Faculty & Staff
My teaching, research, and practice is focused at the intersection of entrepreneurship and sustainability with a concentration on food systems and health. I teach courses in the Management Area for the Entrepreneurship Minor, and in the MBA Program for the concentration in Sustainability. My research looks at the implications and impact of sustainability certifications across the supply chain, with a focus on the food system. As a practitioner, I have worked at the government level in environmental policy, in the non-profit sector as a start-up founder and director, and as a consultant within the certifications industry. When I am not teaching or collaborating with farmers and food businesses, I am meditating, rock climbing, or cooking.
Dr. Shuhua Sun’s research explores how individuals and teams navigate social and technological environments to pursue career, creative, and performance goals. His primary interests include: (1) creativity and entrepreneurship, (2) self-regulation and metacognition, and (3) social dynamics in the workplace. His work has been published in leading journals such as Organization Science, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Personnel Psychology, and Journal of Business Venturing, and has been featured in college textbooks. His recent research centers on people-centered strategies for deploying and implementing AI in the workplace.
Professor Sun has extensive international teaching experience across undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. At Tulane University, he teaches courses in Organizational Behavior and Managing People in Organizations. Prior to joining Tulane, he taught Advanced Quantitative Research Methods in Business, Business Innovation and Sustainable Development, and Organizational Learning and Development at the School of Business and Economics at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. He also taught Management & Organization and Managing Change at the National University of Singapore Business School.
Aura Alvarado is a senior program coordinator with the Goldring Institute of International Business. In this role, she assists international students and faculty with financial, administrative and academic needs. Prior to joining the Goldring Institute, Alvarado served as an administrative assistant, program coordinator and project manager in the Tulane Energy Institute.
Lenore Mason, the director of the Goldring Institute, joined Tulane more than 18 years ago. She has held several positions within Goldring Institute as Assistant Director of Operations and Senior Program Coordinator in the Latin American PhD Program and International Exchange and Study Abroad Programs. In her current position, she is responsible for implementing and overseeing multiple educational programs in Asia, Latin America, and Europe. She holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Tulane University and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of New Orleans.
Jenny Tracy is a senior program coordinator with the Goldring Institute of International Business. She recently graduated from Tulane’s MBA program, and she looks forward to assisting students through their personal MBA journey. Prior to joining the Goldring Institute, Jenny served as an executive assistant to the Dean of Newcomb Tulane College and assistant to the Chief of General, Endocrine and Oncological Surgery here at Tulane.
