Ph.D. Sheffield H. University - Management, 2002
LL.M. University of Baltimore - Taxation, 1991
BL Nigerian Law School - Law, 1982
LL.B. (Hons) University of Jos - Law, 1981

Biography:

Darlington Richards, PhD, is a Full Professor of Management and International Business in the Earl Graves School of Business and Management, Morgan State University. He is the PhD Director of the Business PhD Program. His background is in Law, Taxation and Management. Dr. Richards, who had also taught at the University of Baltimore, was a Visiting Professor at Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). He is a Fellow of the International Dispute Resolution Institute, where he also served as a Consultant to the Institute. He served as Gorge Washington University-CIBER Research Fellow for over two years. He is also External PhD. Examiner at University of Stellenbosch and University of Cape Town. Dr. Richards served as Interim Director of the MBA Program.

Dr. Richards graduated from Law Schools at both the University of Jos and the Nigerian Law School, has a Master of Laws Degree (Taxation) from the University of Baltimore, and PhD in Management from Sheffield H. University's School of Business and Finance, United Kingdom.

Dr. Richards teaches undergraduate, Masters and PhD classes, in areas of International Business, Entrepreneurship, and Law.

His research interests include Privatization and Market Deregulation, Market Reform and Change Management, Entrepreneurship, Ethics and Law Reform for Emerging Economies. He has published extensively in these areas, in several refereed journals and book chapters. He is a Reviewer for a number of Publishers and refereed Journals, including Thomson, McGraw Hill, Prentice Hall, the Baltic Journal of Management, International Management Development Association, Thunderbird International Business Review and International Academy of African Business and Development. He has also presented at various International and national conferences, seminars and workshops, where he has chaired tracks/sessions.

Research Interests

Change Management; Privatization and Market Deregulation in Emerging Economies; Tax Policy and Entrepreneurship

Recent Publications:

Richards, D. C., Boghossian, F., Agboh, D., & Nwanna, G. (2020).  Enterprise zones in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evolution, rationalization, processes evaluation and outcomes.   African Journal of Business Management, 14 (7), 217-228.

Javadian, G., & Richards, D. C. (2020).  Gendered Variations in the Internationalization of Businesses: Implications of the Entrepreneur's Age, Industry and Country.   International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development.

Richards, C. D., & Nwankwo, S. (2020). Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Marketing Sustainability, Ethics, and Social Responsibility. Entrepreneurship Marketing. 2nd Edition. Routledge.