Center for Responsible Leadership Faculty Research

RCRL Research Fellows Program

The Rowan Center for Responsible Leadership Research Fellows program supports high-quality faculty research aligned with themes regarding responsible leadership and sustainable development goals. The program is designed to support early-stage research surrounding interdisciplinary business-in-society topics. The Research Fellows program particularly contributes to the Center’s mission of supporting the values of social responsibility, sustainability, and organizational ethics among faculty. Information and updates regarding the RCRL Fellows’ research will be provided during the Center’s events throughout the academic year.

2023-24 Research Fellows

The Center is excited to announce our 2023-24 Research Fellows:

• Navid Bahmani (Dept. Marketing & Business Information Systems): "Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and the blockchain: Implications for firms"
• Elika Kordrostami (Dept. Marketing & Business Information Systems): "Sustainability: The Role of Higher Education"
• Jooh Lee (Dept. of Management): "Progressive Approach to Strategic Significance of ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) for Firm Economic Performance in Leading U.S. Corporations"
• Susana Santos (School of Innovation & Entrepreneurship): "Entrepreneurship as a mechanism to alleviate poverty? The role of fear of failure and success"

Previous Research Fellows

2022-23:

• Joseph J. Henry and Tony Lin (both Dept. of Accounting & Finance):  “Hazy days, hazy forecasts? PM2.5 pollution and sell-side analyst forecast accuracy” (project abstract)
• Mahbubur Meenar (Dept. of Geography, Planning & Sustainability): “Community perceptions of food insecurity and an online grocery business model in Camden, New Jersey” (project abstract)
• Robert S. D’Intino (Dept. of Management): "Corporate Citizenship and the United Nations Global Sustainable Development Goals” (project abstract)