
You need more than just reading and lecturing to thrive in the wide business universe, which is why I am constantly seeking to provide real-world experiences to our students. Business education is a degree of creation, organization, and the design of meaningful work, and of communicating clearly in a way that helps others find solutions. It is tackling real-world problems in all aspects of life through critical thought, informed by a diversity of experiences. I love Southern Virginia University’s business education; we embody the teaching and the application of correct principles. From economics to management, we are a science of the social, and the study of being more together than we can be alone.
Education
- Ph.D. in Management, Stanford University
- M.A. in Sociology, Stanford University
- M.S. in Management Science & Engineering, Stanford University
- B.S. with Honors in Sociology, minor in Business, Brigham Young University
Courses
- Business Management & Leadership Major: Introduction to Business Careers, Principles of Marketing, Principles of Organization and Leadership, Entrepreneurship & Intrapreneurship
Teaching Positions & Professional Experience
- Joined the Southern Virginia University faculty in 2018
- Helped teach Management & Entrepreneurship in the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, 2017-2018
- For Profit
- Founder, Health Services Company (30+ employees. Sold), 2010-2015
- Section 8 Low-Income Property Manager, WA Boston, 2011-2013
Non-Profit
- Leadership Body, Kaiizen foundation, 2009-2010
- Development Director for a regional theater company, 2006-2010
- Lead Business and Leadership Advisor, Micro-Business mentors, 2009
Scholarship & Creative Work
- Academic expertise in Innovation/Invention in Teams: A mixed methods field researcher exploring how learning, innovation, and invention takes place in teams, 2015-current
- Further expertise in Sociology of Work and Careers: Ongoing projects in the social psychology of career progress, 2013 – Current
- Project on the impact of external events on career preference, 2014 – 2015
- Served in the Faculty Center of Brigham Young University’s Faith & Learning Initiative, leading research on how professors can be both intellectually enlarging and character building. 2013-2015
- Written popular articles which have been recorded, translated, and published in outlets around the world
- “The Power of Progress in Positive Identity Work,” paper presented at Academy of Management, Philadelphia, 2014
- “Hotter or Colder: The Critical Role of Self Progress in the Evaluation of Career Choices,” paper presented at the Positive Organizational Scholarship Research Conference at Ross School, Michigan, 2017
Awards, Leadership & Service
- Program Coordinator, Business Management & Leadership, 2019
- NSF Grant Co-Author and Award Recipient, 2018
- Stanford Office of International Affairs Doctoral Student Grant Award Recipient, 2016
- ORCA Grant Award Recipient, 2014
- Served as an editor and feature writer for the BYU Honors Program Periodical, Insight Magazine, 2010
- Entrepreneurship Africa Research Group Member, 2017-present
- Founding Member of the Sunlight Society, with Dr. Robert Epstein, 2017-present
Memberships
- Academy of Management
- American Sociological Association
- The Heterodox Academy
- The Sunlight Society