She received her B.S. in psychology and computer science in 2002 from Duke University and her Ph.D. in management in 2007 from Columbia University. Her current research projects include such topics as how gender and status moderate negotiation success and the effects of female negotiation, among others. She won the Sage Dissertation Award from the Gender & Diversity in Organizations Division of the Academy of Management in 2008 and the James McKeen Cattell Award for Outstanding Dissertation in Psychology from the NewYork Academy of Sciences in 2007. She has served as a reviewer for the Conflict Management, Gender & Diversity in Organizations, and Organizational Behavior Divisions of the Academy of Management annual meeting for the past 4 years and is an ad hoc reviewer for numerous journals.