future research on occupational safety and virtual communities in this context.