Keynote Speakers

Emily Nix is an Associate Professor of Finance and Business Economics at USC's Marshall School of Business and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

She is an economist studying how violence, power, and inequality shape people's lives, and what can be done to change them. Her research reveals the often-hidden economic consequences of violence against women and examines why gender gaps persist and how families, firms, and public policy shape economic inequality. Nix's research and expertise have been featured in The Economist, the Financial Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, and more.

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Nathan Wilmers is the Erwin H. Schell Professor of Management and a Professor of Work and Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management. 

Wilmers researches wage and earnings inequality, economic sociology, and the sociology of labor. His empirical work focuses on how differences between organizations affect outcomes for workers.

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