Ali Mir
Professor • Management, Marketing and Professional Sales
Professional Interests
Currently, Professor Mir is working on two separate research streams:
1) The impact of student loans/debt on Black and Latinx students
2) The implications of the increasing use of algorithms in organizational decision making
Other Interests
Apart from his academic work, Professor Mir has written extensively about Urdu poetry, including the coauthored book Anthems of Resistance, which has been used as required reading at academic institutions including Columbia University and the University of Texas, Austin. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Urdu Studies and has been a frequent speaker on the topic of progressive Urdu poetry at universities and events across the world. In addition, he has written screenplays and lyrics for several Indian films. The movies that he has worked on have been screened at prestigious events including the Cannes Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, the Berlin Film Festival, and the New York Indian Film Festival. He has also worked with New York City based recording artistes including Red Baraat, a pioneering band that combines dhol beats with hip-hop, jazz and punk.
Urdu Hindi Spanish
Degrees
Specialization
International Management, Organization Theory, Organizational Behavior, Leadership, Ethics
Representative Publications
The Business of Stealing Futures: Race, Gender and the Student Debt Regime ;
Journal of Business Ethics;
Racial Capitalism and Student Debt in the US;
Organization;
2021
U.S. capitalism and the prospects for democratic socialism.;
Organization;
2021
How to Be an Anti-Racist Professor in the Business Classroom;
Organization;
“There is no capitalism without racism”: Racial capitalism and the BLM movement;
Black Lives Matter: A Reference Handbook; ABC-CLIO Contemporary World Issues Series;
Representative Presentations
Algorithmic decision making: Big data and embedded bias
(De)Colonizing the future: Student debt, race, and resistance in the US.
Ferguson and beyond: Implications for race theorizing in management scholarship
Notable Courses Taught
Foundations of Management (MBA), Ethical Leadership and Change Management (MBA), Organization Theory, Organizational Behavior, International Business, Labor and Management
