Tronetti, Alisha

Bio

Alisha Tronetti (she/her) is a doctoral student in Organizational Psychology in the SDOS Program. She graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2021 with dual degrees: B.A. in Psychology and a B.S. in Management.

Alisha’s scholarship focuses on team dynamics, leadership, and social-network processes. Her master’s thesis advances a new theoretical framework for how team knowledge emerges. The model draws on prospect theory, voice behavior, status-quo considerations, the hidden-profile paradigm, and feedback loops. By weaving in the certainty and relevance of information with social factors, it explains when and why individuals decide to share—or withhold—unique insights. Using agent-based simulations, she shows how these choices shape collective cognition over time.

Beyond theory development, Alisha builds computational models and decision-making simulations to test complex social phenomena. After completing her Ph.D., she plans to pursue an academic career in Industrial-Organizational Psychology or Management, continuing to blend rigorous modeling with practical impact.