Kristie is an Assistant Professor in the Ivy College of Business (Department of Management & Entrepreneurship) at Iowa State University. She earned her Ph.D. in Management from the University of Arkansas in 2023 as the Frank & Donna Oldham Graduate Fellow.

Her research is rooted in the principle that scholarship should be theoretically and practically meaningful to best serve employees, organizations, and society.

At a broad level, Kristie’s research centers on the role of organizations and employees in addressing pressing societal issues. Her main research focuses on promoting more equitable workplaces by examining how inequality is maintained or disrupted, with a focus on social class in and around organizations. She is especially interested in the interpersonal interactions and organizational processes that facilitate mobility. Kristie uses various methods to study these topics, including experimental techniques, network analysis, field studies, and qualitative interviews.