Hi! I'm Christopher Law

I'm an assistant professor of strategic management at Mays Business School at Texas A&M University.

My research asks who gets to build and join new ventures, and how the people inside them shape what they become. I study:

• Why technology founders are so unrepresentative by race and gender, and which career paths and decisions change that

• How culture emerges in new organizations

• How firms reward and retain human capital, including individual-level gender pay gaps. 

I combine large-scale data, such as payroll records and career histories, with interviews and longitudinal case studies to build and test theory.

My research has been published in the Academy of Management Journal and Strategic Management Journal. It has been recognized by the Industry Studies Association (Giarratani Rising Star Award), Responsible Research in Business & Management (Dare to Care scholarship), the Bradford-Osborne Research Award (2026 finalist), and the Ed Schein Best PhD Paper Award (2023 finalist). I am a 2025 Research Fellow at the Center for Black Entrepreneurship.

I received my PhD in Business Administration (Strategy & Entrepreneurship) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and my MBA and bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University. Before transitioning to academia, I worked at Walmart, Lands' End, and Amazon.

Last updated: November 2026