Micah Haskins

I am a social scientist studying work, technology, and organization. I am interested in representations at work.

Today’s workplaces are hotbeds for novel technologies and are characterized by a need to know; that is, to perceive and properly attribute meaning to the surrounding world. Knowing this brings attention to peoples’ increasing dependence on neural representations, simulations, and other models aiding peoples’ visualization and understanding of observable phenomena.

These tools unveil what qualities are fundamental to, or which at least contribute to, our comprehension of the empirical world. These qualities constitute our mental models of the world, in turn shaping the elastic nature by which we act and react to our environment. Within organizational contexts, these considerations inform the likes of what work is aspired to and how it is done; what organizations exist and address which work; and what technologies organizations leverage to accomplish such work. 

Outside of work, I enjoy time with my loved ones, exercising, eating, and listening to music. I also serve in the United States Army Reserve as a military intelligence officer.