Matthew CB Lyle

Matthew CB Lyle serves as Assistant Professor in Strategy at Binghamton University's School of Management, where his research examines organizational memory systems and social cognitive processes within collective settings. His work investigates how groups strategically manipulate historical narratives to achieve present objectives while navigating identity dynamics.

His educational foundation includes:

• PhD from University of Massachusetts Amherst
• MS from Salem State University
• BS from University of Massachusetts Amherst

Lyle's scholarship centers on multilevel analyses of how organizational memories form, persist, and transform through strategic interventions. He explores cognitive mechanisms underlying collective sensemaking during identity transitions, particularly how historical myths influence generational divides and community cohesion. His theoretical contributions bridge micro-level social cognition with macro-level institutional processes, revealing how sedimented meanings shape organizational responses to crises and change.

Analysis of his 2022-2025 publications reveals three dominant research trajectories: (1) classroom-as-organization dynamics examining educational transitions to professional work, (2) community identity work following organizational demise (e.g., 'Up in smoke?' studies), and (3) strategic memory deployment in cross-occupational coordination. His work consistently demonstrates how historical narratives become contested resources in identity formation, with recent articles developing process models for emotional sensemaking emergence and stakeholder mnemonic community expansion.

Outside academia, Lyle maintains active interests as an avid runner, film enthusiast, and dedicated supporter of Liverpool FC, the New York Liberty, and the New England Patriots.