Awards

2020-2021

• Received the Outstanding Faculty Award, Darden School of Business, UVA
• Selected as the Graduating Class Marshal for the Class of 2021, Darden School of Business, UVA
• Received the Theo Herbert International Award, Darden School of Business, UVA
• Selected by Section B Students to deliver their “Last Lecture”, Darden, UVA
• Recognized as one of the “Favorite MBA Professors of the Class of 2021”, Poets & Quants
• Nominated for the Faculty Diversity Award, Darden School of Business, UVA

2019-2020

• Named as the “MBA Professor of the Year”, Poets and Quants
• Named as one of the Most Creative 50 People of the Year in Turkey by Mediacat
• Top 10% of Authors on SSRN (of all times), Social Science Research Network
• Received the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, Darden School of Business, UVA
• Selected by Section B Students to deliver their “Last Lecture”, Darden, UVA
• Nominated for the Outstanding Faculty Award, Darden School of Business, UVA
• Nominated for the Faculty Diversity Award, Darden School of Business, UVA
• Recognized for being among the top 10% of faculty for teaching, Darden, UVA
• Featured in the article “Why Darden’s Professors Are the Best MBA Teachers On The Planet” by Poets & Quants
• Nominated to Marquis Who’s Who in America

2018-2019       

• Named as one of “Top 40 Business School Professors under 40”, Poets and Quants
• Top 10% of Authors on SSRN (of all times), Social Science Research Network
• Top 10% of Authors on SSRN (downloads in the past 12 months), Social Science Research Network
• Selected as the Graduating Class Marshal for the Class of 2019, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
• Received the Faculty Diversity Award, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
• Nominated for the Outstanding Faculty Award, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
• Recognized as one of the “Favorite Professors of Top MBA”s, Poets and Quants

2017-2018

• Recognized for being among the top 10% of faculty for teaching, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
• Nominated for the Young Scholar Award, Turkish American Scientists and Scholars Association
• “Ten Business School Thinkers to Watch”, Business Life, British Airlines
• Selected by Section B Students to deliver their “Last Lecture”, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia

2016-2017

• Received the Faculty Diversity Award, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
• Nominated for the Outstanding Faculty Award, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
• Recognized for being among the top 10% of faculty for teaching, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia

2015-2016

• Recognized for being among the top 10% of faculty for teaching, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia

2011-2015

• Postdoctoral Fellowship, Duke University

2015

• The Monti Invited Storyteller, Theme “Best Day Ever”, Durham, North Carolina

2014

• The Monti Invited Storyteller, Theme “Big Game”, Durham, North Carolina

2013

• The Monti Storytelling GrandSlam Finalist, Theme “Nuclear Family”, Durham, North Carolina

2012

• The Monti Storytelling Slam Winner, Theme “Nature”, Durham, North Carolina

2011

• AMA Sheth Consortium Fellow, Oklahoma State University
• The Wyss Dissertation Award ($10K) for Excellence in Doctoral Research, Harvard Business School

2006-2011

• Graduate Fellowship, Harvard Business School

2009

• Fellow at the Summer Institute in Social Psychology (SISP), Northwestern University

2008

• Travel Grant for SJDM Preconference, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
• Fellow at the Bounded Rationality Summer Program, Max Planck Institute

2006          

• Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude and High Honors, Brandeis University
• Joseph M. Linsey Athletic & Academic Fellowship, Brandeis University

2002-2006

• Dean’s List (all four years), Brandeis University
• Presidential Scholarship (all four years), Brandeis University

2003

• Fellow at the Sleep for Science Program, E.P. Bradley Hospital, Brown University