VP of Product, thredUP
Jen Wang is the Vice President of Product at thredUP, an online secondhand clothing marketplace whose mission is to help consumers choose secondhand first. Jen completed her Ph.D. in Environment and Resources through the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER). Her dissertation research focused on attitudes and decision-making related to prosocial behaviors and common goods, particularly those in the environmental and health domains. Using quantitative and qualitative approaches, her projects considered business attitudes toward environmental sustainability and climate change, variation in teens’ food choices by socio-economic status and family food practices, and consumer attitudes and perceptions of “green” products and environmental violations. While at Stanford, Jen also co-founded the Stanford Environment Behavior (SEB) student group, and worked with a number of organizations such as the Natural Resource Defense Council and the UK Behavioral Insights Team to conduct policy-relevant research.