PhD Candidate
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
I am a doctoral student at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler School of Business. I examine the intended and unintended consequences of attempts to reduce inequality in an effort to identify how people and organizations can prevent or minimize negative unintended outcomes. My work falls into three broad themes. In my first stream, In my first stream of research, I seek to understand why, when, and how allyship, or actions aimed at improving the fair treatment and status of marginalized individuals, addresses inequality at work and why such attempts may fail to achieve their desired outcomes. In my second stream, I highlight the critical role that evidence plays in shaping people’ attitudes and behaviors toward discrimination, underscoring the nuanced ways in which beliefs about meritocracy, the presence of structural discrimination, and the gender of those who report unfair treatment influence decision-making and organizational responses to injustice. In my third stream of research, I study how individuals cope with modern forms of inequality in organizations. I identify how inequality continues to evolve in organizations, but diverging from the lion’s share of the literature, I take a positive psychology approach and explore ways in which marginalized individuals can positively adapt to such stressors and counter negative stereotypes. I employ a variety of methods to explore these questions, including laboratory experiments, field surveys, experience sampling methods, archival data, and qualitative approaches.
My work has been published in top peer-reviewed management outlets including Academy of Management Journal and Organizational Behavior Human Decision Processes. My work has been featured in national media outlets such as Harvard Business Review and the MIT Sloan Management Review. In 2024, I received the Peggy Lee-Sunhil Wahal Award, given annually at Kenan-Flagler to an outstanding graduate student researcher.
I also teach the fundamentals of organizational behavior at the undergraduate level, and I have assisted in the instruction of leading and managing, groups and team, and ethical decision making for undergraduate and MBA students.
Before returning to academia for my PhD, I worked with business executives on their career transitions and conducted qualitative and quantitative research for legal cases around the U.S.
When I'm not at work, I really love reading a good book, visiting the mountains, painting, or doing a crossword puzzle.
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