Mayra M. Tirado joined Arizona State University in 2023 as a postdoctoral researcher in the Center for Organization Research and Design at the School of Public Affairs. In the summer of 2024, she joined the School of Applied Professional Studies, where she collaborates with colleagues from the MLF Teachers College, co-leading the efforts of the STEM Program Evaluation Lab.
Dr. Tirado uses public organizations as critical sites to drive her research and to understand how public organizations can function better. She's particularly interested in the forces that shape behaviors. Her research focuses on the relationships governing organizational behavior, policy, and society to help scholars and practitioners understand and address pressing social issues.
Her Ph.D. research explored the effects of Conacyt's Scholarship Program on developing research capabilities in Mexico's nanotech sectors.
Through her work, Dr. Tirado has engaged with NGOs, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the European Commission (EC), and the Mexican and Chilean governments.
After completing a Ph.D. in Business and Management with an emphasis on Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy, Dr. Tirado worked as a postdoctoral research associate at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, funded by the Norwegian Research Council, where she explored the governance of science and policy impact, using a particle physics field from the Large Hadron Collider at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN-LHC).