Saleem Mistry
Biography
Saleem Mistry is an associate professor of management in the Department of Business Administration at the University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics. He received his Ph.D. in organizational behavior from the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. His research focuses on workplace transitions for leaders, members of teams and followers. Throughout his practical and academic careers, Saleem has coauthored several business press articles, whitepapers and academic journal articles that have appeared in outlets such as Harvard Business Review, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Organizational Behavior and many others. He was formerly a professor of practice in the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University, where he won numerous teaching and mentoring awards on both the school and university levels.
Before pursuing his Ph.D., Saleem spent the first 17 years of his career as an executive and consultant in business, supply chain and marketing within domestic and international businesses across more than 13 industries. His clients have included organizations in the following industries: advertising, airline, business consulting, defense, education, entertainment, financial services, healthcare, high technology (software and hardware), hospitality and leisure, manufacturing, nonprofit and pharmaceutical.
Education
- Ph.D. in management, Mays Business School at Texas A&M University
Awards & Honors
- Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics Outstanding Junior Faculty Scholar, 2023
- “Most Valuable Professor”, University of Delaware Football Program, Fall 2022
- “Best Reviewer Award 2021”, Human Resource Management, an FT50 journal, 2021
- Nomination, Excellence in Teaching Award, Faculty Senate Committee on Student and Faculty Honors, 2020
- Finalist, Outstanding University-Wide HOPE Professor (21 nominees selected by students from a pool of 700+ faculty), Southern Methodist University, 2019
- United States Air Force Grant with Ozias A. Moore, 2018
- Winner, Outstanding BBA Professor, Cox School of Business, 2015-2018
- Winner, 2016 Provost’s Teaching Recognition Award, 2017
- Finalist, Outstanding University-Wide HOPE Professor (32 nominees selected by students from pool of 700+ faculty) Southern Methodist University, 2017
- Winner, Outstanding MBA Professor, Cox School of Business, 2016, 2017
- Finalist, Outstanding University-Wide HOPE Professor (44 nominees selected by students from pool of 700+ faculty) Southern Methodist University, 2016