CV
Curriculum Vitae
The summary below is at-a-glance. The PDF is the complete record — all publications, teaching, conference papers, service, and professional experience.
Education
University of Southern California — PhD, Management and Organization (2014)
Duke University — MBA, Business Administration (2000)
University of California, Los Angeles — BA, Economics (1992)
Academic Positions
Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise, Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta (2024 – present)
Academic Director, Alberta Business Family Institute, University of Alberta (2021 – present)
Academic Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise, University of Alberta (2021 – present)
Associate Professor, Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta (2020 – 2024)
Assistant Professor, Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta (2014 – 2019)
Selected Honors & Awards
2021 James G. March Prize
Awarded bi-annually for the best article in Organization Theory (EGOS / SAGE), for The Biography of an Algorithm.
Eric Geddes Professor of Business Faculty Fellowship, Beyond Project Management: Understanding the Relational Work of Family Business Consulting (2025 – 2027)
Donald and Margaret MacKenzie Teaching Award (2025)
MBA Association Excellence in Teaching Award (2025)
Finalist, 2023 OMT Best Paper Published Award, Algorithmic Routines and Dynamic Inertia (2024)
Eric Geddes Professor of Business Faculty Fellowship, The Biography of an Algorithm (2021 – 2024)
MBA Association Excellence in Teaching Award (2018)
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Research Grants
SSHRC Insight Grant — Decoding the Black Box: Tracing the Inscription of Values in Large Language Models (with Tina Dacin) (2024 – 2026)
SSHRC Insight Grant — The Hidden Practices of Data Analytics (with Christopher W.J. Steele) (2020 – 2023)
SSHRC Insight Development Grant — Big Data and the Rise of the Data Scientist (with Christopher Steele and Joel Gehman) (2016 – 2018)