About me

I am a postdoctoral visiting scholar at the MIT Sloan School of Management and am on the 2025–26 job market.

My research focuses on internal change agents who work to advance social initiatives while navigating resistance, controversy, and windows of opportunity created by external events.

Before entering academia, I served as a U.S. diplomat leading crisis negotiations. That experience continues to shape both my research and my teaching. I bring this sensibility into the classroom through what I call the “Do I have time for this?” principle: if a theory cannot be applied under pressure, it risks being irrelevant.

My teaching emphasizes theory that travels. These are concepts students can use in moments of uncertainty, conflict, or change. At the University of Colorado Boulder, I taught courses in business ethics, corporate social responsibility, organizational behavior, and managing the self and others. My interactive approach earned me the university-wide 2019 Graduate Teaching Excellence Award.