ASAC Fellows

Travor C. Brown, Professor, Memorial University

Dr. Brown is the Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration with Memorial University and a former President of ASAC (the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada). Since joining Memorial University, he has also served as the Associate Dean (Research) as well as Director the Master of Employment Relations program, the PhD (Management) program and the MSc (Management) program.

Dr. Brown’s research largely examines issues concerning goal setting and training effectiveness, with special focus on management and leadership development. He has authored over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles, a textbook, over 80 conference presentations and has been the sole investigator on two national, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) grants.  A strong supporter of students, much of his research is co-authored with graduate students.

Drawing on his extensive industry experience, Dr. Brown is renowned for his ability to engage both practitioner and academic audiences and to show the ‘real world’ implications of his research.

 

David L. Deephouse, Professor, University of Alberta

Dr. Deephouse is a Professor in the Department of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Management of the Alberta School of Business in the University of Alberta; he is also an International Research Fellow of the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation. He served seven years as the School’s Associate Dean for PhD Programs and for Research, gaining rich experience in faculty and university governance.

David became a frequent participant at ASAC after joining the University of Alberta in 2001 from Louisiana State University. Over the years, he presented papers, organized symposia, served as a discussant, and participated in doctoral consortia. After attending Truth and Reconciliation testimony in Edmonton in March, 2014, he started learning new truths and contributing to Reconcili-Action. He subsequently organized six PDWs and two full-day colloquia at ASAC related to Indigenizing and decolonizing business schools.

David’s research focuses on (1) Indigenization and decolonization in business schools, universities, and businesses; (2) social evaluations of organizations, especially legitimacy and reputation; and (3) the causes and consequences of each, especially how organizations position themselves to balance pressures to conform to and differentiate from industry and institutional norms at local, regional, and global levels.

David enjoys being with Nature, live music, and baking artisanal bread and pizza, which he hopes to do more of as he enters phased retirement. He has licence plates from eight colonial jurisdictions across Turtle Island, and as indicated by his tie, David would be sorted into Ravenclaw at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.

 

Zhenzhong Ma, Professor, University of Windsor

Dr. Ma is a full professor in management and organization studies at the Odette School of Business, University of Windsor. His research spans more than 90 peer-reviewed publications and 100 plus academic conference papers, including articles in leading journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Business Ethics, Human Resource Management Journal, Journal of Business Research, and International Business Review. Through this body of work, Dr. Ma has offered theoretical insights, empirical findings, and practical implications that address complex organizational challenges in the global context. He has also actively engaged in interdisciplinary research in cross-cultural management, technological innovation, and AI adoption, and further contributed to the refinement of research methods in the field.

Beyond research, Dr. Ma has been deeply committed to academic mentorship and community engagement. He has supervised more than 20 doctoral and post-doctoral scholars, many of whom have gone on to thrive in academia and industry. His research team have participated in nearly every ASAC annual conference for the past decades, and he has often encouraged students and early-career colleagues to present their work and connect with the ASAC community. Dr. Ma has also contributed by chairing sessions, organizing symposia, and reviewing submissions to support the intellectual quality of the conference, in addition to serving as Academic Reviewer, Program Coordinator, and Division Chair both for the Human Resources Division, and for the Technology & Innovation Management Division.

 

Nicolas Papadopoulos, Distinguished Research Professor, Carleton University

 Dr. Papadopoulos is Distinguished Research Professor (Marketing and International Business) at Carleton University, where he has served, among others, as Associate Dean (Research) and Director of his school. His research focuses on international expansion and country/place images and branding.  His more than 480 works include 16 books, 110 journal articles and book chapters, and nearly 140 papers in conference proceedings.  His articles have been published in such journals as International Business Review, Journal of International Marketing, and Journal of International Business Studies.  He has been the Keynote Speaker at international conferences such as the AMS World Marketing Congress and the Societa Italiana di Marketing and he serves on seven Editorial Review or Senior Advisory Boards and as Associate Editor (IB) of the Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences. He was the sole or co-investigator on several SSHRC grants and his work has been recognised through 10 Best Paper Awards, Carleton’s Graduate Student Mentoring Award, and numerous other research and teaching distinctions.

Olaf Weber, Professor, Schulich School of Business, York University

Dr. Weber is a Professor at the Schulich School of Business where he holds the CIBC Chair in Sustainable Finance and serves as the Director for the Centre of Excellence in Responsible Business. He is also an adjunct professor at the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED) at the University of Waterloo.

His research and teaching interests address the connection between financial sector players, such as banks and sustainable development and the link between sustainability and financial performance of enterprises. He explores the impacts of the financial industry on sustainable development, the role of voluntary and regulatory mechanisms for the financial sector to become more sustainable, social banking and impact investing, the materiality of sustainability risks and opportunities for investors and artificial intelligence as a tool to analyze environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance.