Thoughts on COVID-19

My friend Blanca, who teaches in Asia, told me that her school has moved to an all-online format for the rest of the month and that the lack of her usual structure is disorienting. Universities are cancelling study abroad programs, assessing the risk of students...

Leadership Sans Sacrifice

At an Academy of Management session titled “Nevertheless, She Persisted,” I participated in a breakout conversation about the paradox that while it is important to have women in departmental and college leadership roles, those positions often take women away from...

Finding Holiday Balance

On December 25, 2017, I was sitting at my parents’ dining room table with a huge stack of holiday cards. My dad was in charge of stamps and sealing envelopes. Despite her Alzheimer’s diagnosis, my mom was handling the return address labels, every so often...