Marco Barker
February 26, 2020Gail DeBoer
March 6, 2020John. Kalu Osiri, Ph.D.
Director of International Business Programs & Associate Professor of Management Practice, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Dr. J. Kalu Osiri is the Director of International Business and Associate Professor of Practice in Management at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he is also a Robert Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute Fellow and teaches entrepreneurship and global leadership. A trained chemist who became a management scholar, Osiri’s research is concerned with understanding the chemistry of leadership, the role of culture and innovation in driving change, and reconstructing age-old African systems and philosophies to bring about positive societal transformation. He is the author of Unleashing Your Idea: Steps to a Successful Start and Entrepreneurial Marketing: Creating a Customer Base and has traveled and worked in numerous countries and in every continent (except Antarctica). In 2018, Osiri received the Chancellor’s Fulfilling the Dream Award for his relentless efforts to expand global opportunities for students. Dr. Osiri is a graduate of the Grambling State University (BS), Louisiana State University (Ph.D.), The University of Florida (Post-Doctorate), and the Harvard Management Development Program (MDP).