Before joining the University of Cincinnati she taught at McGill University in Montreal, QC. She received her doctorate in organizational behavior from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests revolve around how individuals understand who they are in organizations. As such she is interested in sensemaking, identity and identity work, occupations, and meaning. Her work has appeared in the Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, Human Relations, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Vocational Behavior, and Human Resource Development Review. She is currently on the editorial board of the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Human Relations, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Management Communication Quarterly.