Sonia Ghumman
  • Chair, Department of Management and Industrial Relations
  • Professor of Management
  • Shidler College Faculty Fellow

Room

BusAd C-301a

Phone

(808) 956-7331

Academic Background

  • PhD, Michigan State University, 2009
  • MA, Michigan State University, 2006
  • BS, State University of New York, 2004

Research Interests

  • Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace 
  • Multicultural Organizations
  • International Management
  • Influence of Sleep on Work Outcomes

Awards & Honors

  • 2023, Shidler College Dennis Ching Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
  • 2021, Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
  • 2021, Professor of the Semester, Masters of HRM Program, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
  • 2020, Professor of the Semester, Global MBA Program, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
  • 2019, Shidler College Dennis Ching Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
  • 2018, Professor of the Semester, Global MBA Program, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
  • 2018, Professor of the Semester, Masters of HRM Program, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
  • 2015, Professor of the Semester, Distance Learning Executive MBA Program, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
  • 2013, Shidler College Dennis Ching Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
  • 2012, Professor of the Semester, Distance Learning Executive MBA Program, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
  • 2011-Current, Shidler College Faculty Fellow, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
  • 2011, CIBER Grant, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
  • 2010, Shirley M. Lee Research Award, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
  • 2008, Graduate Student Scholarship, Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology
  • 2004-2009, University Distinguished Fellowship, Michigan State University

External Consultant Work experience

  • Procter & Gamble
  • Navy Personnel Research, Studies and Technology
  • DTE Energy
  • MSU Women's Resource Center
  • W. K. Kellogg Foundation