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Shannon Sciarappa

Ph.D. Candidate | 2025-26 Job Market Candidate

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I am interested in how individuals connect with their work, their peers, and their organizations, drawing from theories of identity and identification, meaning, emotion, leadership, and role dynamics.

Education

B.S., Management and Entrepreneurship, Bentley University

M.B.A., Bentley University

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Mara Cable

Ph.D. Candidate

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I am interested in studying employee awareness of and responses to business practices that rationalize and reduce human persons to objects or commodities, thereby impeding rather than enabling human flourishing.  

Education

B.B.A., Information Technology Management, University of Notre Dame

M.A., Catholic Studies, University of St. Thomas

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Timothy Englehart

Ph.D. Candidate

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I am interested in questions surrounding identity, meaningfulness, and narrative construction, especially in relation to technologies and technological change.

Education

B.A., Sociology, Colgate University

M.F.A., Creative Writing, American University

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Angela Ianniello

Ph.D. Candidate

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My research seeks to advance our understanding of how people thrive at work. In particular, I am interested in positive relationships and the creation and impact of positive work-life interfaces.

Education

B.A., International Studies, University of Denver

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Tuo Liu

Ph.D. Candidate

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I am interested in identity and creativity, and particularly how individuals thrive at work and how they become their better selves in the work process.

Education

LL.B., Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University

LL.M., Sociology, Renmin University of China

M.S., Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship, London School of Economics and Political Science

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Nitin Natrajan

Ph.D. Candidate

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I am curious to explore the roles emotion and culture play in forming leadership and organizational strategy.

Education

B.A., International Affairs, Skidmore College

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Leticia Smith

Ph.D. Candidate

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I am interested in how professionals experience organizational diversity initiatives and how these efforts impact the design and evaluation of their work.

Education

B.S.B.A., Marketing, Texas State University

M.S., International Business & Emerging Markets, University of Edinburgh

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Kayti Stanely

Ph.D. Candidate

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My time in industry provided a firsthand appreciation for the profound amount of time that we spend working. I'm motivated to understand how we make that time meaningful, what drives us to pursue certain career paths, and how we navigate those choices—particularly during the formative early and mid-career stages.

Education

B.S., Hotel and Restaurant Administration, Cornell University

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Mary Struzska-Tyamayev

Ph.D. Candidate

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I am interested in what materializes at the intersection of immigrant racialization and the organizations in which these individuals work and play.

Education

B.A., Double Major: International Studies & Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison

M.A., International Higher Education and Intercultural Relations, Lesley University

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Poonam Zantye

Ph.D. Candidate

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My research focuses on organizational practices, assumptions, beliefs, and values that have an adverse impact on the lives and career trajectories of employees from historically marginalized groups.

Education

B.E., Goa University

P.G.D.M., Indian Institute of Management

M.B.A., University of Michigan