Susan Harmeling

Professor 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 Associate Professor of Clinical Entrepreneurship at the Marshall School of Business of the University of Southern California.  She is an acknowledged global expert on the Case Method of instruction and the founder of the International Case Method Institute. She has taught extensively in global executive education programs and in the Harvard Business School case method program. She has researched and developed tailored case studies on a wide cross-section of business topics for clients all over the world.  Most recently, she co-founded Equitas Advisory Group, a consultancy whose mission is to support corporations and other institutions and organizations to achieve a more diverse and inclusive culture.  

Dr. Harmeling's research has been published in top academic journals such as Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Business Ethics Quarterly, The Journal of Business Venturing and The Journal of Business Ethics.  She has a regular column in Forbes on the topic of inclusive leadership and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and has also published in a wide variety of popular newspapers and magazines such as Newsweek, Business Insider and The Arizona Republic.  She has done media interviews with outlets such as NBC Los Angeles, Dan Abrams Live, National Public Radio, The Atlantic, The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times.  Dr. Harmeling holds a BA and MBA from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in business ethics and entrepreneurship from the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business.