- Collaborated on a project examining faculty rights policies, particularly concerning women’s rights in academia, focusing on promotion review, parenting-related stress, and access to academic networks.
- Conducted and coded qualitative faculty interview data from four semesters using NVivo, performing word-frequency and text-search queries to distill core themes and strengthen the analytical framework.
- Co-authored sections of the research manuscript and formulated recommendations on institutional reforms to advance gender equity in higher education, including extending parental leave, expanding on-campus childcare facilities, and promoting flexible work arrangements (e.g., remote-work days).
- Interviewed with tenure-track faculty to identify barriers to women’s career advancement in academia, analyzing the intersectionality of gender relations, domestic responsibilities and institutional barriers.
- Built theoretical framework integrating concepts of gender schemas and cumulative disadvantage in academia, and developed actionable pathways for creating equitable workplace policies and institutional change.
- Executed mixed-methods fieldwork, conducting in-depth Zoom interviews with three managers (one male, two female) and administering surveys to 30 low-skilled migrant workers (gender-balanced) recruited through purposive sampling to ensure diversity in job roles and tenure.
- Designed and validated data-collection instruments and managed multi-modal data collection processes, including manager-facilitated handwritten/ scanned surveys and confidential structured interviews.
- Analyzed HR policies, workplace practices, and female migrant workers’ lived experiences using NVivo for qualitative coding and SPSS regression for quantitative analysis, generating insights into gender inequality and wage-gap dynamics within Chinese factories.
- Produced a 32-page research report with analysis on managerial and worker perspectives and offering policy recommendations for gender-inclusive HR practices and equitable labor conditions.