Welcome
I am on the 2025-2026 academic job market.
About me - Research:
I am a PhD Candidate in Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
I study how corporate engagement with local (i.e., state or municipality-level) societal issues affects both organizational performance and community welfare.
Theoretically, I apply concepts from stakeholder and nonmarket strategy, as well as organizational theory, to understand society's expectations for corporate engagement and motivations behind place-based corporate activity.
Empirically, I enjoy developing and leveraging large-scale geospatial datasets of media coverage, corporate operations, demography, and institutional features that often vary by city, county, country or state.
Contextually, my dissertation examines multinational corporations operating across the US. In other projects, I leverage multi-country samples of global public and private firms. For instance, one paper leverages data on microfinance institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Dissertation
My dissertation, entitled "Going Local: Corporations, Localities, and Stakeholder Issues" explores the complex relationship between corporate activities, location-based strategy, and societal outcomes in the communities where they operate.
Through three empirical studies, I investigate how corporate migration, resource allocation, and engagement strategies affect and are affected by different local social and environmental outcomes, such as climate change and poverty, and polarizing issues that vary across institutional contexts like voting rights.
Work & Education History
Before pursuing my doctoral studies, I worked for a global cybersecurity startup and conducted research on ESG investing at NYU. Additionally, I used to run operations for a nonprofit startup competition and incubator. I started my career in management consulting, focusing on the international investment management industry.
I hold bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Applied & Resource Economics from the University of Connecticut, as well as a master's degree in Management Science from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Teaching Experience:
- Co-Instructor: Essentials of Entrepreneurship
- Recitation Instructor: Management 101
- Guest Lecturer: Evaluating Evidence - Week on Instrumental Variables
- Various TAing across Exec MBA, MBA, and undergraduate business (e.g., global strategy) and economics courses
- Student thesis advising
- Support and organization of various programs: e.g., dissertation workshop series and entrepreneurial programming
