Dr. Steven J. Lorenzet

Dr. Steven J. Lorenzet, associate professor of management and human resources, has been appointed associate dean for undergraduate programs in the College of Business Administration (CBA).

“Steve will be a tremendous addition to the leadership team in the CBA, and I know that our students will be well served by his leadership,” said Dr. Larry Newman, CBA dean.

In addition to his teaching duties, Lorenzet has been involved in a variety of business school programs. During the past year, he served as director of the MBA program and director of the CREWW program, a co-curricular activity that develops students’ interpersonal and leadership skills. He also served as special assistant to the dean this past spring semester.

Since joining the Rider business faculty in 2000, he has taught a variety of human resources courses. His areas of expertise are in training and development, continuous learning, employee motivation and leadership.

He has published extensively and has been the recipient of several awards for his scholarly activity. Just recently, an article “Benefiting from mistakes: the impact of guided errors on learning, performance, and self efficacy”, published in the "Human Resource Development Quarterly" was honored by receiving a special Citation of Excellence award from Emerald Management Reviews. This honor is reserved for 50 out of 15,000 articles reviewed each year.

He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Albany, SUNY in human resource management and organizational behavior. His master of arts and bachelor of science degrees are from Towson University.