Mrim Boutla

Lecturer, English

mboutla@umd.edu

Dr. Mrim Boutla is the author of "Agile Passions: Musings From a Neuroscientist on Aligning Your Passions with Your Paycheck." Via her coaching practice, Cognaction LLC, Dr. Boutla also coaches corporate and individual clients as they identify and make progress towards their goals. A cognitive neuroscientist turned social entrepreneur, Dr. Boutla has taught cognitive neuroscience courses at the University of Rochester, as well as professional development and career development workshops and courses at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service, Brown University, Indiana University (Kelley School of Business and College of Arts & Sciences). Over the past decade, Dr. Boutla has been leading the formulation of ed tech solutions to maximize educational and career outcomes for higher education leaders, including at the U.S. Naval Community College, and at Quad Learning. In 2013, Dr. Boutla received the Ashoka U/Cordes Prize for Social Innovation in Higher Education for More Than Money Careers, a certified Benefit Ed Tech company that helped over 5,000 innovators explore internships and jobs that blend financial rewards with social impact and environmental sustainability. A first generation college graduate, Dr. Boutla paid her way through college, graduating debt free with her Bsc in Psychology from the Universite Catholique de Louvain, her MA and PhD in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from the University of Rochester, and her Executive Certificate in Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Management from Georgetown University.

English 398B: Writing for Social Entrepreneurship - Fall 2023

Cordes/AshokaU Award for Social Innovation

Despite the remarkable increase in courses, programs, and experiential learning opportunities in social entrepreneurship and innovation, as seen from these innovation awardees, many students remain unable to translate their education into a clear, concise

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Author/Lead: Mrim Boutla

Dates: Thursday, September 19, 2019 - 12:00
Award Organization: Cordes Innovation

Even though sustainable businesses (e.g. Patagonia and Seventh Generation), impact investing firms, and education social enterprises have grown, students seeking impact careers lack the necessary signposting. Instead of replacing career centers, the More Than Money Careers online modules make career centers as effective with impact driven students as they are with students interested in more traditional career paths. The modules engage students in going from intention to action as they take steps to get clear, get connected, and get hired for jobs that maximize impact and income

Dates: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 12:00

Over the past twenty years, social entrepreneurs have shown that we can successfully use market-driven approaches to solve social and environmental complex problems.

Dates: Monday, September 17, 2018 - 12:00

My passion is to do so with emerging leaders who want to secure jobs that blend financial rewards with social impact and environmental sustainability.

Dates: Saturday, September 16, 2017 - 12:00

Isn’t a job at a reputable company that comes with a good salary, benefits, and an impressive title everyone’s definition of a dream job?

Dates: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 - 12:00

There is ample evidence that one of our biggest brain bug is the strong confirmation bias we bring to every decision we make. The more experienced we get, the more our brain focuses on minimizing the effort required to distill available information into a decision to behave as appropriately as possible based on behavioral habits that have led us to overall good results in the past.

Dates: Sunday, September 14, 2014 - 12:00

The award is given for a paper presented at the previous two sessions of the NeMLA Convention using women and/or gender-centered approaches. This essay may not be submitted to another contest for the duration of the award’s deliberation.

Mrim Boutla

Awards & Grants

Cordes/AshokaU Award for Social Innovation

Despite the remarkable increase in courses, programs, and experiential learning opportunities in social entrepreneurship and innovation, as seen from these innovation awardees, many students remain unable to translate their education into a clear, concise

Publications

Resources for Budding Social Entrepreneurs

Need to boost your network? Here's how to do it.

Train your Brain for Job Search Success

As a recovering neuroscientist, I love applying research from cognitive science and neuroplasticity insights to help job seekers reach their goals faster.

What is your Next Dream Job?

One of my clients called, desperate for advice after realizing he made a mistake accepting that job three months ago.

Train your Brain for Proactive and Reactive Job Searches

Evidence recently published in Science further establishes that our brain is an amazing network of co-occurring information processing streams of which only a small portion become what we are aware of via signal coordination.

Train your Brain to Overcome your Career Fears

The award is given for a paper presented at the previous two sessions of the NeMLA Convention using women and/or gender-centered approaches. This essay may not be submitted to another contest for the duration of the award’s deliberation.