Susan Harmeling's passion and academic research focuses on the intersection of business and ethical issues, which has informed her strong advocacy for increasing equity of opportunity in organizations. Before coming to ASU, she was an associate professor of clinical entrepreneurship at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. Prior to her time at USC, she was a tenured Associate Professor of Management at Howard University, the nation's oldest and most prestigious HBCU (Historically Black College and University), where she taught management, entrepreneurship, and ethics. Susan recently co-founded Equitas Advisory Group, a consultancy whose primary mission is to advance inclusive leadership.
Over her distinguished career, Susan has authored dozens of Harvard Business School Case Studies that have been taught to thousands of students and MBA classes around the world. She is an acknowledged global expert on the Case Method of instruction and the founder of the International Case Method Institute. She also served for a number of years as a Facilitator in the Case Method Program at Harvard Business School. Her deep knowledge of case methodology is widely sought after, and she has taught extensively in executive education programs and seminars everywhere from Europe to Africa to Latin America. In addition, she has researched and developed tailored case studies on a wide cross-section of business topics for clients all over the world.
Susan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Spanish Languages and Literature from Harvard University, an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics from the University of Virginia.