Professor Claudia Green, PhD
Tenured Professor & Former Program Director at Pace University's Lubin School of Business | Expert in sustainable tourism, social entrepreneurship & global management | 3x Fulbright Specialist | Faculty Ambassador, Council on Foreign Relations
Meet Dr. Green
“As a professor of business with an emphasis on social, cultural and environmental aspects of global tourism, I jumped at the opportunity to apply for Spring 2017 Semester at Sea which is a journey to 11 countries on four continents in 105 days. Not only is it an opportunity to experience some of the wonders of the world, but also an opportunity to learn first-had about some of social cultural and environmental issues facing tourism destinations around the world.”
As a professor of business with an emphasis on the social, cultural, and environmental aspects of global tourism, Claudia has spent her career exploring the world and sharing what she learns along the way. Her passion for travel took root early — as an elementary school student, she wrote to Chambers of Commerce across the United States just to learn about each state. That curiosity resurfaced in 1999, when a colleague at Pace University's International Studies department asked if she'd like to lead students to Brazil for an International Field Study. Her answer was shaped by a bold decision she'd made only months earlier: selling most of her belongings and moving to an apartment in New York's East Village, inspired by a birthday card from her son — a veteran of study abroad, the Peace Corps, and life in Canada — that read, "What are you doing with your one precious life?"
Dr. Green's JourneyHer research focus spans international management, sustainable tourism development, social entrepreneurship, global event management, and technology. Over the course of her career, she has traveled to 44 countries, with extensive presentations and fieldwork in Brazil, Italy, Portugal, Greece, China, Dubai, Thailand, Japan, Vietnam, Burma, India, South Africa, Ghana, Morocco, and Cambodia. She has completed three Fulbright Specialist assignments — in Brazil (2015), Cambodia (2017), and Spain (2024) — and serves as a Faculty Ambassador to the Council on Foreign Relations and a Fellow at the Wilson Center for Social Entrepreneurship. Her scholarly record includes over 20 peer-reviewed journal articles, 10+ book chapters, and dozens of conference presentations, supported by more than $100,000 in grants and fellowships from organizations including the Fulbright Association, Pace University, Google, and the International Olympic Committee.
Machu Picchu, June 2015
After 16 consecutive years of leading a total of over 500 students to study about sustainability in all parts of Brazil from the Atlantic Rainforest to the Amazon, I knew that I had been bitten by the bug to explore, learn and take risks. In addition, I made another 14 trips to Brazil on my own to discover more of the culture and society in some of the lesser known parts of the country. With all of this experience, I applied and was granted the honor of being a Fulbright Specialist in Brazil (2015), Cambodia (2017) and Spain (2024). I had the honor of being Faculty Fellow for the Wilson Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Pace University and the opportunity to be a professor at Semester at Sea, Spring 2017!
What good is knowledge if it is not shared? So- not only am I hosting this website of our travel experiences in food and culture, social entrepreneurship, and international issues in tourism as we travel, but I have also adopted a group of little travelers in a Montessori pre-school in Austin, Texas who will follow the journey using the wonders of social media platforms and global connections.
International Management Field Study to Brazil, March 2015
As a professor of business with an emphasis on social, cultural and environmental aspects of global tourism, I jumped at the opportunity to apply for Spring 2017 Semester at Sea which is a journey to 11 countries on four continents in 105 days. Not only is it an opportunity to experience some of the wonders of the world, but also an opportunity to learn first-had about some of social cultural and environmental issues facing tourism destinations around the world.
Little did I know that as an elementary school student who loved to learn about each state in the United States by writing to the respective Chambers of Commerce and requesting information would lead to my passion for tourism. The realization of this passion began in 1999 when a colleague in International Studies at Pace University happened by my office and asked “ How would you like to take students to Brazil next spring for an International Field Study?” My quick “sure” response to his question was impacted by the fact that only a few months before, I had taken a huge risk, sold most of my earthly belongings and moved to an apartment in the East Village of New York City. That radical decision was based on a birthday card that my adult son who had completed a semester abroad in Japan, two years of Peace Corp in Cameroon, Africa and lived in Canada. The card he gave me had the quote “What are you doing with your one precious life?” There it all XXXXXXXXX