About Me
I am an Assistant Professor of Strategic Management and Public Policy at the George Washington University School of Business. I am a scholar of organizational theory, with a focus on social issues and business-society tensions. I consider these issues from the lens of paradox, authenticity, and occupations. View my CV here: Pamphile-CV
My research is broadly driven by a desire to understand how companies navigate the tensions and trade-offs between business and society. I earned a dual-Ph.D. in Management and Sociology from Kellogg School of Management. Prior to graduate school, I directed the education nonprofit the I Have a Dream Foundation, in Newark, NJ and was an AmeriCorps member. I received my B.A. in Sociology and American Culture from the University of Michigan. I proudly hail from Ypsilanti, MI.
My research is broadly driven by a desire to understand how companies navigate the tensions and trade-offs between business and society. I earned a dual-Ph.D. in Management and Sociology from Kellogg School of Management. Prior to graduate school, I directed the education nonprofit the I Have a Dream Foundation, in Newark, NJ and was an AmeriCorps member. I received my B.A. in Sociology and American Culture from the University of Michigan. I proudly hail from Ypsilanti, MI.
Reseach
My research centers on the role of business as an actor for addressing societal issues. My scholarship recognizes that win-win solutions that benefit business and society exist, yet my work also deals with the reality that many organizational actors face persistent tensions between economic and social objectives.
I advance understanding of these issues through two primary, related streams of inquiry. One stream of my research seeks to understand how individuals within organizations manage tensions between economic and social objectives. A second stream of my research builds understanding of how employees respond when firms adopt different types of socially responsible business practices.
I am a qualitative researcher by training, though I adopt a multi-method and multi-level approach in my research to analyze these phenomena, using in-depth qualitative interviews, archival data sets, and experimental designs.
I advance understanding of these issues through two primary, related streams of inquiry. One stream of my research seeks to understand how individuals within organizations manage tensions between economic and social objectives. A second stream of my research builds understanding of how employees respond when firms adopt different types of socially responsible business practices.
I am a qualitative researcher by training, though I adopt a multi-method and multi-level approach in my research to analyze these phenomena, using in-depth qualitative interviews, archival data sets, and experimental designs.
Teaching
At George Washington University, I teach core courses on business ethics and public policy to undergraduate and MBA students. Occasionally, I teach a ethical negotiations course. I have also taught undergraduate and MBA students at the University of Michigan and Northwestern University (Kellogg).