Faculty/Staff

A.J. Chauradia

AJ Chauradia

Assistant Professor of Instruction
ajchauradia@usf.edu
Campus: Tampa
Office: BSN 3528
Phone: 813-905-1001

A.J. Chauradia is an assistant professor of instruction in the Muma College of Business. He teaches the capstone strategy course to senior-level undergraduate students. 

Previously, Chauradia was a faculty member at the Indian School of Business and at Doane University, where he was also chair of the department, held the A.R. Kinney endowed chair, and served as MBA program director. For the past 15 years, Chauradia has taught strategy, talent management, and analytics courses to undergraduate and graduate students. Last year, he received the Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year by Doane University鈥檚 student congress. 

Chauradia鈥檚 interdisciplinary research examines strategic human capital strategies largely in the context of social enterprises and professional services firms. He has over 24 research publications and working papers, and has attended over 30 global conferences, having earned multiple nominations and awards for best research paper. In addition, he has received grants from EY and a visiting fellowship from CABE at the University of Melbourne. He strongly contributes to his department and institution by building partnerships, collaborating with faculty, and mentoring students. In his spare time, Chauradia practices martial arts and spends time with his family.

He earned a PhD in strategy and entrepreneurship and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a bachelor's degree in business management and organization from the University of Miami. 

Teaching

  • GEB 4890 鈥� Strategic Management and Decision-Making

Research

  • Ghosh, K., Chauradia, A.J., & Peat, D. (2025). . Forthcoming in Journal of General Management. 
  • Chatterjee, A., Chauradia, A.J., & Pedada, K. (2024). . Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 53, 213-231. 
  • Patterson, A.M., & Chauradia, A.J. (2024). . Journal of Business and Economics: Inquiries and Perspectives, 15(1), 26-48.
  • Peat, D., Davidson, Q., Perrmann-Graham, J., Christensen, A. Chauradia, A.J. (2024). . SAGE Business Cases.
  • George, G., Chauradia, A.J., Chatterjee, A., & Awate, S. (2022). . Journal of Business and Economics: Inquiries and Perspectives, 13(1), 24-48.

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  • Chauradia, A.J., Milewicz, C., Echambadi, R., & Ganesh, J. (2021). . Journal of Consumer Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction and Complaining Behavior, 34(1), 216-243.
  • Chauradia, A.J. (2020). . In C. Sripada (Ed.), Leading Human Capital in the 2020s: Emerging Perspectives, pg. 34-48. Delhi: Sage Publishing.
  • Chauradia, A.J. (2015).  Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. Vancouver, Canada.
  • Chauradia, A.J. & Galande, R.A. (2015). . In A. Burke (Ed.), The Handbook of Research on Freelancers and Self-Employment, 85-98. Dublin: Senate Hall Academic Publishing.
  • Chauradia, A.J. & Somaya, D. (2014). . Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. Philadelphia, PA. 
  • Jain, A. (2011). . Enterprise and Society, 12(2), 451-453.