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