Dr. Leigh Stelzer is an Associate Professor of Management and a former Chairman of the Department of Management at the W. Paul Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey.  

Dr. Stelzer has published numerous professional articles on trade negotiations, joint ventures, cross-cultural problems related to doing business in the Peoples Republic of China. In the 80’s and 90’s, Dr. Stelzer made extended trips to China as a teacher, researcher, consultant, and member of a trade delegation, lecturing at the University of International Business and Economics (Beijing), the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade and at the Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Trade. Dr. Stelzer has published numerous professional articles on trade negotiations, joint ventures, cross-cultural problems related to doing business in China.

As the University developed its commitment to the integration of computing into the curriculum, Dr. Stelzer expanded the knowledge base of this phenomenon with his article “Learning and Teaching Management on the Web: What Do We Know?” (2003)   

Additional research addressed issues of the match of technology to pedagogy and the employment of technology in the development of higher-order critical thinking skills

Recently, Dr. Stelzer has turned his attention to the effectiveness of public incentive policies to encourage small business development and entrepreneurship.   Other areas of research and publication include: the interface of business and politics, political action committees, teacher rights, and, using movies to teach business.  He has also written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the U.S.-China Business Review.  From 1991-1994, Dr. Stelzer directed the school’s annual Business Outlook Conference.

Dr. Stelzer is a former President of Beta Gamma Sigma Alumni of Greater New York and a member of the American Academy of Management. Dr. Stelzer received his B.A. from New York University and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.