Faculty
A number of SIS faculty teach courses or have professional interests related to social enterprise. Here is a partial list of people you might want to study or consult with.
Donna Chung, Ph.D., Oxford. SIS adjunct faculty and U.S. Department of Labor International Relations Officer. Co-teaches SIS 635 NGO-Private Sector Engagement.
Joseph Eldridge, D.Div., Wesley Theological Seminary. SIS adjunct faculty and American University Chaplain. Co-teaches SIS 638 Professional Competences I and II and SIS 639 Effective NGO Activism.
Louis Goodman, Ph.D. Northwestern. SIS Professor and Emeritus Dean (on sabbatical 2011-2012). Teaches SIS 715 Advanced Research Design. Advises on organizational development.
Stephanie Fischer, MBA, University of Pennsylvania Wharton. SIS adjunct faculty and Social Enterprise Program Practitioner Affiliate. Co-teaches SIS 638 Professional Competences I and II and SIS 635 NGO Management.
Nanette Levinson, Ed.D., Harvard. SIS Associate Professor. Teaches SIS 628 Social Entrepreneurship: Culture, Communication, and Change.
Leigh Riddick, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin. Kogod School of Business Associate Professor. Teaches FIN 630 Financial Analysis.
Neil Ruiz, Ph.D., MIT. SIS adjunct faculty and Brookings Institution Senior Policy Analyst. Teaches SIS 638 Social Entrepreneurship: Building a Blueprint for a Social Business.
Nancy Sachs, M.A., University of Chicago. Kogod School of Business adjunct faculty and Associate Director Kogod Center for Business Communications. Teaches SIS 638 NGO Leadership Persuasion Strategies and co-teaches SIS 638 Professional Competences I.
Robert Tomasko, Ed.M., Harvard. SIS adjunct faculty and Director of the Social Enterprise Program. Teaches SIS 635 NGO Management, SIS 635 Leading Social Innovation and co-teaches SIS 635 NGO-Private Sector Engagement, SIS 639 Effective NGO Activism, and SIS 638 Professional Competences I and II.
Other SIS faculty with research interests in social enterprise are listed here.
Director of the Social Enterprise Program
Robert Tomasko teaches courses and skill institutes in SIS related to corporate social responsibility, effective activism, NGO management, and social entrepreneurship. He also holds an adjunct appointment in the School of Communication. He has worked for several decades as a management consultant to both large corporations throughout the world and smaller entrepreneurial NGOs and private ventures. He is a member of the board of directors of StartingBloc, one of the leading fellowship programs for new social entrepreneurs, and has been coordinating efforts to bring to AU social entrepreneurship programs for undergraduates from Ashoka and Compass Partners. He has a B.S. degree from Case Institute of Technology and an Ed.M. from Harvard.
Graduate Assistants
Thuy Dinh is a student in the Social Enterprise Masters Program. She is from Vietnam and has a B.A in International Relations from the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam. Thuy has experience working with NGOs in Vietnam, and was an intern and case-study consultant for Oxfam. She also had experience in co-founding a young social entrepreneurs training institution in Vietnam. Thuy’s concentration within the MA-SE program is poverty alleviation in developing countries.
Paola Tinta is a student in the Masters of International Development program. She was born in Ecuador, and has a B.A. in International Studies, Psychology, and French from Johns Hopkins University. At Hopkins she was a student activist and founded a mentoring initiative for inner-city Latino youth.
