Richard Savior
- Associate Professor
- Manhattan
- richard.savior@sunyempire.edu
As an Associate Professor of Business, Management & Economics at the State University of New York, Dr. Savior provides instruction to undergraduate and graduate business students in leadership, organizational theory and strategic management. He also serves as Department Chair, Management & Human Resource Management. As part of ESC's International Programs Office, he has led residency programs in Albania, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, Jordan, and Lebanon, and had the privilege of serving as a Stevens Initiative Fellow at the American University of Technology in Beirut, Lebanon and as Fulbright Scholar at Princess Sumaya University for Technology in Amman, Jordan.
As an educator, Dr. Savior brings the theoretical foundation of a doctorate in Educational Leadership, Administration & Policy from Fordham University, a research agenda centered on examining the complexity of organizational leadership and strategy across multiple cultural perspectives and organizational environments, and the applied knowledge gained from working and teaching on four continents throughout his professional career, to his students.
Published Papers “Gender Inequity in Jordanian Higher Education Leadership: Analysis & Recommendations”, Villanova University Journal of South Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (2022) “Critical Competencies for Effective Global Leadership”, Journal of Higher Education Management (2020) “Education 4.0: Case Study in U.S. Higher Education”, Innovation Arabia, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2019) “Higher Education Leadership in the Middle East: Challenges and Practice”, Journal of Higher Education Management (2018) “A Mature Institutional Management Model of Internationalization in MENA Universities”, Journal of Education & Human Development (2018) “The State of Higher Education in MENA Region”, International Journal of Arts & Sciences, 10 (2), December 2017 “Global Leadership: Understanding the Value of Cultural Diversity”, International Journal of Business and Applied Science (2016) “Leadership Practices in Mentoring”, in Mentoring with Meaning, B. Cooper, C. McCray, eds., Rowman & Littlefield (2015) “Lessons in University Leadership: Reports from Religious and Secular University Presidents”, Journal of Higher Education Management (2015) “The Impact of University Religious Affiliation on Presidential Leadership Practices”, Doctoral Dissertation (2013) “Programme for International Student Assessment: Review & Commentary”, European Association for International Education (2012) “The Impact of the Current Economic Crisis on American Colleges and Universities”, Higher Education in Review (2011) “Access to Higher Education”, Comparative Education Review (2011) “Higher Education Management in Global Markets”, Leadership in Higher Education (2009) Conference Presentations “Effective Cross Cultural Leadership Practice” at Lakeland University’s Annual Conference on Global Higher Education, Shinjuku, Japan (2021) “Impact of COVID on Entrepreneurship” at Princess Sumaya University for Technology’s King Talal School of Business Technology, Amman, Jordan (2020) “Education 4.0 @ SUNY”, Innovation Arabia, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2019) “The State of Higher Education in MENA Region”, University of Freiburg International Conference for Business & Economics (2017) “Reflections on Global Leadership”, European Sustainable Development on Business Research Conference (2016) “Leadership in Academia”, Academic Research in Business & Economics Institute (2015) “Transformational Leadership in Higher Education”, International Journal of the Arts & Sciences (2012) “Senior Leadership Practices and Institutional Affiliation”, Curriculum & Teaching Conference (2012) “The Corporatization of Higher Education”, International Society for the Social Studies (2010) “Higher Education Leadership in the Middle East: Challenges and Practice”, Journal of Higher Education Management (2018) “A Mature Institutional Management Model of Internationalization in MENA Universities”, Journal of Education & Human Development (2018) “The State of Higher Education in MENA Region”, International Journal of Arts & Sciences, 10 (2), December 2017 “Global Leadership: Understanding the Value of Cultural Diversity”, International Journal of Business and Applied Science, (2016) “Leadership Practices in Mentoring”, in Mentoring with Meaning, B. Cooper, C. McCray, eds., Rowman & Littlefield (2015) “Lessons in University Leadership: Reports from Religious and Secular University Presidents”, Journal of Higher Education Management (2015) “The Impact of University Religious Affiliation on Presidential Leadership Practices”, Doctoral Dissertation (2013) “Programme for International Student Assessment: Review & Commentary”, European Association for International Education, (2012) “The Impact of the Current Economic Crisis on American Colleges and Universities”, Higher Education in Review, (2011) “Access to Higher Education”, Comparative Education Review, (2011) “Higher Education Management in Global Markets”, Leadership in Higher Education, (2009) Conference Presentations “The State of Higher Education in MENA Region”, University of Freiburg International Conference for Business & Economics (2017) “Reflections on Global Leadership”, European Sustainable Development on Business Research Conference (2016) “Leadership in Academia”, Academic Research in Business & Economics Institute (2015) “Transformational Leadership in Higher Education”, International Journal of the Arts & Sciences (2012) “Senior Leadership Practices and Institutional Affiliation”, Curriculum & Teaching Conference (2012) “The Corporatization of Higher Education”, International Society for the Social Studies, (2010)