Team & Partners
We are a cross-disciplinary team at Boston University working with workforce and employer partners to connect hiring signals to real outcomes, and translate evidence into practical tools for inclusive AI-era work.
Team video
A short overview of the team and why this project focuses on fixing hiring systems while supporting women navigating the job market today.
Watch the team videoProject Leadership
The PI and Co-PIs provide overall intellectual and administrative leadership, oversee research design and ethics, and ensure the project produces actionable tools for employers, jobseekers, and community partners.
Neha Gondal
Principal Investigator
Gondal is a computational social network analyst focused on systemic labor market inequalities. She leads the research design and analysis connecting skill and credential signals to workforce outcomes, translating findings into practical employer and workforce tools.
Ayse Lokmanoglu
Co-Principal Investigator
Lokmanoglu studies information integrity and visual communication in digital publics. She supports tool design, measurement strategy, and communication materials that make complex findings accessible to employers, partners, and participants.
Chris Chao Su
Co-Principal Investigator
Su studies platform governance and develops computational methods for longitudinal policy analysis. He leads the governance and recruiting narrative components that connect policy signals to hiring practices, supporting actionable redesign guidance for employers.
Partners
The project is grounded in an established university–community partnership model. Partners contribute domain expertise, employer and community networks, and practical implementation pathways for workshops and piloting.
Boston Women’s Workforce Council (BWWC)
BWWC is a public–private partnership focused on eliminating racial and gender wage gaps through measurement, reporting, and employer convenings. BWWC supports employer recruitment for pilots, co-design of workshops, and dissemination of practical toolkits to workforce stakeholders.
Boston University
The project brings together expertise across the College of Communication, the Department of Sociology, and the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences. Boston University provides research capacity, methodological support, and a platform for public-facing tools and evidence-based briefs.
Local workforce and community organizations (pilot)
Workshops will be delivered with trusted local partners—such as public libraries, workforce boards, community colleges, and women’s organizations—to ensure accessibility and real-world relevance. Partner feedback will continuously refine role maps, portfolio templates, and job-ad decoding materials.
Contact
For partnership inquiries, please contact: gondal@bu.edu