CESR, whose mission is to empower business leaders to drive solutions to environmental, social, and ethical challenges, strives to be a center of excellence on ESG and Sustainability.

To help position Leeds nationally and globally as a thought leader in ESG and Sustainability, CESR hosts a Faculty Affiliates program. The program has three objectives:

  1. Support, fund, amplify, and celebrate innovative faculty research.
  2. Facilitate the integration of ESG & Sustainability into the curriculum (e.g., by providing relevant case studies, guest speakers, real-world consulting projects, and other resources with interested faculty; possibly funding curriculum development; and helping to coordinate efforts among faculty teaching different courses covering similar topics).
  3. Build and nurture a community of faculty at Leeds who support CESR’s mission (e.g., by co-hosting ESG or sustainability related seminars in each division to facilitate interdisciplinary dialogue and exchange of ideas).

Our affiliates share their research-based insights and perspectives through interviews in the thought leadership section of our blog.

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Simona Abis
Assistant Professor • Dean's Faculty Scholar
Finance
EricAlston
Eric C. Alston
Hernando de Soto Capital Markets Faculty Director • Scholar-In-Residence
Finance
Bonnie Auslander
Bonnie J. Auslander
Associate Teaching Professor
Professional Effectiveness
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Alixandra Barasch
Associate Professor • Gordon and Susan Trafton Faculty Scholar • Marketing PhD Program Director
Marketing
Xiaoshu Bei
Sarah X. Bei
Assistant Professor
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations
Asaf Bernstein
Asaf Bernstein
Associate Professor • Co-Director of Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making • Frank Schiff Faculty Scholar
Finance • Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making • Michael A. Klump Center for Real Estate
Bhagat
Sanjai Bhagat
Professor
Finance
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Amit Bhattacharjee
Associate Professor
Marketing
Stephen Billings
Stephen Billings
Associate Professor • Global Real Estate Capital Markets Chair
Finance • Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making • Michael A. Klump Center for Real Estate
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Jennifer E. Bone
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs • Associate Teaching Professor • Craig and Cynthia Smith Faculty Scholar
Professional Effectiveness
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Andrea Buffa
Assistant Professor • Stone Family Faculty Scholar
Finance
lorna christoff
Lorna Christoff
Assistant Teaching Professor
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
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Tony Cookson
Professor
Finance • Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making
Sarah Cowan
Sarah Rosenbaum Cowan
Assistant Teaching Professor
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
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Cory B. Cunningham
Associate Teaching Professor
Professional Effectiveness
Davies
Shaun Davies
Associate Professor • Quinby Family Finance Endowed Faculty Fellow • Faculty Director for the Burridge Center for Finance
Finance • Burridge Center for Finance
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Zack Donohew
Assistant Teaching Professor
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
David Drake
David Drake
Chair of the Social Responsibility & Sustainability Division • Stone Family Faculty Scholar • Associate Professor
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations • Social Responsibility and Sustainability
Yonca Ertimur
Yonca Ertimur
Tandean Rustandy Esteemed Professor • Professor
Accounting
Erik Estrada
Erik Estrada
Assistant Teaching Professor
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
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Philip Fernbach
Chair of the Marketing Division • Associate Professor • Dean’s Faculty Fellow • Andrea & Michael Leeds Faculty Fellowship
Marketing
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Jennifer Forman
Adjunct Instructor for Certificate in ESG Strategy
Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility
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Emily Gallagher
Assistant Professor • Arnold R. Weber Faculty Scholar
Finance • Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making • Michael A. Klump Center for Real Estate
Ashton Hawk
Ashton Hawk
Assistant Professor • Strategy and Entrepreneurship PhD Program Director • Dean's Faculty Scholar
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations
David Hekman
David R. Hekman
Associate Professor
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
Johnson
Stefanie K. Johnson
Associate Professor
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
Heather Kennedy
Heather Kennedy
Associate Teaching Professor
Marketing
Tony Kong
Tony Kong
Associate Professor • Faculty Director of the Leadership Certificate
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
Marcia Kwaramba
Marcia Kwaramba
Scholar-In-Residence • Associate Chair of the Social Responsibility & Sustainability Division • Dean's Faculty Scholar
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
Christina Lacerenza
Christina Lacerenza
Assistant Professor • Gordon and Susan Trafton Faculty Scholar
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
Ryan Lewis
Ryan C. Lewis
Assistant Professor • Burridge Center Faculty Fellow
Finance • Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making • Michael A. Klump Center for Real Estate
Donald Lichenstein
Donald R. Lichtenstein
Professor
Marketing • Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making
Liu Liu
Liu Liu
Assistant Professor
Marketing
Rebecca Mitchell
Rebecca Mitchell
Assistant Professor • Stone Family Faculty Scholar
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
KatieMoon
Katie Moon
Assistant Professor
Finance
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Austin Moss
Assistant Professor
Accounting • Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making
Nathalie Moyen
Nathalie Moyen
Professor • W.W. Reynolds Capital Markets Program Endowed Chair
Finance
Joshua Nunziato
Joshua Nunziato
Assistant Teaching Professor • Faculty Director of the Daniels Fund
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
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Antonio Papuzza
Associate Teaching Professor
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
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Andrea Pawliczek
Assistant Professor • Stone Family Faculty Scholar
Accounting
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Ethan Poskanzer
Assistant Professor • Frank Schiff Faculty Scholar
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations
Birdie Reznicek
Birdie Reznicek
Associate Dean for Culture & Community • Associate Teaching Professor • Virginia & Ed Mitchell Faculty Scholar
Social Responsibility and Sustainability • Culture and Community
Rogers
Jonathan Rogers
Professor
Accounting
Schonberger
Bryce Schonberger
Assistant Professor • JRN Faculty Scholar
Accounting
Nikki Skinner
Nikki Skinner
Assistant Professor • Craig and Cynthia Smith Faculty Scholar
Accounting
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Jaehee Song
Assistant Professor
Finance • Michael A. Klump Center for Real Estate
Andrew Stephan
Andrew Stephan
Assistant Professor • Dean's Faculty Scholar
Accounting
Levente Szentkirályi
Levente Szentkirályi
Assistant Teaching Professor • Faculty Director of Global Initiatives
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
Frances Tice
Frances Tice
Assistant Professor
Accounting
Tony Tong
Tony Tong
Chair of the Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Operations Division • Professor • Dean’s Faculty Fellow • Guggenheim Endowed Chair in Business Design and Innovation
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations • Deming Center for Entrepreneurship
Gloria Urrea
Gloria Urrea
Assistant Professor
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations
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Meghan Van Portfliet
Assistant Teaching Professor
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
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Edward D. Van Wesep
Chair of the Finance Division • Professor • Raymond and Dorothy Joyce Chair in Entrepreneurial Finance
Finance
Sabrina D. Volpone
Sabrina D. Volpone
Associate Professor • Organizational, Leadership, and Information Analytics PhD Program Director
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
Clare Wang
Clare Wang
Plante Moran-Dave Steiner Accounting Faculty Fellowship Endowed Fund • Professor • Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility Faculty Director
Accounting • Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility
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Brian Waters
Assistant Professor • Faculty Director of MS Finance
Finance • Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making
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Brad Werner
Assistant Teaching Professor • Faculty Director of New Venture Launch • JRN Faculty Scholar • Faculty Director for the Entrepreneurship Certificate
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations • Deming Center for Entrepreneurship
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Lawrence Williams
Associate Professor
Marketing
Jeffrey York
Jeffrey G. York
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives • Faculty Director of the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship • Professor • Dean’s Faculty Fellow
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations • Deming Center for Entrepreneurship