I am a sociologist of organizational behavior applying a mixed methods approach to investigating value creation and decision-making in the context of entrepreneurship. 

I earned a Ph.D. in Sociology in 2018 from the University at Albany, SUNY. To indicate my dedication and purpose to transition to business school education, I am currently earning an online MBA within the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

My research explains why newly publicly-traded firms succeed and fail through socio-cognitive perspectives. A specific feature makes my research program important is its applications of machine learning algorithms. I have used topic modeling algorithms to develop a novel metric for interpretative frames of information about newly public firms in crisis times. 

I have over three years of teaching experience at graduate and undergraduate levels. My pedagogy reflects a commitment to the multidisciplinary understanding of management with engaged learning opportunities. 

Prior to my academic career, I worked for a Japanese multinational company for over three years, and thus I can offer business students a practitioner’s perspective connected to theory.