Teaching
I believe the best learning happens when students are challenged to think on their feet. My classes are built around the Socratic method and case-based teaching, where discussion drives the learning. I also integrate mini-cases drawn from current events—a CEO's earnings call gone wrong, a startup's pivotal pitch, a scandal unfolding in real time—to bring core strategic concepts into new and challenging situations. The goal is to put students in the decision-maker's seat and force them to wrestle with the same ambiguity and trade-offs that leaders face every day.
Michigan State University
MBA 850
Strategic Management — MBA
Examines how firms build, sustain, and lose competitive advantage. Covers industry analysis, positioning, corporate strategy, and global competition through case discussion and current-event mini-cases.
MGT 409
Strategic Management — Undergraduate
Capstone undergraduate course integrating functional business knowledge through case analysis, competitive simulations, and current-event mini-cases. Students develop and defend firm-level strategies under conditions of uncertainty.
University of Michigan
Corporate Strategy — MBA
Examines how multi-business firms create value through diversification, vertical integration, and corporate restructuring. Case-driven with an emphasis on real-time strategic decisions. Neary Teaching Excellence Award (2021).
Corporate Strategy — Undergraduate
Upper-level course on corporate-level strategy, covering mergers and acquisitions, alliances, and scope decisions through case discussion and team-based analysis.
Business Strategy — Undergraduate
Foundational course in competitive strategy, emphasizing industry dynamics, firm positioning, and the sources of competitive advantage.
PhD Seminars
Microfoundations of Strategy and Organization Theory
Doctoral seminar examining how individual-level cognition, communication, and action underpin macro-level organizational and institutional phenomena. Covers foundational and contemporary readings at the intersection of strategy and organization theory.
Language, Meaning, and Strategy
Doctoral seminar exploring how language shapes strategic outcomes—from rhetorical legitimation to computational text analysis. Students engage with both theoretical foundations and hands-on methods for studying language in organizational contexts.
University of Southern California
Leading Organizations — Undergraduate
Core course on organizational behavior and leadership, covering motivation, team dynamics, decision-making, and organizational design. Marshall Ph.D. Teaching Award (2015).