Biography
Dr. David Wernick, Ph.D., is a teaching professor in FIU’s Department of International Business and an award-winning case writer. His research focuses on global business strategy, innovation, and sustainable enterprise. He is the author of numerous academic and policy-oriented studies on global business and politics, including the book chapters “Innovation in Africa: The View from the Hilltops of a Spiky Continent,” (2016), and “Stakeholders and the Learning Organization,” with William D. Schneper and Mary Ann Von Glinow (2019).
Dr. Wernick teaches a variety of international business and management courses at the undergraduate, M.B.A., and executive levels at FIU’s College of Business. He also holds an appointment at the university’s Stephen J. Green School of International and Public Affairs and teaches courses on global risk management in the Master of Arts in Global Affairs program. Dr. Wernick works closely with FIU undergraduate business students in his capacity as Faculty Advisor for the College’s Honors in International Business Program and the International Business Honors Society (IBHS). He also is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Global Business and Community (JGBC) – an undergraduate e-journal focused on issues at the nexus of international business and society.
Prior to joining FIU, Dr. Wernick worked as senior analyst with a Miami-based international security consultancy and was director of communications for the Americas Society and Council of the Americas in New York. Dr. Wernick has also served as managing editor of the Latin America Advisor, a daily intelligence brief for executives of Fortune 500 companies with investments in the Americas. Dr. Wernick received his B.A. in Political Science from Tulane University, and both his M.A. in International Studies and Ph.D. in Business Administration from FIU.