Professor Stewart’s research focuses on how people build, sustain, and reconfigure relationships at work. She has an enduring interest in the well-being of groups and teams operating in organizational settings and is currently a primary investigator in a large-scale research project to understand how best to introduce artificial intelligence (AI) into advanced manufacturing teams. She also maintains a longstanding interest in effectively resolving interpersonal conflict in the workplace and was selected as a 2024-2026 Teaching Fellow of the Negotiations and Team Resources Institute. Her research has appeared in Journal of Business Ethics; Human Resource Management; Small Group Research; Academy of Management Journal; Journal of Positive Psychology; and Organizational Psychology Review.

Professor Stewart is teaching Organizational Behavior in Integrated Core Blocks 5 and 6. Before joining McIntire she taught management courses on leadership, ethical decision making, teamwork, and negotiations at the University College Dublin, where she was recognized with multiple teaching awards. Prior to pursuing a career in academia, Professor Stewart worked as an Intelligence Officer for the U.S. government.