ABOUT
Hi there! Thanks for your interest in my portfolio. I work at the intersection of science and storytelling. I’m currently the Director of Thought Leadership at Udemy, the education technology company, and was previously the Head of Behavioral Science Insights at the leadership development company Torch. I’m also a senior advisor at Behavioral Scientist, a digital magazine that makes behavioral science research more accessible to the general public. Previously, as a senior fellow at the think tank New America, I founded its Global Gender Parity Initiative. I’m also a former collaborator at the strategic consulting firm Artemis Connection, where I advised companies on diversity, equity and inclusion strategy.
One of my favorite things to do is to share my work with broad audiences. I’ve presented my work to the Gates Foundation, SXSW, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, PayScale and others. And I regularly publish multimedia stories in outlets like Slate, the Atlantic, CNN, Quartz, the Chicago Tribune, Pacific Standard, Time, the Financial Times, and others.
I also do writing workshops for students in undergraduate or graduate science programs, focusing on how to communicate science to broad audiences. Recently, I spoke for University of Pennsylvania, Stanford and University of Virginia students.
I’ve worked on the editorial staffs of the Atlantic, Slate, and Qatar Today magazine, based in Doha. In 2013, I won a fellowship through UpStart to launch a social enterprise – TRIBELLE – which empowered low-income Israeli artisan entrepreneurs. In 2016, I was selected to be part of the American-German Young Leaders Conference, an initiative of the American Council on Germany.
A native of the Chicago suburbs, I currently live in the San Francisco Bay Area. When I’m not working, you can find me on a hike or searching tirelessly for the best cookies in the East Bay.
Recent Publications
QUARTZ
The ripple effect of a coaching culture at work (December 2022)
20 Great Questions to Ask Instead of, “how are you doing?” Right Now (April 2020)
Anti-sexual harassment trainings should teach people how their brains work (September 2018)
Why companies that take pride in diversity programs still wind up hiring white guys (March 2016)
THE ATLANTIC
Harvard Business review
BEHAVIORAL SCIENTIST
The Open Secret of What Works - and What Doesn’t - For Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (October 2022)
How Greedy Work, More than Bias, Explains the Persistent Gender Wage Gap (December 2021)
We Can All Be Fundamentalists, and Fundamentalism is Everywhere ( April 2021)
Why We’re All Likely Spreading Misinformation- and How to Stop ( October 2020)
Why Economics Needs More Black Women ( June 2020)
A Portal and a Trap: The Many Ways Coronavirus Will Impact Women (April 2020)
Who Asks Questions, And What it Tells Us ( June 2019)
Nudge Turns 10: A Q&A with Cass Sunstein (September 2018)
From Pink Milk to Smart Questions, How to Be a Rebel Leader (May 2018)
Improving the Summons Process in New York City (February 2018)
My Quest to Get My (Hijacked) Brain Back (Audio Story) (January 2018)
Investigating the Irresistible: A Conversation with Adam Alter (January 2018)
fast company
SLATE
Tell This Bot About Your Experience of Harassment. It Might Actually Help. (April 2018)
Can You Really Change Men Who Abuse? (April 2018)
Working for free is pretty funny, right? (March 2018)
#MeToo Is a National Security Issue (December 2017)
The Last Human Job (October 2017)
The STEM Paradox: Why Are Muslim-Majority Countries Producing So Many Female Engineers? (Nov 2017)
Why Pretending You Don’t See Race or Gender Is an Obstacle to Equality (May 2017)
There’s No Such Thing as Innocuous Personal Data (August 2016)
CNN
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
NEW AMERICA
The Way Forward on Gender, Peace and Security (September 2018)
Gender Equality and National Security Go Hand in Hand (September 2018)
Sexual Harassment: A Severe and Pervasive Problem (September 2018)
#NowWhat: The Sexual Harassment Solutions Toolkit (September 2018)
From the Classroom to the Capitol: A Missing National Security Link? (March 2018)
Uber, Here’s How You Can Really Arrive (March 2017)
Decrypting the Cybersecurity Gender Gap (December 2015)
Not Secondary, But Central (October 2016)
fortune
MIT SLOAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW
The New republic
FINANCIAL TIMES
Unpaid Work Should Be Measured and Valued But Mostly Isn’t (January 2017)
Speaking
Engagements
Project Ascendance
I spoke on a panel about how to turn talk about diversity and inclusion into action at the Ascend Leadership Summit in Seattle.
NEW AMERICA
At New America’s cybersecurity conference, I gave a lightening talk about how employee burnout was a key issue for the cybersecurity workforce – particularly for retaining women.
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
In collaboration with MORE Magazine and Harvard University, I participated in this panel discussion about how to eliminate the gender pay gap.
