Professor Michael Ba Banutu-Gomez received his Ph.D. at Case Western Reserve University – Wetherhead School of Management, Department of Organizational Behavior in 2001.
Professor Ba Banutu-Gomez has presented his research work at professional conferences here in the US and in Europe. He worked for Bank of America as well as the Massachusetts Department of Social Services. He also worked for Oxfam America where he was the Coordinator for West Africa Program and Horn of Africa Program. Professor Ba is an Organizational Development Consultant. He has done consulting in the US, Africa, Asia and Europe. Professor Ba Banutu-Gomez has conducted consulting for GEM – Global Excellence in Management Innovation and they have conducted leadership and certificate training program for chief executive officers and government offices worldwide. He served as an adviser on Higher Education for the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology in the Republic of The Gambia. In 2018, he organized and led the first ever Quality Education, Relevance and Accessibility Conference for the Government of The Gambia. He has also conducted training on sustainable development.
Professor Ba Banutu-Gomez taught at Illinois Institute of Technology – Stuart School of Business. He also taught graduate business courses at Robert Morris College – Business Administration School. Presently Professor Ba Banutu-Gomez is a professor at Rowan University; William G. Rohrer College of Business where he teaches Business Administration, Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Global Leadership and Organizational Culture and International Business for both undergraduate and graduate students. Recently, Professor Ba has completed reviewing Organizational Behavior textbook authored by Schermerhorn, Hunt and Osborn for John Wiley & Sons Inc. Publishing Company. He has recently published a book he wrote about Africa. The title is “Africa We Owe it to Our Ancestors, Our Children and Ourselves.”