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Phela Townsend
- Ph.D. Student, Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management
Education
M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.S., Cornell University
Phela Townsend is a doctoral student at the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University. Her research focuses on healthcare labor and employment relations, broad-based capital/employee ownership, and the future of work and employment. Townsend also contributes to The Capitol Forum’s coverage and analysis on dominant digital platforms and market competition. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial & Labor Relations from Cornell University, and a Master of Business Administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
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