Sarah Bana

Sarah Bana is an Assistant Professor at the George L. Argyros College of Business and Economics, Chapman University. Her research bridges higher education curriculum design with labor market outcomes, focusing on skill acquisition and workforce alignment.

Her work includes longitudinal analyses of syllabi data to map educational content to career skills using O*NET taxonomies, with implications for curriculum development and economic policy. Recent studies examine skill polarization, educational-innovation gaps, and wage prediction models.

• Education: University of California, Irvine (BA), Georgetown University (MA), University of California, Santa Barbara (MA, PhD).
• Research Themes: Labor economics, education policy, machine learning applications, and skill development frameworks.

Publications demonstrate how syllabi analysis can predict skill trends (e.g., machine learning integration in economics) and earnings disparities linked to taught skills. Collaborative studies use Open Syllabus Project data with DWA taxonomies to model field-specific skill evolution.