Education:
Memorial Middle School
1994-1997
J.W. Nixon High School
Class of 2001
University of Texas
B.A. in English/ Biology
Class of 2005
University of Chicago
A.M. in Social Science
Class of 2013
Research:
You, Me, and Tea: An Investigation into the Effect
of Implicit Social Information on Consumer
Preferences (2 years on project)
Rios, K., Finkelstein, S. R., & Landa, J. (2015). Is
There a “Fair” in Fair-Trade? Social Dominance
Orientation Influences Perceptions of and
Preferences for Fair-Trade Products. Journal of
Business Ethics, 171-180. (2 years on project)
Community Guardians: Helping to Grow Austin
Togeher. (9 months)
Work Experience:
Marriott International
Rooms Controller, trainer;
(2006-2009)
University of Texas
Research Collaborator/ Lab Manager
(2009-2012)
University of Chicago
Graduate Researcher/ Field Researcher
(2012-2015)
United Way of Greater Austin
Research Fellow
((2017-2018)
YMCA of Austin
Field Researcher
(2017-2018)
Awards and Boards:
Awards: National Merit Scholar, Emerging Scholar,
Univ. of Texas Scholarship Recipient, Rotary Club
Scholarship Recipient, University of Chicago Merit
Graduate Scholarship Recipient,
Board: Building A Purpose
Committees: (Current) GAHCC Advocacy
Committee, Hispanic Austin Leadership Selection
and Organization Committee
(Former): United Way of Greater Austin IT
Committee
Hobbies/Interest:
Gardening, reading, weightlifting, volunteering,
traveling, cooking.
Interests: Decision-making; psychology, behavioral
economics, cultural representation, community
planning, architecture
Biography:
Jennifer Landa is a native Laredoan who has made
Austin her home for close to two decades.
She attended the University of Texas at Austin as
an undergraduate and later The University of
Chicago for graduate school. Jennifer is a social
scientist who works primarily with academics
and nonprofits on understanding individual
choices and behavior. Her work has spanned
across multiple fields including emotional health,
community stability, consumer choice, and
prosocial behavior. She is a mixed-methods
researcher who takes great joy in the personal
element of ethnography. Her favorite interviewees
are young adults and children, especially her
youngest nieces and nephews. She is an avid
gardener and can usually be found working beside
her husband on the project of the week when she
is not acting as a tour guide for visitors.