I expect to complete my PhD in Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Management from Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta in summer 2020. I earned a Master of Environmental Management degree from Yale University.

Prior to my academic career, I worked with the Forest Trust, the American Friends Service Committee, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, and the Global Environmental Institute in a number of managerial and consultancy roles.

I conduct research on corporate sustainability, with a focus on sustainability certifications. My research engages with various important matters such as forest, gender, and the future of business. My broader research and teaching interests include: How do organizations work? How could businesses contribute to societal welfare? How could management scholarship help build a better society?

• Finalist for Responsible Research in Management Award, 2019-2020
• Award for Outstanding Students Abroad, China Scholarship Council, 2018-2019
• GRA Rice Graduate Scholarship in Business, University of Alberta, 2016-2017
• Beinecke FES Scholarship, Yale University, 2007-2009

Gehman, J., Grimes, M., & Cao, K. 2019. Why we care about Certified B Corporations: From valuing growth to certifying values. Academy of Management Discoveries, 5(1): 97-101.

Cao, K., Gehman, J., & Grimes, M. 2018. Standing out and fitting in: Charting the emergence of Certified B Corporations by industry and region. In A.C. Corbett & J.A. Katz (Eds.), Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth: Vol. 19. Hybrid ventures (1-38).

Grimes, M., Gehman, J., & Cao, K . 2018. Positively deviant: Identity work through B Corporation certification. Journal of Business Venturing, 33(2): 130-148.