Biography

Mallory Elise Flowers is an Assistant Professor of Management in the College of Business at the University of Rhode Island. Her teaching focus is in the Strategy area; her research explores private governance at the intersect of business, policy, and technology. Mallory has studied corporate sustainability and social responsibility in the real estate, finance, and global commodities trades.

Prior to joining URI, Mallory held a postdoctoral research faculty position in the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University in the Netherlands. She completed her Ph.D. in public policy at Georgia Tech. Her doctoral dissertation on green certification practices was funded in part by the National Science Foundation, and was awarded Best Dissertation in 2017 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, the flagship organization for policy research in the USA. Mallory’s research has been mobilized for practice in the nonprofit sector, where she has served at board request in consulting and scientific advisory roles focused on climate change and issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion.