Xavier Pierce is an highly respected acclaimed lighting designer whose work spans Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theatre, opera, and dance. His designs have been seen at leading institutions across America including the Public Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Guthrie Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre ,Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, The Goodman Theatre ArenaStage, Seattle Repertory Theatre ,American Conservatory Theatre , American Repertory, the Alley Theatre.

I am interested in broad topics in economic theory including information economics, dynamic games, contract theory and corporate finance.

My research focuses on procedural trends in international sports law and its effects on the U.S. sports legal market.  

My research is in feminist legal theory, gender equality, LGBTQ+ rights, and property theory.

My research interests are in competitive strategy and corporate governance.

My primary research interests lie in ocean circulation dynamics and their role in polar climate variability and change. My current work explores the global impacts of glacial melt, ocean–atmosphere–ice interactions in the polar regions, and tropical-to-polar teleconnections, using observational data, ocean state estimates, and state-of-the-art ocean and climate models.