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Bramwell Osula, Ph.D.

Dr. Bramwell Osula is an applied human services practitioner with a wealth of experience that cuts across the areas of global leadership, cultural analysis, and consultant management.

Dr. Osula holds a Ph.D. in sociology. His teaching, research, and consulting practice is the result of living explorations in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Canada, the United States, and Europe.

Dr. Osula is active in a variety of leadership and other programs as a professor, consultant, trainer, and mentor. He is a frequent participant in and organizer of training workshops and professional development seminars. His interests include, leadership development, organizational diagnosis, consulting theory and practice, ethics, cross-cultural analyses, security and public policy.

Prior to joining the faculty at Regent University, Dr. Osula served as Director of Business Development for an IT consulting firm. He was also an adjunct faculty member at the City University of New York and College of Saint Elizabeth in New Jersey.

AWARDS

  • Faculty of the Year Award - 2008, School of Global Leadership and Entrepreneurship, Regent University, 2008
  • Distinctive Service Award, Regent University 2007
  • Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2006
  • Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Nominee, 1993
  • Minority Leadership Award, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • Honorary Charter Membership, Phi Eta Sigma, 1998


SERVICE, APPOINTMENTS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Reviewer, Sport, Business, Management: an International Journal
  • Homeland Security Certificate Program. PCE. Regent University. October 24 - November 23, 2011.
  • Reviewer, The Journal of the Academy, Contemporary Social Science
  • Facilitator. Summer Leadership Program for students from China Youth University for Political Science. July 3 - July 19
  • Co-Facilitator, Homeland Security Certificate Program, 2011
  • Reviewer, African Journal of Business Management
  • Reviewer, Journal of Strategic Leadership
  • Adjunct Professor, Criminal Justice Program, School of Undergraduate Studies, Regent University
  • Occasional Reviewer - IJLS
  • Editorial Board, African Journal of Marketing Management (AJMM)
  • Editorial Board, Global Imagination
  • Program Evaluation Consultant. MAP-Bolivia
  • Visiting Professor on Transformational Leadership (2008) HITS, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Diamond Group Member – Senior Management of Critical Incident Leadership, Leadership Development, Metropolitan Police Service (2008)
  • Editor, Journal of Practical Consulting
  • Executive Peer Editor, Journal of Higher Education Excellence
  • Track chair, Globalization, International Management, Culture and Management Development, Academy of World Business, Marketing and Management Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2008.
  • Member, International Leadership Association
  • Member, American Sociological Association
  • Graduate, Regent University Master Instructor’s Program
  • Member, Regent University Faculty Excellence Award Committee
  • Member, Regent University Tenure Promotion Workload Taskforce
  • Member, Regent University QEP Committee
  • Member, Regent University Bookstore Advisory Committee
  • Member, Regent University Faculty Excellence Award Committee
  • Chair: Education Focus Group, Transform World 2005

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. University of Waterloo, Canada
  • M.A. University of Waterloo, Canada
  • B.A. University of Lancaster, U. K.

CURRENT RESEARCH

  • Leadership and Listening
  • The Philosophy of Leadership
  • Global Leadership
  • Authentic Leadership
  • Terrorism, Cybersecurity, and National Security