Shawn is the Associate Dean for Accreditation and Research at University of New Mexico's Anderson School of Management and has been at the school since 2007. In 2017, he served as the acting and then interim dean; he is also a professor of Business and Society at Anderson. He received his PhD in Strategic Management from the University of Washington. His three main research interests are Stakeholder Theory; the evolution of the employee-employer relationship; and issues of corporate governance. Shawn is on the editorial board of Business & Society and Business Ethics Quarterly and in 2012, he served as division chair for the Social Issues in Management Division of the Academy of Management, as well as serving previously as program chair and professional development workshop chair. He has also served as the co-chair for the SIM Doctoral Consortium and currently serves on the board of the Rio Grande Community Development Corporation.