Dr. Settles is a Clinical Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and International Business in the Department of Management at the Warrington College of Business, University of Florida. Previously he was an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice and an Instructor in the Department of Management and Global Business at Rutgers Business School, an Instructor at Nevada State College, a Professor of Corporate Governance and Strategic Management and the Deputy Director of the Corporate Governance Center at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia, and Assistant Policy Scientist at the University of Delaware. During the 2005-2006 academic year Dr. Settles was a Fulbright Scholar in Russia.
Dr. Settles’ research focuses on three areas: the role that non-market forces shape the international process of firms, emerging market multinationals and management practices in emerging market firms with a specialization in Russian firms, and entrepreneurship education practices and development of entrepreneurial intent of university students.