Welcome. I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business in their Strategy group. I got my PhD from the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business in their Management & Organization department.
My research examines the microfoundations of organization theory and strategy, a burgeoning area of scholarship that seeks to identify the micro-mechanisms that drive macro-level phenomena. Within this broad space, my research advances our understanding in three domains: 1) the microfoundations of institutions, where I reveal novel mechanisms that explain institutional maintenance and change, 2) the microfoundations of organizational deviance, where I uncover new explanations for why misconduct within organizations is so persistent, and 3) the microfoundations of nascent markets, where I offer insight into the role entrepreneurial firms play in the development and emergence of new markets.
My approach to research is highly interdisciplinary and methodologically diverse. Theoretically, I draw on work in sociology, psychology, economics, and linguistics. Methodologically, I utilize archival studies, lab experiments, and qualitative approaches, and I leverage different forms of text analysis in many of my papers. My published work appears in Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Management Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Strategic Management Journal, and Strategy Science (among others).