Education
Ph.D., The Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniaResearch Interest
Strategy, entrepreneurship, innovation, human capital, diversity, public policy, mixed methodsCourses Taught
MGMT 376/SOCI 376 Entrepreneurial PerspectivesMGMT 637 Foundations of Entrepreneurship
Biography
Jiayi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management at Texas A&M’s Mays Business School. Prior to joining Mays, she was on the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She received her PhD in Business Economics and Public Policy from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on human capital forces that drive entrepreneurial participation, performance, and innovation from three lenses—institutional and societal environments, firm strategy, and diversity. Jiayi’s research has been published in various academic journals such as the Strategic Management Journal and Organization Science. She has won a number of awards for her research, including the Kauffman Knowledge Challenge grant for the study of entrepreneurship and a National Science Foundation award for investigating the impacts of social safety net policies on STEM entrepreneurship and innovation.
