Academic Position
Assistant Professor
School of Public Policy, George Mason University
Fall 2007 – Present
Research Scholar
Yale Law School, Yale University
August 2008-Present
Research
The Impact of Editorial Slant, revise and resubmit, Q
uarterly Journal of Political Science, (with Jason Snyder)
Institutional Investor Pressure for Corporate Social Responsisbility, submitted, Academy of Management Journal, (with Aaron Chatterji)
Motivations for Congressional Support for the Public Options, submitted, Health Affairs, (with Aaron Chatterji and Jason Snyder)
A Comment on Corporate Social Responsibility and Workers' Rights.Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, Volume 30(1), October 2008. (with Aaron Chatterj)
The Management of Pension Funds, revise and resubmit, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
Corporate Social Irresponsibility, Democracy Journal, Winter 2006 (with Aaron Chatterji)
Comment on Property Tax Incidence, Housing Policy Debate, Vol. 17, Issue 1, 2006 (with David Listokin and Ioan Voicu)
The Management of Public Pension Funds, Academy of Management 2006 Proceedings, Best Papers, 2006
Housing Rehabilitation in Navajo Country, article in Indian Country: Economic Challenges and Opportunities, Fannie Mae, 2006.
Working Papers
Can the OTC Derivatives Market Self Regulate? Evidence from Confirmations Backlogs. Presented at APPAM Annual Conference 2009
Public Pension Funds and Socially Responsible Investing: Cause or Effect? Presented at Academy of Management 2009 Annual Meeting (with Aaron Chatterji)
Corporate Political Contributions as Firm Strategy: Evidence from the 2003 Mad Cow Disease Trade Shock (with Aaron Chatterji and Jason Snyder)
The Management of Pension Funds: Does Governance Matter?, George Mason University SPP Working Paper Series
Collective Bargaining and Retirement Benefits, Dissertation Chapter, UC Berkeley
CSR with Uncertainty: A Formal Model
Hidden Health Costs: OPEBs and Pension Control, George Mason University SPP Working Paper Series
Invited Presentations
Association for Public Policy, Analysis and Management, Annual Conference, Fall 2009, "Can the OTC Derivatives Market Self Regulate? Evidence from Confirmations Backlogs"
Academy of Management, Annual Conference, Summer 2009, "Institutional Investors and Corporate Social Responsibility"
Transatlantic Policy Constortium Annual Meeting, May 2009, Jonkoping Sweden, "Cooperative Governance in Health Care and Retirement"
Association for Public Policy, Analysis and Management, Annual Conference, Fall 2008, "Early Evidence on Public Pension Fund OPEB's"
Yale Law School, October 2008, "Corporate Social Performance and Pension Fund Ownership"
International Symposium on Ethics, Business and Society, Spring 2008, University of Navarra, "A Skeptical Model of Doing Good"
Western Academy of Management, Annual Conference, Spring 2008 "CSR with Uncertainty"
Southwestern Political Science Association, Annual Conference, Spring 2008 "Hidden Health Costs"
Midwestern Political Science Association, Annual Conference, Spring 2008 "OPEB and Pension Governance"
Western Political Science Association, Annual Conference, Spring 2008 "Retiree Health Care Costs: Early Evidence"
School of Public Policy, George Mason, Brown Bag Lecture Serices, Fall 2007 "Early Evidence from OPEB", Fall 2007
Harvard School of Business, Institutions and Governance Conference, Fall 2007, "OPEB and Pension Governance"
London Business School, Transatlantic Doctoral Conference, Spring 2006, "The Governance of Pension Funds"
Academy of Management, Annual Conference, Summer 2006, Public and Non-Profits Division
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Annual Conference, Fall 2006, Fiscal Management in State Government
Awards/Fellowships
Socrates Scholarship, The Aspen Institute (declined)
June 2009
Master's of Public Policy Teaching Award, School of Public Policy
2009, George Mason University
Tobin Project Regulation Research Grant (with Aaron Chatterji and Jason Snyder)
The Tobin Project, 2008
Best Paper, Academy of Management Proceedings
AOM, 2006
Orel Chrisman Crawford dissertation fellowship
Haas School of Business, PhD (for top female PhD student), 2006-2007
Bradley Dissertation Grant
Haas School of Business, 2006
Sasakawa fellowship
Haas School of Business, 2005-2006
Crawford foundation fellowship
2004-2005
Institute of Management, Innovation and Organization (imio) Grant
Haas School of Business, 2003-2004
Academic chair
Haas PhD Association, 2003
Research Positions
Research Consultant
Maximus, 2009
Research Scholar in Law
Yale Law School, Center for the Study of Corporate Law, 2008-2009
Research Fellow
The Aspen Institute, Business and Society Group, 2007
Research Assistant
Haas School of Business, for Profs David Vogel, Pablo Spiller, and David Mowery, 2003-2007
Consultant
California Commission for Jobs and Economic Growth, Sacramento CA, 2006
Research Associate, Case Study Author
Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University, NJ, 1998-2004
Teaching
US Financial Policy and Processes, Corporate Social Responsibility and Public Policy, Managerial Economics and Policy Analysis
School of Public Policy, George Mason University
Economics 101 (Course Instructor), Marketing Statistics (Teaching Assistant)
University of California, Berkeley
Work Experience
Morgan Stanley
Analyst, New York NY, 2000-2001
US Senate
Intern, Senator Robert Torricelli, Washngton DC, 1998
Service
Member
Academy of Management, Western Academy of Management, Association of Public Policy and Management, American Political Science Association, Southwestern Political Science Association
Reviewer
Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Academy of Management, Western Academy of Management