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I am a sociologist 
at the Graduate School of Business 
at Rice University. 

I study emotion, thought, identity, and learning, 
​at the boundaries of the knowledge economy. ​

Dr. Larson received her B.A. with honors in International Relations and her M.A. in Sociology from Stanford University, and holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from New York University. She has been honored with special grants and fellowships, including post-doctoral appointments at Harvard, Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley. She has also been a Visiting Scholar at the Freie University and Goethe University in Germany, and an affiliate at Nuffield College, University of Oxford.  In conjunction with her scholarship, which has been funded by organizations such as the National Science Foundation, Dr. Larson teaches classes and facilitates learning across multiple sectors. ​​Larson is a sociologist at the Graduate School of Business at Rice University and the inaugural Director of the Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Since at Rice she founded and directs a new liberal arts innovation research and teaching project, FreeStyle.  She is the author of a forthcoming book with Harvard University Press.