About Me

I am a doctoral student in Organization Studies at the Boston College Carroll School of Management. 

I use qualitative methods to study how people navigate the intersections of their personal and professional lives, as well as relationships across social and occupational differences. My research spans diverse contexts, from stand-up comedians and queer employees to caregivers, yet is united by a focus on identity and work relationships.

In my first stream of research, I explore identity management in precarious or uncertain work contexts through two ongoing projects. The first examines how stand-up comedians, as gig workers, strategically curate their audiences to maintain or expand their identities. The second investigates the narrative strategies used by employees navigating organizational entry decisions amidst social identity threats.

My second stream of research focuses on work relationships that span the personal and professional, particularly in contexts where the boundaries between these spheres are blurred or ambiguous. Specifically, I am studying the work relationships between in-home caregivers and the families who hire them. These workers constitute a significant portion of the U.S. labor force and play a critical, though often invisible, role in enabling women's careers. By assisting with caregiving labor, they enable many women professionals to remain in, return to, and advance within demanding workplaces. Despite their importance to gendered career trajectories, these relationships are largely absent from management research. By examining how caregivers and employers understand and negotiate their work relationships in the home, my work seeks to understand how employment relationships unfolding in private spaces impact the conditions in which women's careers are sustained.  

Prior to my doctoral studies, I worked as a research assistant at Yale School of Management. I hold a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies with a concentration in International Organizations, Security, and Human Rights from the University of Denver. This has equipped me with a diverse array of work experience, ranging from the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights to Wright Patterson Air Force Base.