Welcome
I am an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and (by courtesy) of Sociology, and the co-drector of the Computational Culture Lab.
It took me a while to realize what I want to do when I grow up. As an undergrad, I majored in computer science and film studies at Tel Aviv University, and moved on to work as a programmer and later as an IT consultant for several years. I received my PhD in Sociology from Princeton University. My background in computers has had a profound effect on my development as a sociologist. I see the internet as an amazing repository of social scientific data, and constantly search for and develop new computational methods for modeling dynamic social processes.
You can find my CV here.
My work isn't easily described using standard labels. I use computationally intensive language and network-based methods applied to big data to model cultural dynamics in organizations, markets and informal social groups. My research projects all share an overarching theme: the desire to understand the social mechanisms that underlie how people construct meaning, and consequently pursue action.
Please visit my Stanford GSB Faculty webpage for more information