Sami Ghaddar
Assistant Professor In-Residence
Management &
Entrepreneurship
Sami is an Assistant Professor of Strategy In-Residence at the UConn School of Business. He currently teaches MENT 4900, a capstone course on Strategy, Policy, and Planning.
His research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of corporate governance, firm innovation, and firm performance. Ghaddar’s research examines the efficacy of board-level specialized committees and how they affect a firm’s strategic choices. It also examines how board compositional characteristics influence firms’ financial and social performance.
Ghaddar holds a Ph.D. in Business (2021) from Bentley University in Massachusetts and was the recipient of the Harold S. Geneen Doctoral Fellowship in Business. He also holds a Master of Business Administration (2015) and a Bachelor of Business Administration (2010), both from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon.

sami.ghaddar@uconn.edu | |
Phone | +1 (860) 486-4483 |
Mailing Address | 2100 Hillside Road, Unit 1041 Storrs, CT 06269 |
Office Location | BUSN 335 |
Campus | Storrs |
Courses | MENT 4900 - Strategy, Policy and Planning |
Link | https://www.linkedin.com/in/samighaddar/ |