Heather Sarsons is an assistant professor of economics with research interests in labor, personnel, and behavioral economics at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. Much of her work focuses on understanding how norms, stereotypes, and biases influence labor market outcomes and inequality. Prior to joining Booth, Sarsons was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto's GATE Institute and the university’s Economics Department. Sarsons received a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University and a B.A. in economics from the University of British Columbia. While pursuing her Ph.D., she was also a visiting student at the London School of Economics.