Kylie Jiwon Hwang

Kylie Hwang is an Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations. Her research examines how businesses can alleviate the systemic inequality that marginalized populations face in the labor market and in society at large. In particular, can entrepreneurship be a pathway for marginalized groups to overcome labor market discrimination and achieve economic and social integration? What are the barriers and setbacks of entrepreneurial engagement for marginalized group members? Much of her current work focuses on marginalized groups such as justice-impacted individuals, racial minorities, and people with disabilities in the United States. Her research primarily adopts a quantitative method approach using restricted administrative and survey data, and incorporates qualitative in-depth interviews and experiments.

Professor Hwang’s research has been published in leading journals such as American Journal of Sociology, The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, and Research in Organizational Behavior. Her work has also been featured in a testimony to the US Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and popular press outlets such as the Washington Post, Forbes, CitySCOPE Podcast, and Columbia Business School Ideas at Work.

Professor Hwang earned her PhD in Management from Columbia Business School, and a dual Bachelor’s degree in Business and Economics, summa cum laude, from Seoul National University. Prior to joining Kellogg, she was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford Graduate School of Business.