معرفی
Dr. Poonam Arora serves as Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Strategic Initiatives and Professor of Management at Quinnipiac University's School of Business. With extensive leadership in faculty development, strategic initiatives, and global business education, she spearheads AACSB and MSCHE accreditation efforts while directing sponsored research programs that bridge academic theory and practical application.
Education:
- BBA summa cum laude in Business Economics from John Cabot University, Rome
- MBA from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
- Ph.D. in Psychology from Columbia University (NSF Graduate Fellow)
Arora's research pioneers integrated sustainability frameworks examining how multi-motive, interdependent human decisions create economic, environmental, and social outcomes across generations. She employs game theory, lab/online experiments, agent-based modeling, and qualitative fieldwork to address sustainability dilemmas where short-term rational actions create long-term burdens. Her work uniquely bridges organizational behavior, environmental psychology, and climate science to develop practical decision-making tools for complex systems.
Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals dominant themes in sustainability framework development (40%), Argentine agricultural systems (30%), and behavioral decision theory (30%). Her work consistently applies interdisciplinary methods to real-world sustainability challenges, with recurring geographic focus on the Argentine Pampas and tropical forest regions, demonstrating how localized field studies inform global sustainability principles.
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Arora has secured National Science Foundation research funding for sustainability projects and leads strategic initiatives fostering faculty excellence. Her operational leadership includes guiding accreditation processes while developing interdisciplinary innovations in global business education. She maintains an active research agenda through affiliation with Columbia University's Advanced Consortium for Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity at the Climate School.
Her leadership integrates academic rigor with practical industry experience from McKinsey & Company consulting and Citibank investment banking roles, creating unique value in connecting theoretical research with business applications. Current initiatives focus on faculty development programs and strategic partnerships advancing sustainability education across business disciplines.
