Ihsen Ketata
Dr. Ihsen Ketata received her Ph.D. in strategic management and her master’s
degree in economic analysis, modeling and quantitative analysis from the
University of Montpellier, France. During her doctoral studies, she taught several
courses in French both at the University of Montpellier, France and at the Institut
Supérieure d’Administration des Affaires of Sfax (ISAAS), Tunisia. Ihsen has served
as a visiting assistant professor at the ISAAS, Tunisia and had a Temporary
Appointment for Instruction and Research in the University of Montpellier.
Prior to joining Santa Clara University as an adjunct lecturer, Ihsen was an adjunct
assistant professor at Baruch College, City University of New York. She also served
as a CIBER director at Georgia State university and taught the core course of
International business at the same institution. Prior to joining Georgia state
University, she served as a post-doctoral fellow at Georgia Tech-CIBER, where she
continued her research in the area of multinational company strategies.
Ihsen led several students’ projects and competitions, implemented workshops,
conferences and guest speaker events. She found the Southeast U.S. Higher
Education Consortium for International Business, created the international
business field study course and added it to the international business certificate,
and co-chaired conferences like “CIMaR 2011” and “conducting business in the
Middle East”.
Ihsen has presented her research at many international colloquiums such as the
AOM (Academy of Management), AIMS (Association Internationale de
Management Stratégique), and EMMA (le Colloque de l'Economie Méditerranée
du Monde Arabe). She has also published in such refereed journals as Journal of
International Business Education, R&D Management, and La Revue Française de
Gestion. Ihsen is fluent in French and Arabic.
In addition to her academic career, Ihsen chaired the board of Alif Institute (2014-
2016), a non-profit organization located in Atlanta, Georgia with a mission of
educating about the Arab Middle East. She also served on the advisory board for
the Arab American National Museum for nine years. Ihsen is an active member at
TAYP, Tunisian American Young Professionals. She is married to Molham Aref and
has 15 year-old daughter.