Paul T. Harper

Dr. Paul T. Harper serves as the Associate Dean for Inclusion, Engagement, and International Affairs and Clinical Associate Professor of Business Administration at the University of Pittsburgh's Katz School of Business. He leads schoolwide initiatives fostering inclusivity, community impact, and global alignment with Pitt Business 2030 strategic priorities as a member of the Organizations and Entrepreneurship faculty group.

His educational background includes a PhD and MBA from the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, an MA in Divinity from the University of Chicago, and a BA from Fisk University.

Dr. Harper's research spans Business Ethics, Entrepreneurship, Strategic Management, and Racial Justice, examining social/economic forces affecting minority professionals and corporate responses to movements like Black Lives Matter. His international work focuses on Israeli business partnerships through MBA courses, case development, and consulting projects covered by Bloomberg Businessweek.

His publication 'The symbolic imagination: Plato and contemporary business ethics' analyzes moral imagination's role in elite power abuses, while his editorial leadership for the Journal of Business Ethics special issue on Racial Justice demonstrates thematic continuity across his work.

Dr. Harper received the Society for Business Ethics Founders Award for Emerging Scholar in Business Ethics.

As co-chair of the Academy of Management's Racial Justice Committee, he shapes discourse in social issues management. Details about student advising and research grants were not specified in available materials.