current projects
in conversation with crenshaw’s theory of power and identity
Algorithmic Imperialism on the House Floor
A study of AI scheduling and forecasting systems in retail and hospitality. This project explores how automated decision structures shape identity, opportunity, and daily experience for frontline workers. Built from intersectional theory and critical approaches to organizational life.
Governed and Gendered
A qualitative inquiry into how workers in service environments navigate layered expectations tied to gender, race, and cultural performance. The project examines how identity is constructed under pressure and how people sustain meaning in roles defined by emotional labor.
Culture Under Pressure
An analysis of organizational change in high volume hospitality settings. This work looks at how culture forms and shifts in real time and how employees interpret the promises and contradictions of growth, speed, and technological transformation.
Intersectionality as Organizational Methodology
A developing theoretical piece that positions intersectionality as a tool for understanding power inside contemporary workplaces. The project seeks to offer a framework for leaders who want to see the full complexity of labor in service driven industries.
Embodied Labor in Coffee Retail
A field based study that examines how workers in coffee spaces understand belonging, dignity, and performance. This project focuses on micro level interactions that reveal the deeper structures of service work.
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