Dr. Maja (Maya) Zelihic is a Dean at the Forbes School of Business and Technology at the University of Arizona Global Campus. Prior to becoming a Dean, she was a Dept. Chair of the Advanced Management Studies at FSBT. She is a Fulbright Specialist, TEDx Speaker, and a Full Professor. Dr. Zelihic served a tenure as NAFSA's Global Dialogue Partner - the world’s largest nonprofit association dedicated to international education. Dr. Zelihic serves on the Board of Advisors of the International Fellowship Program in Arbitration and Scientific Assessment, the comprehensive global academic review platform. She also serves as an industry advisory member at the Amity University Novel Communication Lab (AUNCL). She is an expert in e-learning development and implementation in the developing world. Dr. Zelihic is a Board member at the Center for Women’s Leadership at the Forbes School of Business and Technology.
She is published in over 20+ peer-reviewed journals, and her research ventures took her to Haiti, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Jordan, Zambia, the Balkan region, and many other parts of the world. In addition to being a Fulbright specialist, she is a four-time recipient of the University Fellows research grants, which enabled many of her global research ventures. Her book on Perception, co-authored with Dr. Diane Hamilton, was released in December 2020. Her chapter contribution to the International Leadership Research Handbook has been published with Francis and Taylor. Maja was named to the Global 100 Inspirational Leaders List 2022 by Global Leaders Today. She also was named one of the top 200 leaders to follow by PeopleHum in 2021.
