My name is Koji Chavez and I’m an assistant professor of sociology at Indiana University. My research focuses on gender and racial inequality in labor markets and in the workplace. I also teach courses on race and ethnicity, work, and research design. Upcoming Presentations/Conferences Diversity Commodification in Software Engineering Hiring I’m working with Dr. Kate Weisshaar and Tania Hutt on a number of projects. We are currently working on a paper that explores patterns of gender and racial discrimination in software engineering hiring. We argue that to understand patterns of gender and racial discrimination, we must incorporate the concept of diversity value—that is, that women and some racial minorities are valued for their contribution to organizational diversity. We theorize a process, which we call diversity commodification, by which decision-makers assign applicants diversity value and incorporate that value into their screening decisions. This study combines a large-scale audit study comparing discrimination … Continue reading Welcome!