Liesl Anna Riddle
Title: Assistant Professor of International Business
Department: International Business
Address: Funger Hall, Suite 401T
Phone: (202) 994-1217
Email: lriddle@gwu.edu
Degrees: Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, 2001
M.B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1995
M.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1995
B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1992
Area of Expertise: Diaspora Homeland Investment, National Trade and Investment Promotion, Cross-Cultural Management, International Marketing, Middle East/North Africa
Publications: Journal of International Business Studies, International Marketing Review, Small Business Economics Journal, and Public Administration & Development.
Editorial Positions: Education, Business & Society: Contemporary Middle Eastern Issues editorial board member
Journal of World Business, special issue on Multinationals in the Middle East, guest editor
Professional Activities: United Nations ad-hoc expert on Diaspora Entrepreneurship, Member of the Academy of International Business, Academy of Management, American Marketing Association
Current Research: Mobilizing Diaspora Homeland Investment Capital Project, Middle East Managerial Values Project
Grants: GW-Center for International Business Education and Research
Other: Dr. Riddle has written extensively on the topics of trade and investment promotion and diaspora roles in homeland economic development. She has conducted fieldwork in Egypt and Turkey and among diaspora communities in the U.S. (Afghan, Armenian, Cuban, Ghanaian, Iranian, Liberian, and Palestinian communities). Dr. Riddle co-authored the first diaspora-focused article to appear in the Journal of International Business Studies in 1999. She is the director and one of the founding members of the diasporas, policy, and development research program within GW’s Elliott School’s Institute for Global Studies. Dr. Riddle is the recipient of the 2007 Academy of International Business Best Reviewer Award and several GW teaching excellence awards.