Kanwalroop Kathy Dhanda, Ph.D.
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Kanwalroop Kathy Dhanda is a professor of management, a Fulbright Scholar of Arctic Studies, and the Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs at the Welch College of Business & Technology. Her academic scholarship focuses on sustainability issues, with a primary emphasis on environmental modeling, carbon markets, emissions trading, and sustainable supply chains. She has published about 40 journal articles and 5 books on environmental research and sustainability topics.
Degrees & Certifications
- Ph.D., Management Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts (1997)
- BS, Computer Science, Angelo State University, Texas (1992)
Teaching Responsibilities
Dr. Dhanda teaches courses in Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, and Sustainable Management. She has also developed and taught courses in Sustainability and Leadership in American University in Paris and at the Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand.
Research Interests & Grants
Dr. Dhanda's academic scholarship focuses on sustainability issues with a primary emphasis in the areas of environmental modeling, carbon markets, emissions trading and sustainable supply chains. She has published over 40 journal articles in Operations Research, Journal of Business Ethics, Academy of Management Perspectives, Energy Economics, Journal of Public Policy and Marketing Policy Watch, Organization & Environment, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, as well as other journals.
Dr. Dhanda is also the co-author of Environmental Networks: A Framework for Economic Decision-Making and Policy Analysis (Edward Elgar) and Sustainability: Essentials for Business (Sage).
Awards & Fellowships
- 2021 Presidential Seminar on Catholic Intellectual Tradition ($5000), Sacred Heart University
- 2017 URC Summer Grant ($2500), College of Business, Sacred Heart University, Carbon Disclosures
- 2017 URC Research Grant ($2300), College of Business, Sacred Heart University, CDP data purchase
- 2016 Research Grant ($4000), School of Business, Fairfield University, CDP data purchase
- 2011 Research Grant ($2,500), DePaul University, Department of Hospitality: Carbon Neutrality in the Hospitality Industry
- 2010 Summer Research ($15,000), DePaul University, College of Commerce, Addressing Climate Change: An analysis of the Cap and Trade Program
- 2009 Wicklander Fellowship ($8000), DePaul University, Institute of Business and Professional Ethics, Ethics of Carbon Offsets
- 2008 Summer Research ($15,000), DePaul University, College of Commerce, Analysis for the Market in Carbon Offsets (with Laura Hartman)