Sandra's research has primarily focused on environmental management within the automobile industry, where her interests have included corporate environmental strategy and management, lean manufacturing and environmental performance, regulation and technical innovation, international environmental management, worker participation, and environmental activism within firms. Sandra received her Ph.D. in Organizational Studies from the MIT Sloan School of Management, her M.S. in Technology and Policy from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and her B.S. in bioengineering from Syracuse University. She has also worked as a research associate for the United States Office of Technology Assessment, MIT International Motor Vehicle Program, Harvard Global Environmental Assessment Program, and MIT Consortium on Environmental Challenges.