Digital economist Sarah Bana has been helping people find work for a long time. As an undergraduate at the University of California Irvine, she'd sit down with friends to clean up their resumes and brainstorm potential jobs on campus. But not just any job; Bana always wanted to match the right person to the right position. "I started fairly early understanding the campus environment and job space," she says. "I'd ask'Do you want to work at the library where it's quiet or in the dining hall where it's louder but exciting and where you might meet new people? Or do you want to work at the Cross-Cultural Center because you care about diversity and equity on campus?' For me, it's always been intuitive to help people find their fit in an environment where they can work but also thrive."

Dr. Sarah H. Bana is a postdoctoral fellow at the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. Her research is primarily focused on measurement of new tasks and new technologies, and their effect on the labor market.Dr. Bana's research uses novel methods to measure skills, tasks, and technologies, with an emphasis on uncovering fine distinctions using big datasets. Her most recent work uses state-of-the-art natural language processing techniques to better characterize how jobs have changed over time.She has been published by the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management and the Sloan Management Review, and spoken at events such as California State Assembly's Rising Tide Summit on Economic Security. In 2019, she was awarded Honorable Mention for her dissertation, "Three Essays on Vulnerable Workers," by the Upjohn Institute.Prior to joining HAI, she received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and was a Postdoctoral Associate at MIT's Initiative on the Digital Economy.