CESR, whose mission is to empower business leaders to drive solutions to environmental, social, and ethical challenges, strives to be a center of excellence on ESG and Sustainability.

To help position Leeds nationally and globally as a thought leader in ESG and Sustainability, CESR hosts a Faculty Affiliates program. The program has three objectives:

  1. Support, fund, amplify, and celebrate innovative faculty research.
  2. Facilitate the integration of ESG & Sustainability into the curriculum (e.g., by providing relevant case studies, guest speakers, real-world consulting projects, and other resources with interested faculty; possibly funding curriculum development; and helping to coordinate efforts among faculty teaching different courses covering similar topics).
  3. Build and nurture a community of faculty at Leeds who support CESR’s mission (e.g., by co-hosting ESG or sustainability related seminars in each division to facilitate interdisciplinary dialogue and exchange of ideas).

Our affiliates share their research-based insights and perspectives through interviews in the thought leadership section of our blog.

EricAlston
Eric C. Alston
Hernando de Soto Capital Markets Faculty Director • Scholar-In-Residence
Finance
Bonnie Auslander
Bonnie J. Auslander
Teaching Associate Professor
Professional Effectiveness
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Alixandra Barasch
Associate Professor
Marketing
Xiaoshu Bei
Sarah X. Bei
Assistant Professor
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations
Asaf Bernstein
Asaf Bernstein
Associate Professor • Co-Director of Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making
Finance • Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making • CU Real Estate Center
Bhagat
Sanjai Bhagat
Professor
Finance
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Amit Bhattacharjee
Associate Professor
Marketing
Stephen Billings
Stephen Billings
Associate Professor • Global Real Estate Capital Markets Chair
Finance • CU Real Estate Center • Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making
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Jennifer E. Bone
Associate Teaching Professor
Professional Effectiveness
Nancy Chapple
Nancy Chapple
Teaching Assistant Professor
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
lorna christoff
Lorna Christoff
Teaching Assistant Professor
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
cookson
Tony Cookson
Professor • Faculty Director of MS Finance
Finance • Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making
Sarah Cowan
Sarah Rosenbaum Cowan
Teaching Assistant Professor
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
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Cory B. Cunningham
Associate Teaching Professor
Professional Effectiveness
Davies
Shaun Davies
Associate Professor • Quinby Family Finance Endowed Faculty Fellow • Research Director of the Burridge Center for Finance
Finance • Burridge Center for Finance
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Pete Dignan
Adjunct Instructor for Certificate in ESG Strategy
Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility
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Zack Donohew
Scholar-In-Residence
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
David Drake
David Drake
Chair of the Social Responsibility & Sustainability Division • Associate Professor
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations
Yonca Ertimur
Yonca Ertimur
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty • Tandean Rustandy Esteemed Professor • Professor
Accounting
Erik Estrada
Erik Estrada
Teaching Assistant Professor
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
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Philip Fernbach
Associate Professor • Co-Director of the Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making • Marketing PhD Program Director
Marketing • Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making
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Jennifer Forman
Adjunct Instructor for Certificate in ESG Strategy
Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility
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Emily Gallagher
Assistant Professor
Finance • CU Real Estate Center • Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making
Ashton Hawk
Ashton Hawk
Assistant Professor
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations
Johnson
Stefanie K. Johnson
Associate Professor
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
Heather Kennedy
Heather Kennedy
Teaching Associate Professor
Marketing
Tony Kong
Tony Kong
Associate Professor • Faculty Director of the Leadership Certificate
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
Marcia Kwaramba
Marcia Kwaramba
Scholar-In-Residence
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
Christina Lacerenza
Christina Lacerenza
Assistant Professor
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
Ryan Lewis
Ryan C. Lewis
Assistant Professor • Burridge Center Faculty Fellow
Finance • Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making
Donald Lichenstein
Donald R. Lichtenstein
Chair of the Marketing Divsion • Professor
Marketing • Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making
Liu Liu
Liu Liu
Assistant Professor
Marketing
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Austin Moss
Assistant Professor
Accounting
Natalie Moyen
Nathalie Moyen
Professor • Chair of the Finance Division
Finance
Joshua Nunziato
Joshua Nunziato
Teaching Assistant Professor • Faculty Director of the Daniels Fund
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
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Andrea Pawliczek
Assistant Professor
Accounting
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Ethan Poskanzer
Assistant Professor • Frank Schiff Faculty Scholar
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations
Birdie Reznicek
Birdie Reznicek
Associate Dean for Culture & Community • Teaching Associate Professor • Associate Chair • Virginia & Ed Mitchell Faculty Scholar
Social Responsibility and Sustainability • Culture and Community
Rogers
Jonathan Rogers
Tisone Professor of Accounting • Professor • Chair of the Accounting Division
Accounting
Nikki Skinner
Nikki Skinner
Assistant Professor
Accounting
Andrew Stephan
Andrew Stephan
Assistant Professor
Accounting
Lev Szentkiralyi
Levente Szentkirályi
Teaching Assistant Professor • Faculty Director of Global Initiatives
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
Frances Tice
Frances Tice
Assistant Professor
Accounting
Tony Tong
Tony Tong
Chair of the Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Operations Division • Professor
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations • Deming Center for Entrepreneurship
Gloria Urrea
Gloria Urrea
Assistant Professor
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations
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Meghan Van Portfliet
Teaching Assistant Professor
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
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Edward D. Van Wesep
Professor
Finance
Sabrina D. Volpone
Sabrina D. Volpone
Associate Professor • Organizational, Leadership, and Information Analytics PhD Program Director
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
Clare Wang
Clare Wang
Plante Moran / EKS&H Faculty Fellow • Professor • Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility Research Director
Accounting • Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility
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Brian Waters
Assistant Professor
Finance • Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making
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Brad Werner
Teaching Assistant Professor • Deming Center Teaching Director • Faculty Director of New Venture Launch
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations • Deming Center for Entrepreneurship
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Lawrence Williams
Associate Professor
Marketing
Jeffrey G. York
Jeffrey G. York
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives • Research Director of the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship • Professor
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations • Deming Center for Entrepreneurship