PhD ~ 2015 “Meaning and Merit in American Municipal Firefighting”
Carolyn Ly-Donovan is an organizational and cultural sociologist who is part of the Factor.AI team. Vega Factor improves how people work by transforming organizations through a scientifically-grounded and scalable approach to cultural change. At the core of this work is a deep understanding that culture powerfully shapes workplace experiences.
Carolyn has researched and published work on organizational dynamics with emphasis on organizational design and group-centered cultural processes. Her B.A. (summa cum laude Hunter College, City University of New York), M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. (Yale University) are in sociology. She is experienced in mixed qualitative methodology including ethnography, interviewing, content analysis, and historical research.