Alexis (Lexi) D. Gordon

Alexis (Lexi) D. Gordon
  • Doctoral Candidate

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Research Interests: Decision Making, Organizational Behavior, Advice, Conversation

Links: CV, Personal Website, Google Scholar

Overview

Lexi Gordon is a PhD candidate at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She studies barriers to effective knowledge sharing, focusing on whom people turn to for advice, how they ask for it, and the advice people give. She uses a mix of experiments and field data—including workplace emails, Reddit posts, and commencement speeches—to uncover when and why information exchange breaks down and identify strategies for improving communication in the workplace.

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Knowledge at Wharton

Judgment Is the New Bottleneck

Wharton's Matthew Bidwell speaks with Ritcha Ranjan, senior vice president of product at Expedia Group, on why building effective AI systems means designing for human judgment.…Read More

Knowledge @ Wharton - 5/7/2026
When AI Transparency Backfires

New research shows that AI and machine learning models can be made to look fair and neutral in their interpretability outputs while continuing to produce biased real-world decisions.…Read More

Knowledge @ Wharton - 5/5/2026
Five Things to Know About Private Credit

As investor withdrawals and liquidity concerns rattle the $1.8 trillion market, Wharton’s Itay Goldstein explains how private credit works, why experts are uneasy, and what it could mean for your finances.…Read More

Knowledge @ Wharton - 5/5/2026