S.R. Aurora

S.R. Aurora (also known as Mai P. Trinh) joined Arizona State University as an Assistant Professor of Organizational Leadership in August 2016. She is a faculty affiliate in the Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity, the Center for Behavior, Institutions, and the Environment, and the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory at ASU.

Professor Aurora's scholarly works utilize technology to develop future leaders and help people thrive in our volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world. From the top down, she combines complex adaptive systems science with agent-based modeling to reveal systemic patterns of inequalities, examine the effectiveness of plausible solutions, and recommend leadership actions to alleviate equity and equality. From the bottom up, she uses experiential learning theory to help leaders develop key competencies and improve leadership training and education. Overall, her works serve to advance four of the United Nations' sustainable development goals, #4 "Quality education," #5 "Gender equality," #8 "Decent work and economic growth," and #10 "Reduced inequalities."

S.R. Aurora has published in high-quality peer-reviewed journals such as The Leadership Quarterly, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Journal of Management Education, and Business Ethics: A European Review. Her works have been highly regarded by the Management Education & Development division of the Academy of Management, having received the Best Symposium Award in 2017, the Junior Faculty Best Paper Award in 2022, and the Global Forum Best Paper Award in 2023. She has also received the Early Career Teaching Award and the Outstanding Teaching Award in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts for teaching innovations, the Faculty Women Association's Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, the Badass Woman of ASU, and a finalist for the Graduate College Outstanding Mentor Award for her work in mentoring undergraduate and graduate students.

S.R. Aurora earned her doctorate in organizational behavior from the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University in 2016.