She received her PhD in Organizational Behavior in 2012 from the David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah. Maryam completed a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University. Her research focuses on morality and ethics. Her work has appeared in scholarly publications such as Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Management Science and Psychological Science, and has been featured in media outlets such as the Harvard Business Review, New York Times, Business Week, Wall Street Journal, the Huffington Post, NPR and BBC world radio. She serves on the editorial board of the Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.