Her research interests lie in behavioral economics and strategy, with a focus on nonfinancial incentives and their effects on human decision-making. Jana's work has been published in Management Science, Strategic Management Journal, Labour Economics, and Applied Economics, among other journals. Jana joined UCLA from Harvard, where she was a post-doctoral fellow. She received her PhD in Economics from the University of Zurich, with the distinction summa cum laude, and holds two Master's degrees, from Sciences Po Paris in France and the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.