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Liesl A. Riddle

Associate Professor of International Business and International Affairs
Co-Director, GW Diaspora Program

Funger 401T
2201 G Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20052

Phone: (202) 994-1217
Fax: (202) 994-7422
E-mail: lriddle@gwu.edu

Education:

Ph.D., University of Texas

Expertise:

International Entrepreneurship; Investment and Trade Promotion; Diasporas; International Business in the Middle East and North Africa; Research Methods

Background:

Dr. Liesl Riddle is an Assistant Professor of International Business and International Affairs at The George Washington University. She holds a BA and MA in Middle Eastern Studies, an MBA in Marketing/International Business, and a PhD in Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Riddle has written extensively on the topics of international entrepreneurship, trade and investment promotion, and diaspora roles in homeland economic development. Dr. Riddle has conducted fieldwork in Egypt and Turkey and among diaspora communities in the USA and Europe (Afghan, Armenian, Cuban, Ghanaian, Iranian, Lebanese, Liberian, and Palestinian communities). She is on the editorial board of two journals, Education Business and Society: Contemporary Middle Eastern Issues and the Journal of Education for Business. She is an ad-hoc expert for the United Nations regarding diaspora investment and entrepreneurship policies.

Before assuming an academic position, Dr. Riddle held several professional positions in the field of market research on both the client and supplier side of the industry. Most recently she was the Director of Research for the international market research firm, FH&R in Houston, Texas. She has served as a consultant for several organizations, including the World Bank, the US Department of State, the Moroccan-American Trade and Investment Council, the Grameen Bank, IBM, and other private-sector clients.

Dr. Riddle currently serves as the director for the GW Diaspora research and policy program within GW's Elliott School for International Affairs' Institute for Global Studies. She is also a faculty coordinator for GW's Center for International Business Education and Research (GW-CIBER) in the areas of Diasporas and Business & Society Issues. Dr. Riddle has received Best Reviewer Awards from the Academy of International Business and the Academy of Management. She also has received several GW teaching awards, including the 2006 School of Business' Teaching Excellence Award. She is the co-principle investigator of two consecutive research grants funded by the GW-CIBER focusing on diaspora homeland investment issues.

Courses Taught:

IBus 160 Introduction to International Business
IBus 166 International Marketing Management
Ibus 190 Managing in Developing Countries
IBus 266 International Marketing
IBus 269 Managing in Developing Countries

Last update: 09.09.08