I am a Research Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.

My research is guided by the overarching question: How does confirming or refuting group-based status expectations shape individuals’ behavior within organizations?

Organizations are characterized by social hierarchies. Navigating them requires people to make sense of status-related information about themselves and others. Drawing on theories from social psychology, sociology, and organizational behavior, I examine how intersecting social identities and status hierarchies shape social perceptions, interpersonal interactions, and organizational outcomes.

Methodologically, I use experiments to investigate psychological processes and archival and observational data to examine broader social and labor-market patterns. For example, I examine how Black individuals’ socioeconomic status influences the warmth that White liberals express during interracial interactions. In other work, I examine how perceived similarities in experience with racial bias relate to Afro-Latine and White Latine women’s effectiveness as identity-safety cues for Black women jobseekers.

You can learn more about my work and find my CV under the Research tab.

Education

I earned my Ph.D. in Organization & Management from Emory University, where I was a Robert W. Woodruff Research Fellow and a Centennial Scholar. Prior to my doctoral studies, I earned an M.S. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Purdue University (IUPUI), where I was a Kabat Research Fellow.