Dr. Chisha is an expert in Business and Economics with a research interest in regional integration and global corporate responsibility, focusing on extractive industries. He attended New Mexico State University for his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. He earned his Ph.D. in Business Administration, specializing in International Business, from Northcentral University.
He spent 25 years in industry (supporting SMEs, advising corporate executives and leadership in units of government in China, USA, and Zambia; conducting training workshops in Dubai, and Istanbul; winning the Franklin Covey Team Excellence Award) before joining academia in 2008.
Since becoming an educator, he has been involved in a wide array of activities at various third-level institutions in Rwanda, South Africa, the United States, and Zambia. Some of his accomplishments included: designing baccalaureate degrees; overhauling and heading a finance department; representing faculty on the budget committee; chairing a policy committee; redesigning an MBA program; serving as program lead; accepting appointment to the position of program director; representing faculty on the university senate; supervising capstone and MBA research projects; serving as external 定 examiner of MBA theses; joining a consortium of senior scholars; coaching Ph.D. and DBA students; supervising student teams in annual Inter-varsity contests; and winning a faculty of the year Award.
Dr. Chisha’s dedication to student success is evidenced by his appetite to bend any environment to provide an enriching learning experience. His interaction with students in and outside the classroom sculpts his unwavering quest for a value-oriented teaching style. He strives to engage students in a continuous process of questioning, challenging, and personalized discovering as opposed to a casual brush with course content.