Dr. Bramwell Osula is an applied human services practitioner with a wealth of experience that cuts across the arenas of leadership education, training, community development, and consultant management.
Dr. Osula holds a Ph.D. in Sociology and is an avid student of cultural institutions, human dynamics and popular culture. His particular approach builds on real-life situations and needs, current knowledge, a variety of theoretical and methodological "standards," and cross-cultural thinking. His teaching, research and consulting practice is considerable as is his international expertise, 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, coaching, global leadership, 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 College of Saint Elizabeth, NJ, and The City University of New York (College of Staten Island).
AWARDS
- 2008 Faculty of the Year Award, School of Global Leadership & 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
- Member, Regent University Tenure Promotion Workload Task Force
- Editorial Board, African Journal of Marketing Management (AJMM)
- 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 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 [1985]
- M.A. University of Waterloo, Canada
- B.A. University of Lancaster, U. K. [1978]
- B.A. Oakwood College, Alabama
CURRENT RESEARCH
- Leadership in a Multi-Ethnic Context
- Leadership and Listening
- The Philosophy of Leadership
- Global Leadership
- Everyday Leadership
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