ELM News
September 1, 2009
ELM is celebrating its 10th anniversary. We would like to thank all of our current and past clients, research partners, and collaborators for accompanying us on the journey so far. The privilege has been all ours. Thank you!
June 1, 2009
ELM has completed a data analysis collaboration with an international human rights organization to gauge the effectiveness of international certification programs in the apparel industry.
March 24, 2009
Managing Director Jason McNichol will be teaching two seminars this summer, on the sociology of markets and the social determinants of health care disparities.
Rhonda Evans, Managing Director, oversees ELM's work on corporate social responsibility, labor and employment issues and socially responsible investing. She is an economic sociologist who has specialized in employment regulation and workplace concerns, including labor rights, employee benefits, trade policy impacts and international labor issues. Evans has considerable experience in rating and standards development for both financial and social metrics. Her industry experience encompasses financial services, information technology, healthcare, transportation and logistics, and consumer-oriented manufacturing.
Evans graduated Magna Cum Laude from Bryn Mawr College and received a PhD in Sociology with a focus in International Political Economy from the University of California, Berkeley. She was a Postdoctoral Fellow and a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Labor and Employment at the University of California, Berkeley. Evans has received numerous awards, including fellowships from the MacArthur Foundation and the Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation.